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One of my book groups has a monthly challenge. The challenge was dystopian fiction for the month of May. When I put Dystopian in the search feature of the library this book came up. After starting I realized its not dystopian it is post-apocalyptic....”

“THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

One of my book groups has a monthly challenge. The challenge was dystopian fiction for the month of May. When I put Dystopian in the search feature of the library this book came up. After starting I realized its not dystopian it is post-apocalyptic. Since I had started it I figured I should finish it.

The novel is set in upstate NY after the 2nd world war which included the firing of nuclear missiles. There are roving bands of Slaverunners, looking for people to entertain them in “Arena Fights”. Brooke lives in the Catskills with her sister hiding from these roving bands, one day her sister is captured and taken to NYC. The rest of the story is Brooke chasing after the gang to rescue her teamed up with Ben, whose brother was also taken.

This was the most ridiculous novel I have ever read. I like the action scenes, they flowed quickly but there was so much that was unbelievable that it interfered with my enjoyment of the book. For instance, the slave runners have Hummers, Brooke drives into one of them with a motorcycle and disables it. Then with a broken rib she runs, jumps and climbs. With her only driving experience a motorcycle she is then able to drive the Hummer at speeds in excess of 100 MPH. The Humvee rolls ending up on its roof, and Brooke has more injuries but is able to rock the Hummer over on its wheels and the only damage to the Hummer is a flat tire.

Also during the war missiles exploded around NYC the people who weren’t killed are called Bio-victims and have melted faces and mental problems, if you’re that close to a nuclear missile you don’t get a melted face you get dead, you don’t go crazy you die.

Brooke follows the slaverunners into NYC through the streets and Central Park, then she crashes into the glass cube where the Apple store is. After trying so hard to make it seem ‘real’, Brooke states she crashes through the Apple store, however the cube is above the Apple store, if Brooke had crashed into the cube she would have fallen into the store.

Earlier in the book Brooke striped a dead slaverunner of his clothes which included steel toed boots that ‘climbed all the way up my shin’, then when she is fighting in the Arena she gets bitten by a snake in her calf which is covered with these super boots.

In NYC there are ‘crazies’ more victims of the missiles who have somehow obtained grenade launchers and grenades. How they did this when the slaverunners own everything is never explained.

The last thing I remember is when they escape from NY they steal a boat and Brooke mentions she has ‘driven boats all her life’. She never mentioned this before and how does a girl who grew up in Manhattan, with occasional trips to the Catskill ‘drive boats all her life’?

Those are the things I remember and are the reason I don’t recommend this book.”

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“Still searching for a dystopian novel I checked this book out, only to discover that it is also not dystopian but post-apocalyptic. Actually I might be wrong about that since I don’t remember any mention of a war destroying this world. No matter, this book is better than Arena One.

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“Still searching for a dystopian novel I checked this book out, only to discover that it is also not dystopian but post-apocalyptic. Actually I might be wrong about that since I don’t remember any mention of a war destroying this world. No matter, this book is better than Arena One.

In the world Aria lives on there are enclosed cities where others like her live, the area where she lives is called a pod, all of their recreation happens in the Realms, which are virtual environments accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. It all ends after a tragic accident that Aria is blamed for and she is thrown into the outside, called The Death Shop, where there are a million ways to die. Except Aria doesn’t die, Perry, an Outsider, saves her and keeps her alive, they stay together through their mutual need for each other. Aria to get back to her home and Perry to get inside to rescue his nephew. You know what happens next, their grudging respect turns to love.

Some Outsiders have enhanced senses such as hearing, seeing or smelling. Perry is able to smell danger, good and emotions. The atmosphere is called Aether and Aether storms are deadly. Perry is able to sense when an Aether storm is coming.

Good character development and a good story line made this book easy to read. Ms. Rossi doesn’t waste time explaining things (like what is Aether?), just writes about them and you come to understand them or don’t but just enjoy the story. It was a quick read, suitable for older teens I would say, it has some violence and adult situations. This is the first book in a series, unfortunately I could find any others but I will continue to look for them.”

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“Avengers Disassembled is a story arc that starts rather tame but very quickly escalates into an all out catastrophe of epic proportions.

I have seen a lot in the way of negative feedback on this one and I can honestly say that I understand, some people will loose their favorite...”

“Avengers Disassembled is a story arc that starts rather tame but very quickly escalates into an all out catastrophe of epic proportions.

I have seen a lot in the way of negative feedback on this one and I can honestly say that I understand, some people will loose their favorite characters in this and the Avengers as we know them will change. It’s a huge turning point and a big change, so fan adversity is a given…however I actually liked the change up. I usually never have problems with companies killing off major characters and that’s simply because when it comes down to it I know that sometime in the future those characters will come back. So when they decide to shake things up I just go with it. Spiderman was a highlight of this issue, especially since this is a darker issue, so his humor is appreciated. I do wish that the whole reason for Scarlet Witch’s mental break down was explained in more depth or given another aspect, it really didn’t come off as anything more than a means to an end.

I have one major complaint and it’s always the same when it comes to major story arcs like this…it needs more than 3 or 4 issues or else it feels slightly rushed. I understand why they don’t draw it out but never the less it’s annoying. The art is consistent and dynamic however during the darker scenes some of the detail is lost in the shadowing.

I am interested to see how this will change things for the Avengers and I’m rather curious about what Magneto is going to do with his daughter.”