State of Grace
Author: Hilary
Badger
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Egmont
Nothing and no-one exists beyond the garden where Wren
and the others live, but that’s okay- they have everything they could possibly
need right there, in paradise. The trees are laden with fruit and the water in
the lagoon is clear as crystal. Wren’s world is a utopia.
If only Wren could stop the strange visions she’s started
having: flashes of another world, where there are people she doesn’t know-
couldn’t possibly know- but who somehow feel familiar. And what does Blaze, the
most beautiful and mysterious of creations, know about what’s going on in
Wren’s head?
When she uncovers the lies that are propping up
everything she has ever believed in, Wren must choose: remain in blissful
ignorance or face the ugly truth?
My review
My thoughts on the
book: Ok I have to start of this review admitting that for around the first
100 pages I didn’t really like the book and was bored, everything was just too
perfect. Nothing seemed to be happening until Wren meets and outsider called
Dennis. Once Dennis was on the scene I was hooked and couldn’t read quick
enough.
Ok so I can’t really get into the storyline too much
otherwise I will give away the whole book and I don’t want to do that. State of
Grace is about Wren, one of many teenagers who are in this Utopia world where
everyone worships DOT and does everything the Dotly way (DOT is basically their
God). They follow The Books (kind of like their bible with chapters such as The
Book of Kidness) and hope to be picked as one of the special few by Dot on
Competition night for being so Dotly. Suddenly Wren is having flashes of
another world where things are very different and she thinks that Dot is
setting her a test to prove how much she believes in Dot. Then while swimming
one night someone new is there (Dennis) and Wren believes once again that he is
her test. I really can’t go into much more about what happens but I had an idea
of what was happening but not to the extent that it did. At the end there was one
person who we found out was someone that we thought we knew we really didn’t
and it really surprised me. I kind of hope that there is another book just so I
can find out what happens.
State of Grace is a fantastic story that brings into the
light what some people will do to forget their past and some issues that every
teenager is faced with. It will appeal to people who loved Pandora Jones:
Admission by Barry Jonsburg as it has some of the same storyline concepts.
Favourite
character: I think it would have to
be Blaze. Once he starts having these visions he stops at nothing to figure out
what is happening to him and then when he discovers what has actually happened
he accepts it and doesn’t shy away from the truth. He is such a string
character and has been through so much in his short life and for him to be the
person that he is at the end of the story is a great achievement.
Favourite
quote/part:
“I’ll come talk to Gil!”
It’s Luna. She rushes forward, pulling Fern with her.
Somehow Luna scrambles onto someone else’s shoulders until she’s right in front
of Gil, kissing him directly on the mouth like the two of them are going to
hook up right there on the balcony.
‘I tasted Dot. I really did,’ she squeals.
(This might not seem that funny but once you read the
book you will understand just how funny it is).
Rating: 4/5
(for the slow start I took a point off)
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