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Thursday, April 10, 2014
In a Word: Meh
8:36 PM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)

As a "Positive," Alec Moore's using his new-found abilities to send a message to the government. Along with his team of special teens, he travels the country destroying national landmarks and other key sites, showing everyone who's in charge now. The government might think it can turn the super-teens into subservient soldiers, but as Alec's group is proving, that's a whole lot easier said than done.

As unoriginal as Blackout—the first book in a new dystopian series by Robison Wells—is, it's still kind of tough to describe. Plot-wise, there just isn't much. And what is there sounds like every other novel in the YA sci-fi/dystopian section. I can forgive a familiar plot if its coupled with a vibrant setting, intriguing characters or vivid prose, but I found none of that in Blackout. What the novel does have is action. Lots. And while the intensity was enough to keep me reading, the story really didn't impress me otherwise. In a word: meh.
(Readalikes: Reminded me a bit of the Gone series by Michael Grant [Gone; Hunger; Lies; Plague; Fear; Light])
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for language (no F-bombs) and violence
To the FTC, with love: Another library fine find
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