A dystopian story where everything is
frozen. It’s an original one (based on what I have read about dystopian
stories) and there are humans, magical creatures, military, marked ones, all
living in Vegas where there are casinos playing poker. Okay, that part is a bit
scattered. It could have been a great plot if not for the weak background. It
wasn’t explained how the earth ended up frozen, and yet there’s the sea where
they were able to travel. It wasn’t explained why the government ended up being
overly-strict to its citizens and how people with “marks” came out to be and
persecuted. It’s like the authors assumed that the readers would already know
these things. And the characters, I find them detached. The characters have
potential but… (there’s always the but.. I’m sorry) but as a reader, I couldn’t
reach them at all. There’s no emotions. It’s like watching a movie performed by
very bad actors, by uttering their lines in a monosyllabic way.
To make it fair, I like the idea of the
story, it’s something you could realize, some of it could might happen (I hope
not) in a very far future if humans won’t be responsible enough on the future
and on mother earth. Garbage everywhere, poisoned water, people too dependent
on gadgets that they forgot the importance of education. I found myself
laughing hard with the “textlish” that was introduced here. It’s like what we
call “jejemon” in our country. It’s a way of texting which is kind of funny.
And for it to be spoken… really? So hilarious.. haha!
At first there’s this big deal about the “marked”
ones and Nat being the center of it all, so how come I never get to see
anything elaborating the extent of her power, and then at the end. I just feel
like this story is full of inconsistencies. Soon, I found myself comparing this
to the “series of unfortunate events” with all the things they encounter and
escaped smoothly. And with all that, I didn’t feel panic, thrill or excitement.
As I’ve said, the story kind of detached.
But
still, I will give this 2 stars for its potential, I hope the authors will
still have the time to do something to repair some of the inconsistencies and
work with content more to make it stronger and detailed.
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