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A review by br1sr3alm
The Young World by Chris Weitz
2.0
"It's starting to make sense..."
No. No it's not. I will see this through to the end of book #1, but sadly this a a very disappointing first novel from someone I admire in the industry. Aside from the movie caliber dystopian premise that makes no sense, the teens talk like I did when I was a teen, and I'm pretty sure the language has changed a lot since my days of 80s movie references and old school cliches that I picked up from my parents, unless I missed that this actually takes place circa 1992 instead of maybe sometime in the present day or just a few years in the future. Kudos for huge bump in minority characters though.
No. No it's not. I will see this through to the end of book #1, but sadly this a a very disappointing first novel from someone I admire in the industry. Aside from the movie caliber dystopian premise that makes no sense, the teens talk like I did when I was a teen, and I'm pretty sure the language has changed a lot since my days of 80s movie references and old school cliches that I picked up from my parents, unless I missed that this actually takes place circa 1992 instead of maybe sometime in the present day or just a few years in the future. Kudos for huge bump in minority characters though.