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A review by albinohusky
Rising by Jennifer Wilson
5.0
Woah. This has got to be the best dystopian novel EVER.
New World: Rising had me clenching my teeth, seething with anger, and holding back tears throughout the whole ride. There are ups and there are downs, but they both make you want to plow through to find out what happens next! You will not want to put this book down.
It took me a lot longer than it should've to read it, but I am so glad I did!
First of all, Phoenix is a total baddie. There's nothing she can't handle. I admire that. She's rough around the edges, but you find that she has a softer inside that she prefers to keep hidden. She cares very deeply for her parents (and two other characters you meet later) even though at times she may not want to. She doesn't trust anyone, and generally speaking, the feeling is mutual.
Triven is just as much of a baddie, but is comfortable admitting that he cares for people, and that he does. He is very protective, but also knows how to read a situation and do what needs to be done.
I really liked a specific passage of this book. Phoenix is telling Triven how she chose her name, and she says, "When my parents died, I was only eleven. I saw the whole thing happen, my mother's rape, both of my parent's brutal murders. I remember biting my hand so hard I nearly gagged on my own blood. I wanted to die with them. To forget everything I had just seen. But my mother had told me to survive and I couldn't bear to let her last words be forgotten. When I finally got out of the storm drain, I realized a large part of me died in that alley with my parents. Maybe that's why I remember so little of my life before then. Their sweet eleven-year-old child no longer existed. And I was what rose from her ashes." I feel as though that paragraph is extremely clever, given the name, and vice versa.
This book is EXTREMELY well written. It even has a guide in the first pages that explains the different tribes. It shows their names and how they dress and act. It really helps you get a feel for what the world is really like right from the beginning. The story ends on a cliffhanger that means I absolutely cannot wait to read the next two! I give it 5 stars!
New World: Rising had me clenching my teeth, seething with anger, and holding back tears throughout the whole ride. There are ups and there are downs, but they both make you want to plow through to find out what happens next! You will not want to put this book down.
It took me a lot longer than it should've to read it, but I am so glad I did!
First of all, Phoenix is a total baddie. There's nothing she can't handle. I admire that. She's rough around the edges, but you find that she has a softer inside that she prefers to keep hidden. She cares very deeply for her parents (and two other characters you meet later) even though at times she may not want to. She doesn't trust anyone, and generally speaking, the feeling is mutual.
Triven is just as much of a baddie, but is comfortable admitting that he cares for people, and that he does. He is very protective, but also knows how to read a situation and do what needs to be done.
I really liked a specific passage of this book. Phoenix is telling Triven how she chose her name, and she says, "When my parents died, I was only eleven. I saw the whole thing happen, my mother's rape, both of my parent's brutal murders. I remember biting my hand so hard I nearly gagged on my own blood. I wanted to die with them. To forget everything I had just seen. But my mother had told me to survive and I couldn't bear to let her last words be forgotten. When I finally got out of the storm drain, I realized a large part of me died in that alley with my parents. Maybe that's why I remember so little of my life before then. Their sweet eleven-year-old child no longer existed. And I was what rose from her ashes." I feel as though that paragraph is extremely clever, given the name, and vice versa.
This book is EXTREMELY well written. It even has a guide in the first pages that explains the different tribes. It shows their names and how they dress and act. It really helps you get a feel for what the world is really like right from the beginning. The story ends on a cliffhanger that means I absolutely cannot wait to read the next two! I give it 5 stars!