I think this book was really great. I was interested from the very beginning. Though a lot of the technology lingo was foreign to me, I was able to keep up for the most part. I think that the characters really got to me and pulled me in. I was so surprised when I found out that Van had liked Marcus all along, but I still liked that he was with Ange. I just couldn't imagine being in their shoes throughout this book, from all the torture they went through to the secrets and lies they were surrounded with. I can definitely see how Marcus was a hero figure, because he basically saved the how country from the corruption of the government. It was shocking that it took what Marcus did for the state to realize what the DHS was doing to everyone.
There were three events in this book that were consecutively my favorite. The first being the VampMob game that Marcus set up to distract the DHS. I could just imagine hundreds of people running around in vampire costumes "biting' each other. The second being when Marcus found Ange and Daryl after the DHS were busted. He was so scared that they might have been sent to some remote place, never to be found again, so I was relieved when he heard their voices. The third part I really liked was that the court only charged Marcus with theft. He stole someones phone, which at the time worried me because I thought he blew his only chance of fixing everything, but in the end actually saved him and his country.
I think this would be a good book to use in the classroom. I think many students would enjoy the technology that is all through the pages, and they would be able to relate to it heavily. I think if it were my classroom, I would use it as optional reading, simply because of some of the sexual language and scenes in the book. I wouldn't want parents getting upset over a small issue, so I wouldn't use it as a mandatory text. Other than that I think it would help students to understand concepts of technology, government, friendship and terrorism.
I'm looking forward to a movie version if that ever comes to be, it would be really interesting to see who would get cast as the lead roles....
I agree with you Angel. I would also use this book in my classroom as an optional text. I think some students would be turned off by all of the technology lingo while others would love it. Either way I think it's a great book to help teach students about their rights as human beings.
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