I read a science fiction book
called The Roar by Emma Clayton. This book’s copyright date is 2009.
Mika and Ellie were separated from each other for the past year and everyone
thinks Ellie is dead, but Mika still believes she is somewhere out in the
world. Mika goes on a long and dangerous journey to find and save his sister
from a man who plans to capture all mutant children like Ellie and himself. In
the end, Mika and Ellie are finally reunited. The theme of the novel I read was
to never lose faith in something you believe in and to trust what your gut
tells you to do.
The novel I
read this 3rd six weeks was told as if the author was watching and
recording what was happening or in other words, 3rd person point of
view. AS stated above, Mika and Ellie are separated. Mika has been really
depressed since she disappeared until one day his counselor says he has a
chance to find Ellie through his school’s fitness program. He joins a contest
that will lead him to the person who captured Ellie. Mika ends up winning and
learns that there was more to the contest than he was expecting. The audience
is aimed towards young teenagers. The genre is science fiction and it fits into
the story because the setting is in futuristic London England where the world
is covered with concrete and people are terrified of animals because they had a
world-changing catastrophe called the animal plague. The author kept me
interested by adding lots of action to the book and switching the view of
different characters often. Clayton’s writing style was that she would add more
conflict when the story was getting old and she would exaggerate on what was
happening. Her strategy kept me interested throughout the entire book and made
me want to keep reading.
This book
affected the way I thought about mankind. It changed ideas I had about people.
I learned that people will sacrifice lots of things and become courageous for
the things they truly want. In the story, the antagonist (Mal Gorman) would manipulate
Ellie and Mika by threatening to harm their family. It worked most of the time
because the siblings loved and wanted their family to be safe. This book
reminded me of a book I am currently reading called Maze Runner.
I
really enjoyed reading this story because the author kept it interesting and I couldn’t
put it down! Although the story overall was amazing, the vocabulary could have
been a lot more advanced. The author should’ve focused on increasing the
meaning of the theme in the story and adding metaphors and symbolism.
Tab McCarty
12/15/13
RATING: ***** 5/5
I loved this book
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