by Elsie Chapman
Publication date: February 26th 2013
You or your Alt? Only one will survive.
The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage—life.
Fifteen-year-old West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one month to hunt down and kill her Alt. But then a tragic misstep shakes West’s confidence. Stricken with grief and guilt, she’s no longer certain that she’s the best version of herself, the version worthy of a future. If she is to have any chance of winning, she must stop running not only from her Alt, but also from love . . . though both have the power to destroy her.
DNF Review: Dualed by Elsie Chapman, was dual. I found it really difficult to get into, for many different reason. One, was I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style. It was really stiff and impersonal. Another, is the main character, West. She reminds me of a lot of other YA characters, like the author meant for her to be a strong, kick-ass character. But she really just came off like she was playing dress up. I guess it just wasn't believable, to me.
Another problem was the world building. When I started this book, it was like I just skipped to the middle of the book. You probably only got one page of set-up to get you "caught-up" then that's it really.
As of right now I don't know if I want to finish it. Maybe I'll decide to pick it up after a while.
Rating: DNF
That sucks I was soooo looking forward to reading this one, it sounded so cool! I'll probably still give it a try though. Thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review...... I'll read it whenever i get time
ReplyDeleteAw man, sorry you couldn't get into it! I was really looking forward to this one! <3
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I'm sorry to hear that you had a hard time getting into it. I was looking forward to this one!
ReplyDeleteI'm so bummed! I was looking forward to this one! I will probably still read it but now my expectations won't be so high which is good! Thanks for your review!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear that! I've been really looking forward to this book, but the reviews I've read so far aren't that great.. I hope your next book is better :)
ReplyDeleteMel@thedailyprophecy.
Interesting! I appreciate the DNF review, as well as the reasons. This is a book I've been looking forward to, but at the same time, it's kind of good to know that not everyone likes it.
ReplyDeleteI read this as an ARC from Net Galley and while I didn't rate it a 5 star it was okay, more of a 3 to 3 1/2 star.
ReplyDeleteOh no!! It sounded like such a unique concept! Too bad you didn't get enough set up to enjoy the world.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you didn't like it. The blurb is interesting though, I might still check this out.
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