Reviews

The Complete Unwind Dystology: Unwind / UnWholly / UnSouled / UnDivided by Neal Shusterman

melie_melo's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

msellisatgodinez's review

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

aglet's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

lemondropliz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

lalaspluto's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

reviewsmayvary's review

5.0

I can't fricking even.

kellyhager's review

5.0

It's set in the future, after a compromise is reached on abortion--when you have a baby, you either keep it or stork it (leave it on someone's porch, but if you get caught, you have to take the baby back). Once the kid turns 13, though, the parents can choose to "unwind" them (organs and extremities are donated--because pretty much everything is used, they're tecnically still alive, just part of someone else's body).

The catch is that once the child turns 18, they can't be unwound anymore, so--not surprisingly--a lot of kids selected for unwinding flee. Usually they get caught pretty quickly.

This is mostly about Connor and Risa (two people who are going to be unwound) and Lev (who is a "tithe," meaning that he's willingly going to be unwound as part of a sacrifice) and their attempt to not get caught until they turn 18.

I would recommend this, especially to anyone who liked Hunger Games. It's incredibly creepy (not scary, but just creepy to read about how this is a totally acceptable thing) and sad, but really, really good and interesting.

mariel_thecrownedgoddessreads's review

4.0

4.5 I just want to keep on reading all four books. Totally recommend it.

claudiafp's review

5.0

well written. unusual, thought provoking.

davida's review

2.0

I didn't really buy the premise of this book. A world where parents just ... give up their kids to be harvested for organs? And even if they regret the decision a minute after signing the order, they can't undo it? And that's the compromise made between pro-lifers and pro-choicers? And if you have a baby you can just leave it on someone's doorstop, but they can't do the same? What?

If I can't explain the plot without laughing so hard that I choke, then, it's pretty ridiculous.

Obviously all dystopian novels need to have a suspension of disbelief, but this one was just too outlandish for me to accept it, and as a consequence, I couldn't really get into the story. Very imaginative, I guess, but just ... so absurd.