{"id":1198,"date":"2014-11-04T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2015-06-15T17:12:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T00:12:42","slug":"raging-star-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/raging-star-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Raging Star — teen review"},"content":{"rendered":"

–review by Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n

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Raging Star<\/em> by Moira Young<\/h2>\n

\"five-stars\"<\/p>\n

This is the last installment in the Dust Lands Trilogy so if you haven\u2019t read the first two books, don\u2019t read this review.<\/p>\n

Like I said, this is the last book and it does a pretty good job of wrapping things up. I didn\u2019t feel like anything was forced or too abrupt because the rest of the series was leading to this ending. Although, to be honest, the solution to Saba\u2019s love triangle was a little unexpected even if it was foreshadowed (but only a little bit).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re already reading the third book (this is, of course, assuming that you haven\u2019t skipped ahead), then you\u2019re probably used to the writing. The post-apocalyptic language that is, at times, hard to understand and the lack of quotation marks can make things difficult. I, personally, didn\u2019t find this endearing because it just made reading the book more difficult. But since the book moves pretty quickly (in the space of about 15 days) it\u2019s not that difficult to get caught up in the plot and move through the language fairly quickly.<\/p>\n

For character development, Saba takes the cake, but then again she\u2019s really the only one who has any growth. You don\u2019t see much change in any of the other characters, but this is also due to the fact that most (if not all) of the story is about her and told from her perspective.<\/p>\n

Overall, I recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed the series thus far because it\u2019s pretty up to par to its predecessors. \u00a05 stars. –Kara E.<\/p>\n

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Find the book in our library: \u00a0Raging Star<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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