People live in a glass dome and the air quality is tightly controlled, those who obey get air. These books are set in a dystopian future where air quality has broken down and only the privileged few have all the oxygen they want. I disliked Breathe but since I had the second book on my shelf and I was looking for a YA read, I picked this one up. Resist by Sarah Crossan is the sequel to Breathe. A wrenching, thought-provoking, and unforgettable post-apocalyptic novel. But together, the three teens find the will to keep fighting, to save one another, and to break free from everything that's holding them back.Īcclaimed author Sarah Crossan has created a dangerous, shattered society, and brought to life three teenagers who come into their own in the most heartbreaking ways. What will they find now that they are refugees in the perilous Outlands? Their final safe haven may be harboring dark secrets. They started a rebellion and have been thrown out of the pod-the only place where there's enough air to breathe. What would you do if you were desperate? Bea, Alina, and Quinn are outlaws. This powerful dystopian novel is for fans of Veronica Roth and Patrick Ness. The shocking and thrilling sequel-and conclusion-to Breathe, which Kirkus Reviews called "intelligent and absorbing." Three teens confront danger, uncertainty, and the yearning to live-and breathe-freely.
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His days seem slow and long, he is always thinking about their end, as apposed to the busy nightlife lead by extravagant Tad. In the daylight, our protagonist always prefers to be wearing sunglasses, hiding behind them from the unyieldingly bright city. The sidewalk sparkles cruelly.” He is more than unwilling to face the approaching dawn/sobriety throughout the opening chapter, seemingly only able to cope with the city when drunk or with cocaine. In chapter one, for example, his description of the morning is filled with negativity, “It is worse even than you expected. His protagonist appears to crave darkness, and night becomes an almost veil over reality which he seems terrified of facing. The difference between how the city is represented in terms of day and night is significant in McInerney’s novel. His lack of name throughout the novel makes it seem impersonal, despite his intimacy in revealing all thoughts and emotions felt to the reader, and infers a lack or loss of identity he could easily fade away into the crowded streets, just another New Yorker, making the city itself appear uncaring and swallowing. The use of second person narrative, specifically through the word “you” distances our protagonist from himself, making him seem alienated and alone despite being surrounded by the huge bustling city and it’s inhabitants. In Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City, the reader follows an unnamed protagonist through his tumultuous daily life living in New York City. I found it on a guesthouse bookshelf on holiday in Tanzania. Scary, determined, a craving for power at any cost: hardcore doesn’t do her justice. I never really understood Shakespeare at school – only later in life did I come to appreciate the kick-ass Lady Macbeth. All these men left school before the age of 16, but that in no way stopped them from understanding how to tell a cracking story. Not a book but, as a youngster, listening to my dad and his friends telling laugh-out-loud stories as they slammed down dominoes on a Friday evening – the voices they used to bring the characters alive. The book that made me want to be a writer I never really understood Shakespeare at school – only later in life did I come to appreciate the kick-ass Lady Macbeth She made me realise that someone with an accent like mine has a right to be heard just like anyone else in our society. The first writer I knew who had the brass to write stories about the struggles and experiences of women who lived on council estates. But, ultimately, a young, poor Black woman can be triumphant. I cried, I laughed, I shook my fist at the unfairness of life. |