Series: Revolution 19 (bk. 1)
Genera: Dystopian Sci-fi
Subjects: Robots, survival, adventure
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 265 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperTeen
Summary/ product description: “Twenty years ago, the robots designed to fight our
wars abandoned the battlefields. Then they turned their weapons on us.
Headstrong seventeen-year-old
Nick has spent his whole life in a community in the wilderness, hiding out from
the robots that have enslaved mankind. But when the bots discover the
community's location, he, his tech-geek younger brother, Kevin, and adopted
sister, Cass, barely make it out alive—only to discover that their home has
been destroyed and everyone they love is missing.
All survivors were captured and
taken to one of the robots' Cities. The siblings have been hearing tales about
the Cities all their lives—humans are treated like animals, living in outdoor
pens and forced to build new bots until they drop dead from exhaustion.
Determined to find out if their parents are among the survivors, Nick, Kevin,
and Cass venture into the heart of the City, but it is nothing like they've
been told.
As they live among the bots for
the first time, they realize they're fighting for more than just their family.
The robots have ruled for too long, and now it's time for a revolution.”
My Rating: êêê
My Review: I’m kind of disappointed in this book. I
was expecting something similar to Terminator or the Matrix, but nothing like
those. It’s not that thrilling. There’s no romance. There’s plenty of humor,
thank goodness. For the most part it seemed written for kids in their preteen year
to early teens. There were only a few mild swear words. The book lacked some of
the things I look for in epic adventure dystopians. The world building was good,
though.
The characters are not very deep. All I know is Nick,
is 17 and has one blind eye and he’s the tough one. Cass, the adopted sister,
is 15, and she likes to draw (we have that in common). Kevin is 13, almost 14
and love technology. He’s a genius with the stuff (and reminds me of Tom from
Insignia). The book’s written in 3rd person, and seems to be
omniscient between Nick, Cass and Kevin only. They start out in a society
living in the forest away from the City where the robots are. Raised in the
wild, surviving and stuff. Then robots attack there village and take their
parent and they travel to the city to find them.
They find out the robot run the city and control and
police the people. People seemed to act normal and if they break the laws they
get sent to a Re-education Center. They get brainwashed. Nick tries to get into
one to see if their parents are there. They also meet a girl named Lexi who
helps them along the way. None of the people love the robots, so many are
willing to help as long as they don’t get caught. Citizens have implants in
their necks, tracking devices. It’s like an ID.
The world building was really the only interesting
part of this book. So if you like dystopian books with good world building and
don’t care if the characters aren’t very interesting, then go ahead and give
this a shot. It’s short and fast. So short that it didn’t really leave much of
an impression. There’s a cliff hanger ending, so, it’s a series.
Cover Art Review: Love the cover. Love how the title
is set. I think the bionic eye looks awesome. But shouldn’t it be in a guy’s
face? Nick’s the one that gets a new eye. So why the girl face? It made me
think of Terminator. I also like the texture of the cover.
~Haley G
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