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A review by marybells
Pure by Julianna Baggott
4.0
To be completely honest I was pleasantly surprised by this storyline. When I first read the summary the idea of people molded to dolls and birds due to nuclear warfare sounded both idiotic and unfounded but I decided to give it a chance because I am a lover of dystopian and it was worth the read.
I was very impressed with Julianna's story telling abilities and how she seemed to take her time with building the characters and the surroundings of the story which in itself is very complex. My only real complaint is that she is used to telling each chapter from one character's stand point and during the climax of the novel we are rushed into several characters all narrating at the same time which was a little confusing and a little forced. I understand that as a writer myself that to understand how each character is impacted in that scene is hard to comprehend but I just felt it could have been organized a little differently.
Overall I give it 4 stars. It was a fun and interesting read and I appreciated the fact that Julianna did not shy away from the grief that is caused by a family member's death. In other dystopian novels, the grief is almost considered a weakness and I really liked the fact that she acknowledged it and actually used it to build her characters further. Wish she would make a pre-quel to get the full idea of the dome.
I was very impressed with Julianna's story telling abilities and how she seemed to take her time with building the characters and the surroundings of the story which in itself is very complex. My only real complaint is that she is used to telling each chapter from one character's stand point and during the climax of the novel we are rushed into several characters all narrating at the same time which was a little confusing and a little forced. I understand that as a writer myself that to understand how each character is impacted in that scene is hard to comprehend but I just felt it could have been organized a little differently.
Overall I give it 4 stars. It was a fun and interesting read and I appreciated the fact that Julianna did not shy away from the grief that is caused by a family member's death. In other dystopian novels, the grief is almost considered a weakness and I really liked the fact that she acknowledged it and actually used it to build her characters further. Wish she would make a pre-quel to get the full idea of the dome.