Lena, the protagonist, is a perfectly normal 18 year old who has grown up believing and 'knowing' that love is a terrible thing and has grown up practically counting the days till she gets cured. She can't wait to know that she is safe and secure from the deadly thing that they call love. She is very obedient, at the beginning of the book at least, and abides all the rules of the society, including curfew by 9 and to be a decent amount away from males. However, this changes towards the middle of the book when she meets Alex and in fact does the dreaded thing - and falls in love. She is then open to other ideas and becomes curious about the truth of her society and what love means. When she finds out, she becomes reckless and has the desire to rebel.
The antagonist is society. The society Lena lives in. It is based in the U.S but not all of the U.S. It considers the rest of the world as dangerous as the rest of the world must be infected by love. It has no idea of what the rest of the world gets up to and only lives within walls with electric fences that separate the whole society from everything else. It believes that love is a lethal concept and strives to prevent it from becoming an 'epidemic' like it had before - hand, well, before the ingenious cure was created to save mankind.
I REALLY enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who likes science-fiction. It's a really scary concept, and it was fabulous :D
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"I kinda liked this book, and I agree with you, it is really creepy, the whole concept.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if you agree but I sort of thought the end wasn't brilliant? well its a matter of opinion :)
lots of love, gemma
That was FABULOUS. <3. Loved your descriptions, very detailed.
ReplyDeleteLove love love love this omg i have to read it. Its kind of sad love is a disease cause how do you love your parents or friends or other people lol but its a really smart idea for a book!
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