A review by sakusha
The Bar Code Prophecy, by Suzanne Weyn
adventurous
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The third book in the series features a different girl as the main character. It is based on the real Hopi prophecies, which I learned about from the End of Days book by Sylvia Browne. Since this book is based on those prophecies, you would think that it would go into more detail about the full list of prophecies, but it only briefly mentioned three (105). Like the other books in the series, this one is simplistic and barebones, but still worthwhile for a middle schooler to read.
The book uses fracking as the reason the universe is in peril (110). I think it’s unrealistic to blame fracking for any peril beyond Earth. But I still appreciate that the book informs young readers about fracking.
The barcode still exists in this book, but employers and insurance companies can no longer see it (42). Now instead of Global-1 killing people with the barcode, they just track people. And it is still required for adults to buy and sell.
This book has the inventor of the bar code tattoo turn against the agenda to barcode everyone (44). Reminded me of Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the MRNA technology in covid vaccines who spoke out against the forced vaccination of everyone.
Quotes I liked:
“Genetics was what Global-1 was all about. It had started as a company that made hybrid food and grew to one that made animal clones for meat production. Now it was trying to make hybrid people. And it was doing everything in its power to control the population, just as they had cornered the market on the world’s food supply. We’re just a product to them, like cattle” (83).
“We all do what Global-1 wants us to do, live the way they say, believe what their commercials and TV news want us to believe. It’s set up so that they can get richer and greedier and more powerful by the day. And all the while they destroy the planet we inhabit and make our lives smaller” (130). Just replace Global-1 with Big Pharma.
Quote I didn’t like:
Mfumbe: “I was taught in Bible class that the world would never again be destroyed by flood like it was back in Noah’s ark times.”
Kayla: “It’s not destroyed.”
Eutonah: “It’s just been given a second chance” (201).
By that logic, the world was also given a second chance in Noah’s time too.
Mistake by the author:
Eutonah is supposed to travel around in spirit while in prison, but she’s somehow able to lift objects in this form, which shouldn’t be possible (102).
The book uses fracking as the reason the universe is in peril (110). I think it’s unrealistic to blame fracking for any peril beyond Earth. But I still appreciate that the book informs young readers about fracking.
The barcode still exists in this book, but employers and insurance companies can no longer see it (42). Now instead of Global-1 killing people with the barcode, they just track people. And it is still required for adults to buy and sell.
This book has the inventor of the bar code tattoo turn against the agenda to barcode everyone (44). Reminded me of Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the MRNA technology in covid vaccines who spoke out against the forced vaccination of everyone.
Quotes I liked:
“Genetics was what Global-1 was all about. It had started as a company that made hybrid food and grew to one that made animal clones for meat production. Now it was trying to make hybrid people. And it was doing everything in its power to control the population, just as they had cornered the market on the world’s food supply. We’re just a product to them, like cattle” (83).
“We all do what Global-1 wants us to do, live the way they say, believe what their commercials and TV news want us to believe. It’s set up so that they can get richer and greedier and more powerful by the day. And all the while they destroy the planet we inhabit and make our lives smaller” (130). Just replace Global-1 with Big Pharma.
Quote I didn’t like:
Mfumbe: “I was taught in Bible class that the world would never again be destroyed by flood like it was back in Noah’s ark times.”
Kayla: “It’s not destroyed.”
Eutonah: “It’s just been given a second chance” (201).
By that logic, the world was also given a second chance in Noah’s time too.
Mistake by the author:
Eutonah is supposed to travel around in spirit while in prison, but she’s somehow able to lift objects in this form, which shouldn’t be possible (102).