Author: Alexandra Bracken
Publication Date: July 16th 2013
Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide
Pages: 89
Link to Goodreads: HerePart of a Series: Yes
Plot: Gabe's life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is to leave his small town behind and to attempt to become a skiptracer. This already almost impossible task is made all the more difficult by his first score, a young girl who won't speak, but who changes his life in ways he could never imagine.
Reading Period: March 23, 2015 - March 29, 2015
Review:
This is a short novella between book 1 and 2 of the Darkest Minds series. At first it was a bit slow, not because the writing is bad (it isn't really, I love Alexandra Bracken's style) but because you left the first book getting attached to the characters and then you find someone new! Who is this guy?
This guy is Gabe. Gabe was too old to be affected by the disease, but too young to be an adult. His only chance to survive is to become a bounty hunter. They travel across the country to capture kids who have being affected by the change. Gabe has spent the last years convincing that the he hated children. They ruined the economy, they ruined his future, if they hadn't got sick, the devastation in America would have never happened. It's easier to not think of them as children, but as animals. You will feel less guilty about capture them and send them to camps. At least that's what he thought! What happens when you start to care?
This novella shows how the people not affected by the change live. What's happening while Ruby and Liam and the others are trying to escape and live a life?
After a few pages, you come to love Gabe especially after he encounters a familiar face, someone we got to know and love in the first book.
Overall it's a nice short novella that helps you understand the world our protagonists are living in.
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