Chapman, Elsie Dualed, 290 pgs. Random House, 2013. $16.99
Content: Language: PG-13 (4 swears); Violence: PG-13 (a lot of murders
described) ; Mature Content: PG-13.
West
is a fifteen year old girl who only has her brother and his best friend, Chord,
left alive. The rest of her family has
been killed because they live in a society were people’s genetic alternates are
raised and when they are in their teen years they are given an assignment to
find and kill their twin alternate. The
best fighter is supposed to win and it propels a society of survival of the
fittest. With all of West’s family dead,
it’s especially devastating when her brother dies trying to help his best
friend Chord with his assignment. Chord
tries to keep up his promise to West’s brother and watch out for her, but West wants
to protect Chord because he is the only person she has alive that she cares
about. West falls into a profession of
killing people’s alts for a money and she just might pay the price.
This book is interesting and has a lot of
action, but I have serious qualms with teenagers hunting and killing each
other, especially as the norm in society.
I felt like the character was a hypocrite because she was so devastated
by the loss of her family, yet she took a job killing others. I also didn’t understand the motive behind
the main characters actions, and not having the understanding made the book
drag on a bit.
Overall, interesting idea and it probably will keep the attention of
most teenagers, but it wasn’t my favorite.
HS-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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