I thought this sounded like a great premise but unfortunately it ended up not capturing my interest.

Confusing and muddled. Really hard to follow and could not connect with the characters or story at all. Disappointing.

Wow, I knew this book would be right up my alley, I just didn't know how much I would actually love it. And I really did love it. A new and exciting take on the well worn path of a young adult dystopia novel, I really couldn't get enough. It very much gave me Fallout vibes, and if you know me, you know I'm obsessed with that game. I couldn't ask for more from it, and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book in the trilogy.

Following a fifteen year old boy named Carter, we see his life unfold as he's forced underground to pay his duties to the community, to freeze himself until they need him sometime in the next twenty years. He's giving up what family he has left, his grandfather, after his parents passed away, and really everyone he knows. But he knows it's what he has to do for the good of the world that he lives in. What he doesn't know, is that someone's pregnant with his children. And the world he thaws into is much more dysfunctional than the one he was frozen in fifteen years before. And most of all, that they think he's their only hope for change.

It also follows Alice, a child who's stuck in the middle of a devastatingly changing world almost ninety years before Carter's frozen. She's left alone in the middle of a flooding world, forced to fend for herself until help eventually comes in the form of the Community that eventually blossoms into the world that Carter knows. The two children are woven together in rotating chapters, and like I said at the beginning, I really couldn't get enough of this book. I powered through it like it was nothing, and it really makes me want to read more dystopia novels, like now.

Exciting and unique, the thing I loved most about this book was how the two children's stories were put together. They seem very different on the surface, but the more we get to know about them, the more we realize that the stories are a lot more similar than we originally thought. Both go through hardships, and both want what's best for the community, but they have differing opinions that get them into trouble with the people around them. Originally one was sort of a rebel against the community and the other was everything that they wanted, but as we learn, they turn into something else entirely and find themselves in completely different places by the end of the book. I don't think I would change anything about it at all, and I'm eager to start the next book in the trilogy as soon as I get a chance. One thing I was confused about however, was if everything was horrifically flooded for the better part of five years, wouldn't all the houses be horribly water damaged? Or did it just storm and not horribly flood? Anyways, not important. I loved it, and that's it.

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Clearly marketed to the 'Hunger Games' and 'Divergent' readership but there's a reason this novel didn't match the popularity of those books.

It's funny how people say this books resembles this or that popular story, though actually they don't mention the same books twice. Truth being told, it has elements from many other books, and if you've read your share of books, like i did, it might not impress you as much as it would to a newbie.

I did enjoy Alice's side of the story better, it was more entertaining, but I wouldn't discard Carter either (though somehow I feel like the tone set was not quite right). The setting was so beautifully crafted and the story was plot driven, though I must confess that I found myself confused at times. Overall I liked the two timelines and the lack of pronounced romance, I just wanted more development in terms of characterisation.

It has been quite a while since I read this book, but I did like the over all Ida of it. The idea of a society with such strict rules, but still some "rebels" seems real enough and the characters were interesting. It is always enjoyable to read a "what if" story., and imagine what character you might be in the given situation.

This will be a quick review as I was not very impressed with this story. If you are like me and you judge a book by its cover, then the first thing you think of with this book is Divergent. Rest assured this is not like that story. This was a dystopia world but the way it is presented left me confused. It is written in both current and past views, so I was able to see where it started and what it became. Not always a terrible idea but it did not work for this story. Just know this story was confusing, underdeveloped, and not worth the time. I never connected with any part of this story and quickly lost interest.

Due to technical issues, I was unable to read the title.

Dystopian book cleverly constructed by the author using two timelines to create an interesting read that allows us to look at how the world reached the place it is. Alice is the voice of the pass a strong character who makes us feel the world that she lived in, and Carter who believes strongly in the now and again a strong charater. The world building created by these two timelines and the strong characters makes this a book you will not want to put down until finished.