551 pages

English language

Published May 8, 2012 by W F Howes.

ISBN:
978-1-4074-9693-1
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OCLC Number:
780413365

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In a post-apocalyptic world, Pressia, a sixteen-year-old survivor with a doll's head fused onto her left hand meets Partridge, a "Pure" dome-dweller who is searching for his mother, sure that she has survived the cataclysm.

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Review of 'Pure' on 'Goodreads'

Pressia was only a young child the day of the Detonations. The day that changed the world forever. Those inside the dome were protected but the masses left outside were irrevocably changed; the combination of radiation and nanotechnology leaving them fused with their surroundings. When Pressia turns sixteen, she is expected to join the OSR, a militia intent on taking over the dome and the Pures inside but like everyone else her age, she will do whatever she can to avoid them.

Julianna Baggott has created a dark and oppressive world in Pure. Pressia’s hand has been fused with the doll she was holding when the detonations happened. Bradwell shares his back with a flock of birds. El Captian and his brother now share the same body. It’s a book in which physical perfection has little bearing. Where Patridge is a Pure from the dome, his appearance is more shocking …

Review of 'Pure' on 'Goodreads'

Pure from the outset is a striking book. I mean that in a physical sense in addition to the narrative contained in its pages.

I have the edition pictured to the left, though the black lettering on mine is almost a metallic pearl colour. The book from a distance would appear almost entirely white.

Some cover art is mere dressing, or a visual cue to attract a reader. This cover of Pure is a beautiful artistic referencing of the story - kudos to Headline and the cover artist for a lovely piece of book art. Hard, though it is to keep clean.

Young Adult?

It’s a coming of age novel, the protagonists are teens. It’s already been marketed at fans of the Hunger Games and The Passage.

Which I fear may lead to it being pigeon-holed as a Young Adult novel. Which is not bad in and of itself but …

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Subjects

  • Survival
  • Fiction