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| Original Title: | All These Things I've Done |
| ISBN: | 0374302103 (ISBN13: 9780374302108) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Birthright #1 |
| Setting: | New York City, New York,2083(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2014) |
Gabrielle Zevin
Hardcover | Pages: 354 pages Rating: 3.7 | 13511 Users | 2046 Reviews
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In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to avoid falling in love with the new assistant D.A.'s son, and avoiding her loser ex-boyfriend. That is until her ex is accidentally poisoned by the chocolate her family manufactures and the police think she's to blame. Suddenly, Anya finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight--at school, in the news, and most importantly, within her mafia family.Engrossing and suspenseful, All These Things I've Done is an utterly unique, unputdownable read that blends both the familiar and the fantastic.
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| Title | : | All These Things I've Done (Birthright #1) |
| Author | : | Gabrielle Zevin |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 354 pages |
| Published | : | September 6th 2011 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Romance. Fiction. Teen. Mystery |
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Ratings: 3.7 From 13511 Users | 2046 ReviewsCommentary Of Books All These Things I've Done (Birthright #1)
To make myself feel like an equal-opportunity teacher, I like to force myself to read some "YA chick books" so I can pitch them to reluctant reader girls the way I do so many sports, war, and horror books to reluctant reading boys (and girls, as girls seem less bothered by a book's gender target audience). But mea culpa, I'm here to confess I am a fraud. I cannot bring myself to read a single sentence of the Twilight series. Ditto anything by the much beloved Sarah Dessen (#1 with 8th-gradeWith a cover like that, a premise like that, and the name of one of YAs most highly awarded authors attached to it, how could one not pick this book up? With her trademark intelligent writing and world-building, Gabrielle Zevins dystopian ALL THESE THINGS IVE DONE should be a hit for those who like their YA dystopias a touch on the literary side. It doesnt quite hit the mark in terms of characterization, but I still very much enjoyed this novel, and look forward to its sequels.Anyas New York is
The first few pages of this I absolutely could not take seriously. Honestly, you try and keep a straight face when someone is talking about drinking espresso like its getting shot up with meth. The feeling passed fairly quickly though and in this story I found a character that I could really like.Quick Overview: Anya Balanchine is known mainly as the daughter of the most notorious (and dead) chocolate crime boss. All Anya wants though is to stay under the radar and keep her and her family safe.
This book was a total air ball for me. The premise sounded so fun a futuristic society with a Prohibition-era-type ban on chocolate,a black market run by mobster families, and a teenage heir to the family empire. MURDERS! POISONING! Boredom? Boredom. Oh, and tepid romance and a selfish MC. Imagine all the places this book couldve gone. Yeah, thats right, Im thinking total badass teenage girl threatening her way across NYC and putting her dysfunctional family business back in order. (I mean,
This wasn't much of anything. It wasn't a love story, it wasn't a dystopic future, it wasn't an exciting action crime drama, it certainly wasn't science fiction as it is cataloged at the library. This story fell short of being defined in any genre just as it fell short in being interesting or appealing in any way.The love interest, Win, was boring and annoying (he wore lots of hats and called his girlfriend "lass") and the main character Anya and her family was unsympathetic despite the sympathy
All These Things I've Done was surprisingly good. I was completely captivated by this intriguing and tension filled story.I have been reading quite a bit of dystopia lately and I loved that this novel did not focus on matching people or the government trying to control everybody. In the year 2083 they are plenty of problems and changes but overall it feels more like a realistic future. Chocolate is illegal (EEK! no chocolate would make me crazy) together with a million other things like
The status comments I made for this book do a lot to explain my descending feelings. I'm just flat bummed that Zevin took things in the direction she did, because I started out absolutely LOVING this story. To be honest, the only reason I was initially engaged in the book is because I liked Anya and her family. The worldbuilding is practically nonexistent, and for any book that touts itself as a dystopian, that's not good. Chocolate and caffeine have been outlawed, and there's little-to-no
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