The Compound- S.A Bodeen

Eli and his family have lived in the underground Compound for six years. The world they know is gone, and they've become accustomed to their new life. Accustomed, but not happy. For Eli, no amount of luxury can stifle the dull routine of living in the same place, with only two sisters, only his father and mother, doing the same thing day after day after day. As problems with their carefully planned existence threaten to destroy their sanctuary-and their sanity-Eli can't help but wonder if he'd rather take his chances on the outside. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. But are they safe-or sorry?

This book really interested me at first for the fact that it's dystopian. The beginning is kind of confusing because they don't tell you all the details about what's occurring, and how they got put in the compound. Once everything comes out-the truth-then it starts to make more sense. Eli's father had lied to him and his whole family to take them on an adventure away from the real world. They were never in any danger. He took them away from the world for 6 years. This book was very suspenseful and full of detail. I was kinda hoping there would be a sequel, even though it's impossible to have one. 5/5 stars.

Born At Midnight- C.C Hunter

I can not explain how much i HATED this book. It's not that the writing style was partically bad..just the story line and the characters. But mostly the characters. First of all, Kylie, the main character, was soo stupid, i found myself criticizing her OUT loud. And she asked sooo many questions. It was annoying. I couldn't see why Derek would like her. Now, i didn't finish this book because i hated it so much. I don't think it would get any better. It moved so slow, and Kylie made me want to stab out her eyes! Haha.
It took me roughly 4 days to finish half the book. That right there is a bad sign.
People may love this book...i don't see what they could love in it. It needs some work and less stupid characters.
I can't believe my mother wasted money on this for me! I feel bad haha.

Numbers-Rachel Ward

Since the day her mother died, Jem has known about the numbers. Numbers that pop into her head when she looks into someone’s eyes. They’re dates, the numbers. Dates Predicting with brute accuracy each person’s death. Burdened by such a grim knowledge, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. Maybe they can find happiness together, if only the brief time that remains before his expiration date. But on a trip to London, Jem foresees a chilling chain of events. The city’s a target. The clock’s running out. The countdown is on to a blowup!

When I first saw this book, it reminded me of the tv show Numbers. Now, i don’t know much about that show. I just know that they use math to figure out crimes. Or am I wrong? But, anyways, this book is nothing like i expected. And, that’s good and bad.

My sister told me what this book was about. She just said that, a girl can see people’s death dates, and to me, as brief as that description is, i found it interesting. So, i ignored her comment on how she couldn’t finish it, and checked it out from the library.

I was glad i did. Beginning to read this book, i understood what i was like to be an outsider, to be afraid to look at people. To want to be alone. I felt like i could feel what Jem was feeling. With her relationship with Spider, and their fear as they run away. It’s pretty compelling, their love i mean. It’s also pretty obvious that’s how it’s going to work.

Jem can see Spider’s death date, but, she doesn’t want to tell him the exact day he’ll die. Even though it’s days later from when they fall in love. Now, i originally thought that the ending would be happy. That she would find a way to save him, and he wouldn’t die. But, i was wrong. And, that made me sad truthfully. I hated the book because of that. For killing off a character i had a connection emotionally with.

The main characters of this book are Jem and Spider. Jem is a 16 year old girl, who’s an orphan because her mother died when she was young. She’s rebellious, and doesn’t like to make contact with people because she’s afraid she’ll see their numbers. No one likes her really, she has no friends. And, in the beginning. I didn’t like her either. She really didn’t have any feeling for anyone else. She was kind of selfish. But, i guess that’s understandable considering that she really has no one to talk to, or trust.

Then, there’s Spider. A tall black rebellious kid. Who’s actually very smart. Both being outcasts, him and Jem become friends. When Jem sees people’s death dates at the London eye are all the same, she worries and they run. When a short distance away, the ferris wheel blows up. People expect it’s Jem and Spider because they ran. So, afraid they’ll get caught for somthing they didn’t do, they run away on a wild, romantic adventure.

I found the love between Spider and Jem very predictable, and sweet. That’s why i was sad that Spider died in the end.

There’s two more books after this one. I’m not sure if i’ll be reading them or not. All in all, i rate this book 4/5 stars.

Across The Universe-Beth Revis

Amy and her parents believe they will wake on a new planet, Centauri-Earth, three hundred years in the future. But fifty years before God Speed’s scheduled landing, cryo chamber 42 is mysteriously unplugged, and Amy is violently woken from her frozen slumber. Someone tried to murder her. Now Amy is cought inside a tiny world where nothing makes sense. Godspeed’s 2,312 passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightning leader. And Elder, Eldest rebellious teen age heir, is both fascinated by Amy and eager to discover whether he has what it takes to lead. Amy desperately wants to trust Elder. But should she put faith in a boy who has never seen life outside the ship’s cold metal walls? All Amy knows is that she and Elder must race to unlock Godspeed’s hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again

This book! Oh my gosh. It’s so amazing. Words can not describe how i am feeling! I really couldn’t get into it right away. And, i was wondering what the hype of this book was all about. Then, when i got to the parts with Elder, and the ship, it started to get more interesting.

This book is so much different than books i usually read. There were no vampires, werewolves, or immortals in this book at all! Just normal people, but in the future.

Amy’s parents are going to be Cryogenically frozen for 300 years, and brought to a new planet. While Amy is frozen, her chapters explain how she feels about her dreams, and how she misses earth.

I really like the characters, and how the author betrayed these characters. They’re very strong and likeable. I didn’t find myself hating any of them except Eldest.

Now, Eldest is the leader of the ship. I didn’t seem to think he was that bad of a man until Amy started discovering he was playing with the water supply to drug the people aboard the ship. I also didn’t like how he was much of a dictator, and thought that everything he was doing was right. Eldest is the leader before Elder, who is another main character in this story.

Elder is 16, and the next leader of the ship after Eldest. He is a character i found myself liking throughout the whole book. Great personality, and very sensitive when he meets Amy.

Amy is a 16 year old girl from Earth, which the people on Godspeed call ‘Sol-Earth’ people are frightened by her when she walks around the ship. And Eldest lies about what she’s actually there for. She discovers the truth on Godspeed, and wants to change them. I like her character, how she isn’t afraid to take control and do what is right.

Harley is Elder’s best friend. Much older than he is, roughly in his 20′s. He is a painter, and helps Amy and Elder try to find out who killed all the frozen people.

It is really hard to describe this book because i loved it so much. I have nothing bad to say about it..except one thing.. SPOILER: I didn’t like when Harley committed suicide. It made me really sad. I liked his character a lot.

All in all, this book deserves 200/5 stars haha…alright, 5/5 (: