ABOUT
Scott Sigler writes something utterly new: a gripping sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner. A young woman awakes trapped in an enclosed space. She has no idea who she is or how she got there. With only her instincts to guide her, she escapes her own confinement—and finds she’s not alone. She frees the others in the room and leads them into a corridor filled with the remains of a war long past. The farther these survivors travel, the worse are the horrors they confront. And as they slowly come to understand what this prison is, they realize that the worst and strangest possibilities they could have imagined don’t even come close to the truth.
REVIEW
This book… this book. I just can’t, I’m sorry.
I was very excited when I found this on my to-read pile, it had been long forgotten but after reading a couple of more normal books, I was in the mood for something like this. I should have trusted my gut feeling when I read the little blurb in the back.
One of the things that most annoyed me was the description of the place the young adults are. The way it was described seemed like they were in this huge ancient egyptian-underground-secret-place, but no, they weren’t. I won’t spoil it, but it was a conflicting image.
I know the protagonists didn’t have any idea either on where they were, so the writer kept the mystery until it was revealed by a character – but it still seemed off to me.
This book also has the sad issue of the young leader who is special for no reason. Although initially she showed good leadership and strength, that lasted until chapter three. Then she became a unilateral, boring, and self-doubting character.
”I answer him in a whisper. ‘But why? Why do they follow me? I have no idea what I’m doing’
He shrugs. ‘Because there’s something about you.’”
Another thing, this book raises a ton of questions right from the start and the only reason I keep reading a book like this is to have them answered. Did I though? NO.
The writing was bad, but the content was more annoying. The characters had the mindset of a 12-year-old but had the bodies of a 20-year-old, so it was a reoccurring subject mentioned over and over again – including how everyone is so hot and beautiful now. Also, I seriously want to know why in heaven’s name, in a sci-fi trilogy, are the kids waking up dressed in high school clothing? To make matters worse, since they woke up on the wrong time and they are now a lot older than 12, their skirts were super short, the shirts on the guys was strained by their broad build and very revealing on the girls. Which also leads to another thing being constantly mentioned – how embarrassing it is that everyone is showing so much skin. Creepy.
The rest of the book is a mix of weird “aliens” and human eating pigs – which, by the way, leads to at least 2 chapters of them hunting a pig.
I am definitely not reading the rest on this Generations trilogy and I don’t recommend you do.
XO,
