Summary:
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Age Group: Young Adult
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Source: Review copy from publisher
Review:
Doesn't this sound like such a neat and unique book? I thought the summary was really intriguing and couldn't wait to dive in to All These Things I've Done. Seriously, a world without chocolate? I can't make it one day without chocolate, so to read about chocolate as an illegal substance was really interesting to me.
Anya is a tough nut to crack. She has the detached exterior and cool cunning of Katniss Everdeen. Anya cares for her siblings and her ailing grandmother with compassion, but she doesn't allow herself the opportunity to have many of her own feelings.
The writing was very spare, which left the book feeling almost emotionless for me. To be fair, I didn't give this book a fighting chance, as I read only a few pages per night. It took me over three weeks to finish the book, which gave me plenty of time to lose momentum and emotion.
I really liked the world Zevin created. I thought the illegal substances of chocolate and caffeine was such a unique idea, and I loved the descriptions of Anya's boyfriend when he was high on chocolate. Another thing that appealed to me was the character development. I cared about the characters and was invested in their stories. I especially liked how Anya grows into her emotions by the book's end.
I was pretty upset about the open ending until I learned that All These Things I've Done is the first in a series. I will definitely read more from Gabrielle Zevin and look forward to the next book in the series.
Doesn't this sound like such a neat and unique book? I thought the summary was really intriguing and couldn't wait to dive in to All These Things I've Done. Seriously, a world without chocolate? I can't make it one day without chocolate, so to read about chocolate as an illegal substance was really interesting to me.
Anya is a tough nut to crack. She has the detached exterior and cool cunning of Katniss Everdeen. Anya cares for her siblings and her ailing grandmother with compassion, but she doesn't allow herself the opportunity to have many of her own feelings.
The writing was very spare, which left the book feeling almost emotionless for me. To be fair, I didn't give this book a fighting chance, as I read only a few pages per night. It took me over three weeks to finish the book, which gave me plenty of time to lose momentum and emotion.
I really liked the world Zevin created. I thought the illegal substances of chocolate and caffeine was such a unique idea, and I loved the descriptions of Anya's boyfriend when he was high on chocolate. Another thing that appealed to me was the character development. I cared about the characters and was invested in their stories. I especially liked how Anya grows into her emotions by the book's end.
I was pretty upset about the open ending until I learned that All These Things I've Done is the first in a series. I will definitely read more from Gabrielle Zevin and look forward to the next book in the series.