Orleans
Sherri L. Smith,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Young Readers Group
Sherri L. Smith,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Young Readers Group
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780399252945
Publish date: 07-03-2013
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Survival,
Speculative Fiction,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Fiction
Originally posted at Gypsy ReviewsOrleans is gritty and honest and shows what a dystopian should look like. Nothing is easy in Orleans and there are risks to everything and you cannot trust anyone because they’re all in it for themselves. It is all about one’s survival in Orleans and nothing else ma...
Some readers may be unsatisfied with the open ending and the fact there are no real answers provided by the end, but the world building and characters more than make up for it. Fen is an awesome leading lady, and the fact that romance plays no part of her character arc but her platonic/familial love...
Via http://onlectus.blogspot.com/2013/03/orleans-by-sherri-l-smith.htmlThis book has so many good reviews that I feel evil for not liking it!I liked that there's no romance in the story. FINALLY! Not everything has to lead to romance. I was wondering at the beginning, if Fen is like 16 and Daniel is...
With absolutely spectacular world-building, Orleans held me captive as I watched a post-apocalypse version of New Orleans unfold around me in vivid and careful detail; nothing was overlooked. I did find that I cared very little for the protagonist – Fen – and her tribe dialect. Though I understood h...
Very different from most dystopian books, the dialogue hooked me right away. I really getting onto the plot and learning of the destruction of the world. Especially since this is the area that I live in, I'm was interested in seeing exactly what happens. I'm not disappointed. If anything, everythin...
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