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XVI by Julia Karr (2011)

Jun 30, 2011 23:02

My synopsis (no spoilers):

XVI is a dystopian novel about Nina, a girl who is afraid to turn 16. This is because when a girl turns 16 (or "sex-teen" as the book repeatedly calls it), she is tattoed with a 'XVI' that declares her to be of legal age. She's basically fair game. Since the world includes a strictly-govt controlled caste system, upper- ( Read more... )

at least the cover is cool, character development fail, author last names g-l, young adult fails

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emptysilentlife July 1 2011, 21:38:40 UTC

Oh man, I was stoked about this book after reading the synopsis. It sounds awesome. And then I kept reading your post and realized this was posted in bookfails.

It's really disappointing because the book (like you said) sounds like it could have done so much more with the idea and instead just crashed and burned. Fucking rape culture :(