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Unwind

Neal Shusterman
Book
March
2022

Review:

I’m still unsure about this book. I’m processing what it actually is because the ending was slightly vague. I find the story itself very compelling and love the way he built a world that is based on truth. It felt like too many perspectives because I think it diluted the story a little bit. It was so interesting to see the different aspects of society at the time and how every person coped differently. Connor grew on me through the book but I ended up liking Lev less by the end. I think it was because his whole perspective at the beginning was captivating but by the end that sort of disappeared. I think the second book will go into more detail. I’m not sure if I will read the next books in the series but it was fairly good!

Trigger Warnings:
Everything? Death, child death, child abuse, mental/emotional abuse, body horror, vivisection, amputation, suffocation, explosions, fires, car accidents, violence, severe injury, paralysis, abandonment, sexual harassment, threats, bullying.

Synopsis From Book:

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.
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