The Young World by Chris Weitz

IDEKA Book Review

Title: The Young World
Author: Chris Weitz
Published: 2014
Synopsis on Goodreads: After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl he's secretly in love with, have carved out a precarious existence among the chaos. But when another tribe member discovers a clue that may hold the cure to the Sickness, five teens set out on a life-altering road trip to save humankind.
The tribe exchanges gunfire with enemy gangs, escapes cults and militias, braves the wilds of the subway and Central Park...and discovers truths they could never have imagined.
Goodreads Average Star Rating: 3.43
My Star Rating: (a generous) 2
Review: First and foremost, I won this book on a Goodreads giveaway. Now we can start. This book has apparently been hyped up quite a bit. It sounds interesting, even though it's not original (**cough** Gone by Michael Grant **cough**). I was willing to give it a chance. But . . .
-It's not an original concept
-Donna is an annoying character and it was torture to read from her point of view
-It was so freaking dramatic and overdone
-Characters died before I grew attached to them
-The "love triangle" was not believable. None of the romance in this book was believable
-Donna put question marks after statements. WHO DOES THAT? (I'm a girl? The sky is blue?)
-And Donna, tone it down on the swearing. I don't have a problem with swear words, but that's a little much
-Brainbox saved this book from getting one star
-And finally, stick to directing, Chris Weitz. He directed the Twilight saga and The Golden Compass and those were fantastic movies . . .

Why does this book even deserve 2 stars, you ask? I'm pretty sure it accomplished what it was trying to do. This book is a product. It's directed specifically at the young adult audience, and it's pure fun. This book wasn't trying to be serious or quality dystopian fiction.

Hate this book. I don't recommend it.