Didn’t think you could keep me away forever did you?
Anyhoo, I’m sure you all are anxious to hear about the next book. Here it is.
Book Two: The Silenced by James Devita
This book is much different than the book from the last post. I’d say that the only thing they have in common is that the main character is a girl. However, The Silenced is set in a futuristic world where people are told exactly how to live. If you can imagine the world run by the Nazis, that would describe the setting of The Silenced perfectly.
Marena is the focus of the book. She attends a Youth Training Facility (a.k.a school) every day. Everything about her life has been mapped out by the Zero Tolerance Party (a.k.a Nazis). The Zero Tolerance Party took over after the Millennium War. She’s supposed to love her country and the Party above everything else, but she doesn’t. This is because Marena can remember a time before the Party came to the table. She can remember the days before all they had to eat were protein patties. And she can remember when school was more than just marching drills and assemblies. Most of all, she can remember her mother.
I say remember for a reason. Marena’s mother is dead. Why? She spoke against the Party.
And of course, Marena is the same way. She doesn’t accept the policy of the Party. She can’t and won’t. In the beginning, she protests in small ways. Refusing to fight for her food. Sneaking out past curfew. But when “school” cracks down and tries to get the kids to bend to the will of the Party, she decides that enough is enough. She and her boyfriend, Dex, create a resistance movement: The White Rose.
As for the rest of the book, it’s just as intriguing, but you’ll have to actually go read the book if you want to find out what happens.
The Silenced is quite a lot like 1984, if you’ve read that, only told from a teenager’s point of view. It’s also like The Giver gone wrong (That’s how my school’s librarian described it to me).
All in all, this book gets a 7. It’s a good book, well written, and incredibly hard to put down. However, the details of things are easy to forget, and unless there’s a sequel coming, the ending is too cliff-hanger-ish for me. And one of the characters is just too forgettable.
On the other hand though, it gives a worst-case-scenario to what could happen in the future. Especially what they do to people who screw up. *Shudders*
To sum it all up, it’s a good book which few people know about. So go make it known, my “loyal” readers! Go!
But for now, I bid you adieu. TO THE BAT CAVE! *Runs away*
