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Lauren DeStefano: Wither (2011, Simon & Schuster)

Published Aug. 24, 2011 by Simon & Schuster.

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978-1-4424-0905-7
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It's an amazing literary experience brought to us by Lauren DeStefano.

In Wither, the author explores an scenario where nothing is as it used to be. After genetic mutations made in order to extinguish epidemic diseases, the humanity is punished with an threaten of extintion caused by a misterious virus that reaps young lives, mens at the age of 25 and girls at 20; In order to protect humanity from extinguishment, young girls are daily kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages. When the 16 years old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Colectors in order to become a bride, she gets into a world of wealth and privilege. Even with the true love of her new husband, Linden, and the tenuous confidence between his others wives, Rhine has a purpose: To break free in order to find her twin bother and go home. But Rhine has more things to deal …

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Our heroine, 16 year-old Rhine is kidnapped to be one of three brides for the heir of a wealthy scientist, who is desperately, and despotically, searching for a cure to a genetic illness that is killing the next generation at 20-25 years old, effectively destroying the world. She is spared from being murdered by her original eyes, one blue, one brown, but she is held in comfortable captivity along with her sister wives.
There are a couple of plot problems- a few inconsistencies and character traits that did not make complete sense to me. It is not perfect, but it is engrossing and dystopia fans will find it a darker, more complex type of world than that of the Pretties series. It has a Handmaiden feel to it that makes me wonder where she would have gone with this book if it were not YA.
I also like the somewhat …

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Rezension auch hier: buechertruhe.blogspot.com/2011/10/rezension-totentochter.html

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Jahrzehnten ist in der Forschung etwas schiefgelaufen. Die Menschheit erreicht nicht mehr das gleiche Alter wie im 21ten Jahrhundert. Männer sterben mit 25 und Frauen mit 20 Jahren. Rhine ist 16 Jahre alt und hat noch einen großen Teil ihres Lebens vor sich. Doch sie wird verschleppt und mit einem reichen jungen Mann verheiratet, um mit ihm für Nachwuchs zu sorgen. Neben ihr heiratet der junge Mann Linden noch zwei weitere Mädchen, Jenna und Cecily.

Die drei Mädchen leben eingesperrt in einem großen Haus, isoliert von der Außenwelt und freunden sich an. Doch sind sie auch Konkurrenten um ihren Ehemann. Außerdem findet Rhine Gefallen an dem jungen Angestellten Gabriel. Mit ihm führt sie Gespräche und teilt Gedanken, die verboten sind... Rhine will fliehen und sie letzten Jahre ihres Lebens in Freiheit verbringen. Doch wie soll sie das anstellen?


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Wither is an interesting tale of Rhine; a sixteen year old kidnapped and sold to the rich. Rhine a long with two other girls were sold off as wives to Linden, an ignorant and people pleasing boy, living under the shadows of his father, Vaughn; the evil Victor Frankenstein character.

I think the real reason why I enjoyed this book, was the simple fact it almost reads like a homage to [b:Frankenstein|18490|Frankenstein|Mary Shelley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311647465s/18490.jpg|4836639]. The whole ‘Man playing God’ and the ‘dangers of science’ are heavily themed in this book. It also mentioned the masterpiece on a number of occasions which pleased me a great deal.

The book isn’t full of action or anything like this; but it does contain so well written YA characters, who displaying their strengths and weaknesses thought out the book. [a:Lauren DeStefano|4103366|Lauren DeStefano|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1305725851p2/4103366.jpg] did a great job in capturing the struggles and the emotions that would …

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