Outside Reading Book Review

Unwind Book Review

1st quarter outside reading book review

Unwind by Neal Shusterman. Simon & Schuster books, 2009.       Genre: Fiction

    In my book i read the story line was based on three characters, Connor, Risa, and Lev. Conor is seventeen years old and is known to be a troublemaker. Risa is sixteen is a really talented girl. and the youngest is lev.  He is only thirteen years old. All three of these teens are about to be unwound. They are called tithes.  That means they will  get killed and  will donate their body parts to people who need them. Their challenge is to stay not found and  to survive. Your parents can only choose you to be unwound when your between the ages 13-18. Once you turn 18  you are free from being unwound.  All three teens eventually find out  the secret that they are  going to be unwound. So they create a plan to escape. eventually Risa and Connor got separated from lev. All the  tithes go to a graveyard to hide. eventually Connor and risa find this graveyard but then get captured by the police. They are brought to a camp that they have to find a way to escape and survive.

Quote:  "The shocking premise is unveiled immediately, and a nail-biting pace is sustained throughout, with the teens flung headlong into a true life-or-death struggle...these haunting debates will likely linger in the reader's mind even after the riveting plot fades...an ideal blend of philosophy and action set in a compelling futuristic landscape."--"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books" -Amazon

    I haven't read any other  books from Neal Shusterman but just reading this book i n tell i  would like another book from him. He uses outstanding describing words. He makes the scene so you feel  the intensity around the character. He makes you feel like you are the main character in the scenario he/shes in.

Quote from the book: “ Connor heart sinks. josias aldridge has apparently pulled another sleight of hand” (page 15).

    I liked many things about this book and author's writing style. The story was outstanding! im the person that gets bored with most every book but with this book, the unwind, I couldn't stop reading it. i could read this book over and over and never get bored. The book was action packed. The action was all over the place. Maybe 1 or 2  chapters of the book were a little slow but thats it.  I enjoyed the amount of action in this novel.

Rate: Out of 5 paws i would choose a 4. -Pounce on it