author: Kristen Martin
published: November 14th 2015
pages: 322
my rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Thanks netgalley for giving me this book in exchange for an honest review!
It's the year 2055 and an anarchist organization has taken control with the aim to create a world-class society. Half of humankind is unknowingly living in an alternate reality called Dormance . . . and there are no plans to wake them up.
Sixteen-year-old introvert Emery Parker is one such dormant. An academic scholar who avoids ruffling feathers at all costs, Emery finds herself being transferred to a boarding school on the outskirts of Arizona. Little does she know, a family secret has the power to change the course of the future. When she's approached with an opportunity to free the dormants, she sees no other choice but to accept, even though failure could mean having her memory wiped clean.
But when tech-savvy Torin Porter reaches out to her from the other side, Emery begins to question everything she was told about Dormance. If her family's secret falls into the wrong hands, the world as she knows it will be faced with irreversible consequences. Now Emery must play both sides to uncover the truth about her family's past or risk leaving mankind to live in an unconscious reality.
I picked up this book because it sounded like something original and fun and even though I didn't understand everything on the summary I hoped to get more explanations while I was reading it. Unfortunately though, this book wasn't for me at all.
My main emotion while reading it was confusion but I hoped that everything would make sense in the end. It didn't though. I had lots of questions about the book and if I had gotten answers I think I would've enjoyed it a lot more.
The best example is Dormance. The whole thing confused me a lot and I had lots of questions I wish would've been answered. How is half the world in a coma and still having a life and body? And how come you can travel between these worlds? Everyone always says Dormance isn't real but at the same time no one does anything to show that it isn't. The whole world was interesting but just really confusing for me.
There where lot's of other aspects of the book that left me with more questions than answers (no spoilers though).
Emery, the main character, was actually really relatable and likable. My only issue with her and her friends is that they would have fights about things I didn't even recognize as a problem. Emery herself was maybe a bit naive and oblivious to things going on around her but other than that I didn't have a problem with her.
I liked the chapters from Torin's point of view a lot more. I always like characters who are tech-savvy and aside from that he was a fun character. He's a sceptic and tries to find out what's actually going on which I really appreciated and he has the determination to work for the cause he believes in. In my opinion there where by far not enough chapters from his point of view but the ones that where there where great.
This book did have some really captivating parts but because I was really confused most of the time I wasn't as motivated to read the way I usually am. There is a second book and that might clear up some of the confusion but I probably won't continue this series.
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