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Chargement... Ink (2017)par Alice Broadway
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. What little worldbuilding was established in the beginning completely fell apart in the last quarter of this book. The characters' actions and motivations made no sense, and I wondered WTF was happening. So many characters did illegal things, but not only are none of them punished by the strict government, the main character is...rewarded beyond belief? She switches back and forth every other line in her loyalties. She goes through all that work to save her father, knowing somewhat why he needed saving, only to be shocked by the reveal and completely betray his memory? The unambiguous hypocrisy of the government doesn't raise any flags for the main character? What a frustrating mess. Ink is the first novel in the Skin Books trilogy by Alice Broadway. Plot: In Saintstone, everyone is tattooed and every important life event is recorded in tattoos. When a person dies, their skin is preserved in a book that chronicles and pays hommage to their life. This thought gives Leora, who dreams of becoming an inker herself, much peace when her own father dies. But then she glimpses a mark that should not be there, something that marks him as a traitor. With that realization, Leora’s entire life starts to unravel. Ink is not exactly subtle in its metaphors about surveillance states and populism. It doesn’t need to be to be a good read – and that it certainly was. Even if you aren’t as into tattoos as I am. Read more on my blog: https://kalafudra.com/2019/05/24/ink-alice-broadway/ aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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In Saintstone everyone gets tattoos recording their deeds from birth until death, and the ink lets every other citizen know your triumphs as well as your sins; so when Leora's father dies and she sees glimpses a symbol of a horrible crime on the back of his neck she is horrified, and sure it is a mistake--and in her efforts to find out the truth she discovers the lengths that Saintstone will go to preserve its "perfect" society. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I also felt the creation myth for Sainstone and getting marks was so improbable and even a bit unrealistic. Blaming the "blanks" (people who don't get tattoos and the "enemies" of the society) reminded me of certain periods in history and even ongoing events.
Yes, I have the book four stars but only because the author drew me and made me want to see what would happen. The writing was also fairly decent. Leora was all over the place, especially once truths start to be revealed. The ending was actually pretty predictable.
Hopefully, this isn't a drawn out series. The author could probably finish the predictable plot in one more book. ( )