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Michael Goldstrom
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By:
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Robison Wells
Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.
He was wrong.
Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.
Where breaking the rules equals death.
But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape - his only real hope for survival - may be impossible.
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If you could sum up Variant in three words, what would they be?
Institutionalized (I just wanted a Pepsi) Mindfu$$ing...Stepfordites.What did you like best about this story?
Yet another story directed for young audiences, that I, an adult took a chance on, and I am glad I did. It appears that many of these stories today, apart from the Gone with the werewolf teenie romances, are smartly written with the thrills and surprises I like also including the Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Lockdown, etc.School's in...Forever!
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Best book ever
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Great s
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Twists that I never saw coming.
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If you could sum up Variant in three words, what would they be?
unexpected unusual uniqueWhat other book might you compare Variant to and why?
unsure if it was ever a book but it reminded me of an old sifi movie logans runcant wait for the sequel
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Well, for the first half. Unfortunately, the twist that comes later would have been inexcusably silly in a grown-up novel. Then again, this is a book for younger readers, and I doubt too many will be concerned about that, or even recognize the creative property that Wells is, um, inspired by. The target audience will probably eat up the who-can-we-trust suspense, the action sequences (including paintball, of all things), the likable, outcast hero, and the romance.
All in all, probably not the most interesting or well-written YA dystopfic out there, but a perfectly readable entry for those who can’t get enough of the genre. Parental note: there’s some PG violence, one implied-but-not-discussed sexual encounter between secondary characters, and no bad language.
Decent dystopfic YA
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Solid Fun, Nothing New or Breathtaking
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Kept Me Guessing
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The book did keep my interest through the entire story and the twist revealing the schools secret was unexpected. The ending left me thinking WTF?! with a million ideas on what was going on. I will be keeping an eye out for the sequel.
Interesting twist with a cliff hanger
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Weirdly Fascinating
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