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"Emily Shaffer delivers a dynamic performance of this dystopian audiobook... She masterfully connects listeners to the characters' emotions, creating passionate and realistic performances." â?? AudioFile Magazine /> This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture! Survive the year.
No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That's why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better lifeâ??a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it's not just the brutal elements they must fear. It's not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between. Praise for The Grace Year:
The plot of this book sounded very interesting to me, but also I didn't expect much from it, just another ya dystopia. And it is kind of what I got for the most of the book. Some stereotypical characters, some dumb decisions, a lot of focus on the nasty stuff for shock value. Despite that, it was a good 3 star read, and I enjoyed it.
It was the end that made this book so much better, though. The characters were forced to grow up and suddenly it was more adult, more reasonable, more realistic. And I loved it. Enough to raise the whole book up to 4 stars. ( )
A fairly intriguing if familiar-sounding plotline, with side characters more interesting than the main ones and a writing style that is solid although suffers from lack of concise editing. "The Grace Year" is a brutal YA dystopian novel that takes a look at girls who are coming of age and a society that pits women against one another, and honestly I thought this would be a bit more empowering.
There are little bits scattered throughout the story that say "hey, women fighting each other because of men wielding power over us is BAD and we need to change this" yet so little is done to actually do so. The ending promises a vague hint of uprising at some unknown point in the future, but that does nothing to save the lack of change that actually occurs on page. Despite being action-packed at points the story DRAGSSSS in the middle and often repeats itself. Readers see the same scenes, similar dialogue, and ideas presented over and over again until it feels like walking in circles. This is made even more frustrating because the main character is quite flat, although does become more interesting and fleshed-out as she seeks out other female friendship. Finally, I was very confused and sad to see the underlying queer storyline dropped totally? It sort of felt like Liggett wanted to go places with this and then just forgot to do so.
Again, the core story is intriguing, and I binge read the book in a couple of days, but I think it could have done with heavy editing in the middle and some rewriting to really make everything coherent and more punchy. A younger reader who hasn't read something similar might enjoy this more! I found it to be very similar to books such as "Gather the Daughters" by Jennie Melamed (2017) which I enjoyed totally but definitely made "The Grace Year" less exciting for me personally. ( )
This book is very reminiscent of Hunger Games. I kept thinking of the parallels while reading it. It's an interesting concept, not really one I've read before, but the whole 'lock them up and watch them murder each other' thing feels a bit old. It's not a bad book, just really not my favorite, it feels like it had room to be way better but it just kind of fell short. I did read it at like 1.9x speed as an audiobook, and that might have played into it a little because it seemed like a lot of it was rushed, but that might translate differently if you read it normally or listen at a slower speed. I could go on for longer about this book, but I'm not going to cause my point's been made as it is. If you enjoyed Hunger Games and want to relive that, read this. ( )
Three stars, but it's a low 3. This is like "A Handmaid's Tale" meets "Lord of the Flies." Not in a good way. I was sucked in but also quite annoyed most of the book. So ... Yeah. ( )
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A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze. —MARGARET ATWOOD, THE HANDMAID'S TALE
Maybe there is a beast … maybe it's only us. —WILLIAM GOLDING, LORD OF THE FLIES
Dedicatòria
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For the daughters of the world, and those who revere them.
Primeres paraules
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No one speaks of the grace year.
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The open water, the breeze, the unobstructed sun glaring down on us—it feels like freedom, but we know it's a lie. This is how they break us. They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift.
We hurt each other because it's the only way we're permitted to show our anger. When our choices are taken from us, the fire builds within. Sometimes I feel like we might burn down the world to cindery bits, with our love, our rage, and everything in between.
The things we do to girls. Whether we put them on pedestals only to tear them down, or use them for parts and holes, we're all complicit in this. But everything touches everything else, and I have to believe that some good will come out of all this destruction.
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Holding my ground, I wait to see if he'll take me in his arms or simply pass right through me.
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Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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Young Adult Fiction.
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"Emily Shaffer delivers a dynamic performance of this dystopian audiobook... She masterfully connects listeners to the characters' emotions, creating passionate and realistic performances." â?? AudioFile Magazine This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture! Survive the year.
No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That's why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better lifeâ??a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it's not just the brutal elements they must fear. It's not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between. Praise for The Grace Year:
"A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner." â?? Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author "The Grace Year seethes with love and brutality, violence and hope. It is a remarkable and timely story of the bonds between women, the cost of breaking those bonds, and the courage it takes to defy a patriarchy intent on crushing feminine strength." â?? Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes "This book is harrowing and absolutely riveting, an insidious journey from reason to madness that manages to completely refresh the concept of the patriarchal dystopia, with a beautifully realized ending that goes to a very different, and even more believable, subtle, and unexpectedly satisfying, place than I expected." - Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel W
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It was the end that made this book so much better, though. The characters were forced to grow up and suddenly it was more adult, more reasonable, more realistic. And I loved it. Enough to raise the whole book up to 4 stars. (