by Rae Mariz
You know what’s really needed in order for a Dystopian novel such as this one to succeed? Something has to be at stake, preferably something beyond shallow happiness. And I’m not even sure that was at stake in The Unidentified. This book just fell flat for me. The pace was all right, but the plot di...
It reminded me of Extras (the 4th book in the uglies trilogy) and in a weird way also the hunger games. I didnt exactly hate it, except for the ending. I got the feeling that the author just wanted to be done with it and skipped to the ending.
Read This Review & More Like It AtAgeless Pages ReviewsKatey "Kid" Dade is a 15 year old girl in The Game. No, not the rapper or Triple H, Kid lives in a not too distant future where the education system has been sold to sponsors who provide schooling in return for market research. "Players" attend ...
The ending threw me off. It was good for the most part. Not my thing. I didn't really understand the point.
This dystopian book tackles privacy, social networking and consumerism. It has a fast pace and is set in a recognizable world in the future where corporate sponsors run school in abandoned shopping malls. The students rack up points and friends with the goal of becoming “branded” by a sponsor. This ...
This is a fantastic book that should be read NOW, as it would have made no sense when I was in high school (1999-2003) and will likely be outdated by the time current high schoolers are in their 4th year of a 2 year junior college.Mariz wrote a really suspenseful horror novel for the subversive crow...
Enjoyable like the Hungers Games, but with a less dooming feel and a lot more technobabble.
The Unidentified takes place in the (possibly) near future. In this society, education is no longer able to be funded by the government. For both national and local governments, education, while important, is an expense that they can no longer afford. Enter the Game. Its purpose is to help alleviate...
I first heard about this book on Presenting Lenore where it caught my attention for two reasons: 1) it's a ya dystopia about consumerism (win!) and 2) the cover (for the ARC, at least) reminded me of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, which meant they needed to be in a Face Off. (The cover has since ...
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