Julianna Baggott
Hardcover | Pages: 431 pages Rating: 3.74 | 23036 Users | 3149 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Pure |
| ISBN: | 1455503061 (ISBN13: 9781455503063) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.pure-book.com/ |
| Series: | Pure #1 |
| Characters: | Pressia Belze, Partridge Willux, Ellery Willux, Bradwell, Lyda, El Capitan |
| Literary Awards: | ALA Alex Award (2013) |
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We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run. Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . . There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her. When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.Itemize Based On Books Pure (Pure #1)
| Title | : | Pure (Pure #1) |
| Author | : | Julianna Baggott |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 431 pages |
| Published | : | February 8th 2012 by Grand Central Publishing |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
Rating Based On Books Pure (Pure #1)
Ratings: 3.74 From 23036 Users | 3149 ReviewsRate Based On Books Pure (Pure #1)
This book was excruciatingly torturous to read. I took forever to finish this book. In fact, it took me over a month to read this whole thing and I wanted to drop it more than a dozen times but I just had to persevere because Ive become lazy and have dropped too many books recently. If you know me, you know that I read at a fairly rapid rate, finishing a book (if I dont jump around) in about two or three days if time allows. Well, the length of time is explanatory itself.Pure was just so dullThree and a half stars: This book takes you to a dark ravaged existence after a nuclear apocalypse. Pressia adjusts the ratty sock that covers the doll head fused to her hand, as she hurries down the dark alley, anxious to get home to her ailing grandfather. She glances up at the darkened sky. Everywhere there is swirling ash and dust. It is a landscape devoid of color, everything is black, grey and dirty. The world is one of decay, ash, scars and death. Pressia, is among the many survivors,
A doll-face for a hand! Babies protruding from necks! Do I have your attention yet? Ok, this book is harsh! The world is one of THE most disturbing dystopian world I've ever read. It's cruel, it's very bizarre, and it's strangely fascinating. Some things are definitely hard to swallow, but a merciless world such as this - that is built with excellence, might I add- makes for a spine-chilling read that you will not soon forget!Pressia lives in the aftermath of an atomic bomb that almost destroyed
This book "crosses over" between literary and genre in a way that Hunger Games does not (although I certainly liked Hunger Games). What qualities push a book from genre towards "literary?" In this case, it's 1.) the cultural commentary, the idea, the speculative nature of the premise and subject matter; Pure is more overtly political than Hunger Games, and this appeals to me as an adult reader and what dissatisfied me about H.G. And, 2.) Pure is better on the on the sentence level, more
A wonderful, cruel and excruciatingly beautiful, almost poetic piece of steampunk-dystopia.
4.5 stars.Pure is a gritty, intense, gruesome, disturbing, gripping and incredibly original post-apocalyptic / dystopian novel.Set in a world 10 years after what could only be described as a nuclear holocaust, the Detonations, the reader is quickly made aware that there are two distinct groups of people. The first are the Pures, a 'superior' group of healthy, well cared for individuals with (seemingly) no imperfections. The Pures are people who were either inside a structure called the Dome,
Originally posted @ The Night BookmobilePure is one of the most original post-apocalyptic stories Ive come across. Patridges world inside the dome reflects a more familiar setting, the sort of dystopia story we are used to, with residents of the dome living under a strict new set of rules put in place by the new leaders, to supposedly protect them from repeating their tragic history. The citizens of the dome listen to only sanctioned songs, dine on soytex pills for their meals, and only those
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