Birthmarked
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780857071392 (0857071394)
ASIN: 0857071394
Publish date: 2011-04-01
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
** 3.5 Stars ** I quite enjoyed this book. More than I thought I would to be honest. I picked it up at the library because I liked the cover... and the blurb sounded ok, so I thought I'd give it a go.The story of Gaia and the dystopian world she lives in is good. The separation between the people li...
The reason that this future has a lower population is hinted at but not fully explained, still a world where you have a small population survival and where some of the survivors are more equal than others is interesting. In this world Gaia Stone lives, outside the walls of the Enclave, working as a...
I read this book in two days. I really enjoyed the book. I felt that Gaia's character was very strong through out the book. I like how O'Brien weaved the past and present together for us to get an understanding how things came to be. There were some parts that I didn't really like, especially the ci...
Review: In this dystopian world, the lucky live in luxury in the Enclave. Those who don't live outside, struggling to survive. Gaia Stone is one such girl. She's also in training to be a midwife. So the first one she delivers by herself, she delivers to the Enclave. Why? She doesn't know. All she kn...
I clearly watch too many sci-fi TV shows. Reading Birthmarked was like watching an amalgamation of specific episodes of those shows play out on paper. In black and white, not full and vivid HD colour because very little of it felt new and fresh, shocking and memorable. One scene and one scene only w...
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