The author is very good at drawing you in with language and keeping you there. The prose was very atmospheric and well structured. There is no doubt that it was well-written. There are parts in the middle when the plot drags its feet a little but it never loses sight of the end goal. At times I certainly had trouble putting it down. This first book is an escape narrative first and foremost. Though the main flaw of novel and its sequels is that the science isn’t very convincing, which may interfere with your willing suspension of disbelief.ĭespite this, everything that happens to the main characters feels realistic in the situations they are placed in and the plot is very compelling. It has many similarities to The Handmaid’s Tale.
For instance, the fact that nuclear war had supposedly destroyed the majority of the world’s continents yet North America was left mostly unscathed. There were many things that didn’t make sense in regards to world-building and realistic societal consequences.
However, the world is a little illogical. I particularly liked the relationships she had with her sister-wives. The relationships in this book, familial, romantic or otherwise were well-written, extremely complex and very real. The supporting cast of characters are varied and nicely complex. Even though she can be a bit callous, Rhine is a very sympathetic main character. It is certainly an interesting world and the unusual situation that the protagonist finds herself in ignited my curiosity. In a world where human life is not worth much, it stands to reason that atrocities would occur. You are not told that the world is awful, you are shown it.
This is indeed the most brutal YA book that I have read. There have been many mixed reviews of this book, not only because it includes things that some might find shocking or bleak. Meanwhile, Rhine’s only desire is to escape and make it back home before her time runs out. He is also one of the last generation living a normal lifespan. Vaughn is a ruthless scientist bent on finding a cure for his son no matter whose lives he might destroy in the process. She is sold to Vaughn, a rich man who forces her to become one of his son’s wives. Rhine lives a dangerous and watchful life with her twin brother before she is kidnapped at the start of the book. Modern humanity has never come quite so close to dying out. The divide between the privileged and the poor has grown even wider. With there only being a short window for each generation to reproduce, girls are snatched from street corners, orphanages and their own homes in order to be sold to the rich as brides. Wither is the first in a trilogy of dystopian YA novels by Lauren DeStefano set in a world where, fifty years previously, genetic manipulation has resulted in a lifespan of twenty five years for males and twenty years for females.
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