Month: June 2014

Book Review: Elsie Chapman’s Divided

Book Review: Elsie Chapman’s Divided

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Dividedon May 27, 2014 and has 304 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Second in the Dualed dystopian Young Adult series set in an alternate history, one I hope never comes to pass. I did receive this as an ARC from the publisher. My Take I would seriously recommend reading Dualed, 1, first as Chapman writes as if she expects you to understand some basics of the society in her story, and I have to assume that she spelled these out in the first installment. Chapman’s put a nice twist on this dystopian thriller with a hint of Escape From New York, although Kersh’s inhabitants never did see the movie. How sad that every child is brought up with the following as a mantra: “Each one of them helps with reflexes, coordination, muscle strength. At all times you’ll need the three to defeat your Alt.” I suspect Chapman’s world is more interesting for her lack of information, leaving my imagination to try and fill in the blanks or else she’d have […]

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