A great book for newbies to the Sci-fi genre!

Landscape with Invisible Hand

By: M.T. Anderson

Genre: YA Science Fiction

Pages: 149

Published: 2017

Read:  December

3 out of 5

Trying to read more out of my comfort zone and get a grasp on different YA novels, I picked up Anderson’s latest book. This book and writing style reminds me of The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex, which the movie Home is loosely based. In Landscape with Invisible Hand, the world is taken over by the Vuvv and humans have no control or say on how the earth is run. To survive you must fight or concede to the Vuvv. This book is a starred review on Booklist and receiving a lot of hype. I definitely recommend to fans of science fiction and those who want to venture out of their own comfort zone. It’s short at only 149 pages. Therefore, a great book for new readers of the sci-fi genre. Give it a try!

A tragic story...

This is Where it Ends

By: Marieke Nijkamp

Genre: YA Realistic Fiction

Pages: 285

Published: 2016

Read:  December

3 out of 5

A tragic school shooting told in minute-by-minute detail with four different personal accounts. However, the novel was much more plot-based than character-based and I wanted to “feel” more from of the characters. There were also a lot of characters, even though only four students told the story. This made it a little hard to keep the characters and their relationships straight. However, I loved the time stamped chapters and fast-paced motion of the story. It made the story more realistic and the reader feel that they are actually experiencing the horrific events of a school shooting. I believe this is the author’s intent of writing such a story. She tells a very important story.