by Garth Nix
bookshelves: fraudio, tbr-busting-2014, published-1997, young-adult, sci-fi, gorefest, dystopian, skim-through, summer-2014 Read from August 14, 2013 to July 08, 2014 narrated by Charles CarrolDescription: In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a d...
Yes. I'm reviewing a YA book. (Picture me sticking my tongue out at anyone who has a problem with this.)I've read a lot of YA as an adult, partly because of my own child, who liked to have me read the same books to discuss them, and partly because I like YA SFF. There's often an honesty, a pared dow...
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In a world where death usually comes at 14, where a group of strange monsters created from the bodies of these children fight for a group of masters, some rebels try to fight. With the help of the elusive Shade who exists only as a virtual entity but his motives are suspect. Can the four friend su...
This was an enjoyable book! I wish I knew more about the Overlords and how they got there and everything about that, but it was still a good book to read.Also, I got bothered that Gold-Eye's character seemed to fade as the story went on. He seemed less of a "character" and more of a vessel for plo...
This one features an improbable dystopia and non-stop adventure. Nasty nasty creatures from perhaps another dimension have made all the adults disappear and for 15 years have been raising and refashioning children to use in their war games. It's all very creepy and exciting, but never quite makes ...
I have to say, this book was pretty interesting and very weird at the same time. The only thing I disliked was the ending but that was pretty much it.
Although not as good as his 'Abhorsen' trilogy, "Shade's Children" reminded me a lot of many post-apocalyptic books I read as a kid - so I rather liked it.The premise is that beings from (possibly) a parallel world have taken over Earth, eliminating everyone over fourteen, and imprisoning and raisin...
I haven't yet had a chance to get Nix's Superior Saturday (Keys to the Kingdom #6), so I picked up Shade's Children for a break from heavier reading. It isn't a stellar example of what Nix can do, though it is sufficiently entertaining to carry itself. Compared to his other stand-alone novels, the c...
One day, everyone over the age of fourteen has vanished from the Earth, and in their place are Overlords and hideous alien creatures. The children are rounded up and trained until their "sad birthday," when an alien attaches itself to them or they are ripped apart for meat. The few children who mana...
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