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A review by undervmountain
Please Return to the Lands of Luxury by Jon Tilton
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
3.0
A dystopia somewhat similar to Oliver Twist, this is a unique story of a girl and her friends who live and work in the trash dumped by what they call "The Lands Of Luxury", unable to leave due to the robots that keep them there.
I thought this story was really sweet, there was just some odd moments - when she returns the doll and meets the owner's family who want to adopt her, it started to feel weirdly... predatory? She met them for like a minute.
I'm also not a fan of an adult POV in middle grade / YA, I don't think there's a need for it and I found Marc's POV a little jarring with the rest of the story. I did like that we got to see what was happening in Jane's home through the POV of her friends that she had to leave behind though.
I thought this story was really sweet, there was just some odd moments - when she returns the doll and meets the owner's family who want to adopt her, it started to feel weirdly... predatory? She met them for like a minute.
I'm also not a fan of an adult POV in middle grade / YA, I don't think there's a need for it and I found Marc's POV a little jarring with the rest of the story. I did like that we got to see what was happening in Jane's home through the POV of her friends that she had to leave behind though.