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Aberrant
Aberrant | Ruth Silver
3 posts | 4 read | 9 to read
In the future dystopian society of Cabal, the government instills equality for all and offers its citizens the perfect system. There is food, shelter and jobs for everyone. The one requirement is to follow the rules without question, including the government's match in marriage and "The Day of the Chosen", a lottery that randomly selects families to conceive children as natural means hasn't existed in generations. Following her eighteenth birthday, Olivia Parker accepts her requirement to marry her childhood best friend, Joshua Warren, and is eager to start her work assignment and new life when it all comes abruptly to an end as she's arrested and thrown in prison. The only crime committed, her existence. Olivia is unlike the rest of the world born not from "The Day of the Chosen." The truth haunts the government and puts her life in grave danger as one simple fact would destroy the perfect system. With Joshua's help, Olivia breaks free of prison and is forced on the run. Together they set out to find the promised rebel town in search of a new home and new life together. Their situation seems less than promising as they reach the town of Haven. New rules and customs must be adhered to in order to stay. Leaving would mean most certain death in the large expanse of the Gravelands. Time is running out as the government mounts an attack to destroy Olivia and bury her secret with her. Thrown into a world unlike their own, they must quickly adapt to survive.
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Anescapewithinthepages
Aberrant | Ruth Silver
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It's become a trope. Doesn't mean some are not literary perfection, it's a just a thin line.

Other books this reminds me off: Matched Allie Condie, Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare, Frozen by Melissa De La Cruz, Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Divergent by Veronica Roth, Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi, and more.

What books does this make you think of?

Ps. #hungergamesdoesitbest

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Anescapewithinthepages
Aberrant | Ruth Silver
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Panpan

This book was a how to guide on writing cliche young adult dystopian. Seriously it's a bunch of other books chucked in a blender. 🚫📚👎🏻

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AliceInWonderLibrary
Aberrant | Ruth Silver
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I don't think this book is talked about enough in discussions of distopian YA. Is it the best thing ever written in the genre? No. Is it entertaining and well worth the read? Most definitely.

charlotte I've never heard of it before, but it sounds really good! 8y
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