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Anomaly by Krista McGee (Review #144)

"Decades before Thalli's birth, the world was decimated by a nuclear war. But life continued deep underground, thanks to a handful of scientists known as the Ten. There they created genetically engineered human beings who are free of emotions in the hope that war won't threaten the world again.

Thalli is an anomaly, born with the ability to feel emotions and a sense of curiosity she can barely contain. She has survived so far by hiding her differences. But then her secret is discovered when she is overwhelmed by the emotion of an ancient piece of music.

The Ten quickly schedule her annihilation, but her childhood friend, Berk - a scientist being groomed by the Ten - convinces them to postpone her death to study her instead. While in the Scientist's Pod, Thalli and Berk form a dangerous alliance, one strictly forbidden by the constant surveillance.

As her life ticks away, she hears rumors of someone called the Designer - someone even more powerful than the Ten. What's more, the parts of her that have always been an anomaly could in fact be part of a much larger plan. And the parts of her that she has always guarded could be the answer she's been looking for all along.

Thalli must sort out what to believe and who to trust, before her time runs out..."

Review:
This one was interesting.

I loved Thalli and Berk’s relationship. We see it progress through the years from when they were children to now and it was natural and lighthearted.

I loved that Thalli had John, someone not “designed” by the Ten, who knew about life before the War. She was able to learn new things like how life below is not as perfect as she’s led to believe. 

I did also surprisingly like Rhen, despite her being almost robotic with her lack of emotion and her irrefutable logic. She showed us what Thalli might’ve been like if she wasn’t an anomaly, while also showing us that no one is completely perfect, like when Thalli used a game they played as children as a form of communication and Rhen told her in a joking manor that she was too old for games.

The Progress part of the story was a super interesting twist and I loved to see Thalli try to understand what she sees and tries to rationalize it with life below.

I think the story was very promising and, the book did have some good parts to it. I do wish there was more of a heads up as far as the religious aspects of this story. I had no idea until I was well into it that it had religious themes as the driving force of the book. Now if you’re Christian or Catholic, and you enjoy reading books with those religious themes in them, I think this is a great integration of the religion and modern YA dystopian themes.

What did you think of the book?  Tell me your thoughts and feels down below!! 



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