When 100 juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world.
When one hundred juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world. The plot contains profanity, and violence.
The idea of this book is interesting but there were so many things left unexplained or that didn't make sense that it really took away from my enjoyment of the book. Why would the government send 100 teens to earth? I get that it's a risk but teens? Really? Also, how did these people survive in spaceships for hundreds of years? How are they able to store that much oxygen and food and such? There wasn't enough explanation to make this seem believable to me. There were 4 POV's and I think that was too many. I don't really think all of them were necessary and I didn't really feel like they all had distinct voices. They all started to run together. Some of the descriptions were wonderful - particularly of the first days on earth - but overall, I think the book lacked description that gave me a full picture of the settings. I was expecting a sort of Survivor meets Lord of the Flies but this was not that at all. It focused much more on romance and relationship problems than on survival. On the bright side, I didn't hate it and I think it could make a great TV show (I understand the CW network has optioned it). I suspect teens will like this much more than I did.
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