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Dualed
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Elsie Chapman
cartercrabb
, December 15, 2013
Imagine you spend the first ten years of your life in school learning how to kill people and then, one day, your eyes light up and suddenly you’re out on the street hunting down your Alt, a twin given birth and raised by another family. Dualed, by Elsie Chapman, is the story of a dystopian future that puts you into the shoes of West Grayer, an “average” teenager that throws knives in her spare time. The book starts off in a diner where West’s best friend receives a contract to kill his alt. West and her brother tag along, and through a series of unfortunate events, her brother winds up dead. Later, West ends up becoming a stryker, an assassin for hire who receives a series of contracts. She is forced to hunt down her alt, leading to a deadly confrontation. This book is teeming with adventure, suspense, and action! I would recommend this book for readers that like dystopian fiction and an amazing storyline in their books. The moment I laid my eyes on this book I knew this was the type of story I’ve been searching for to pique my interest. Once I started reading I couldn’t stop! The book is a rollercoaster of emotional twists and turns. I would definitely recommend this book, and I guarantee you will love it as much as I did.
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Shakespeare's Scribe
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Gary Blackwood
cartercrabb
, March 07, 2013
Shakespeare’s Scribe Shakespeare’s Scribe is a book that I would not recommend to anyone because they’ll get bored out of their mind! It is a book that is not very amusing; in fact, I would have rather read Twilight! However there where some good things about the story: the characters are well developed, the historical accuracy is mostly true, and I experienced many different places as the characters traveled the world together in an acting troupe. The story begins with the main character, named Widge. Widge is an orphan in an acting company led by Shakespeare. He transcribes the playwright’s words, while trying to find the meaning of his own life. Later in the story, his “father,” Jamie Redshaw, appears; however, he turns out not to be his real father, but instead, a gambler, a thief, and an expert dueler. They develop some sort of a relationship, but Widge never finds what he’s looking for. The story is very slow as is the character development. The description makes the story seem real but the storyline is lacking, and it didn’t grab me in like many other books have. The dialogue is extremely hard to understand because of the era in which the story takes place. Overall this story was not the type of book I would normally read, so I didn’t really enjoy it. I give this book a rating of 2 out of 5.
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