The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.
Review:
Well I read this book because of a book trailer I saw in my English class, and oh my goodness that was such a haunting trailer. It ensnared me, and the book was just incredible. It was a haunting dystopian that made me think. What if someone thought this was a good idea? A good compromise for those pro life and those pro choice. I found I liked the way it was written in different perspectives, that it took time to really introduce you to the characters without boring a person to death with the details. I think the best part was how it showed the accident on the freeway from all their perspectives.
The teens, were just teens, he didn't make them into adults or have Connor's head inflate because of his new reputation... He kept them children for as long as possible. He showed the selfishness of adults. The selfishness of the poachers for CHILDREN, who would find children and strip them of their parts and sell them. He showed harsh realities of the world disguised in a book for teens. This is a powerful book that will forever hold in my heart because it showed parts of reality disguised as a book for teens, but even for adults this book will be interesting.
The most haunting part of this book was how he described the process of unwinding, if nothing else interests you read it for that moment because it is just described in such way that it'll stay with you for a while.
Until next time
Kat
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