Name: Mayfly
ISBN: 9781250139207

Jeff Sweat

In a chaotic future world where no one can expect to live past sixteen, four teens set out to find the "Old Guys" who may hold the key to their survival.

Mayfly

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Book: Mayfly

Author: Jeff Sweat

Book Series: Mayfly Book 1

Rating: 4/5

Recommended For...: dystopian, science fiction

Publication Date: May 8, 2018

Genre: YA Dystopian

Recommended Age: 16+ (pregnancy, sex, rape mentions TW, violence, death)

Publisher: Feiwel and Friends

Pages: 356

Synopsis: Jemma has spent her life scavenging tools and supplies for her tribe in the their small enclave outside what used to be a big city. Now she’s a teen, and old enough to become a Mama. Making babies is how her people survive—in Jemma’s world, life ends at age seventeen.

Survival has eclipsed love ever since the Parents died of a mysterious plague. But Jemma’s connection to a boy named Apple is stronger than her duty as a Mama. Forced to leave, Jemma and Apple are joined in exile by a mysterious boy who claims to know what is causing them to die. The world is crumbling around them, and their time is running out. Is this truly the End?

Review: I really liked this book! I loved the dystopian vibes and I thought the world building was well done, if a bit too graphic? The character development was also well done and I liked the world the author created. While I read dystopian novels, sometimes I think if this would be possible. This one seems a bit too far for our society, but it was still an interesting Children of the Corn vibe book.

However, I did think the pacing was a bit too slow for me in several spots, but it did pick up once the action did. The book also had a lot of tropes that are common in dystopians, so if you’re not into that then this might not be a good book for you. The book also had an opportunity to really talk about how in real life young women are not able to get sterilized by their own volition on their own until they give birth to a child or two and if their husband agrees, to relate the events of the book to real life birth control matters we have in this world. I wish we had some commentary about that, but I know a lot of authors do not like to do that in their books.

Verdict: A well done dystopian!

Charlot van Dijk

Het is lang geleden dat ik echt zo'n slecht boek heb gelezen. Het concept leek mij briljant, maar de uitwerking is zo jammer! Het einde was dan wel weer oke, maar dit kwam dan voornamelijk omdat ik slechter verwachtte na dit boek. Ik begrijp dat de taal verloedert als er jaren lang geen volwassenen meer zijn, maar dit? Ik irriteerde mij er heel erg aan. Sommige dingen begrijp ik nog steeds niet. Ik hoop dat er geen deel 2 komt, en als die er wel komt, zal ik m niet lezen denk ik. Het verhaal is langzaam en zal waarschijnlijk veel beter werken in een TV serie (of film).

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