Name: Slated
ISBN: 9781408319468

Teri Terry

Kyla's memory has been erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost for ever. She's been Slated. The government claims she was a terrorist, and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla's mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?

Slated

In a future England, 16-year-old Kyla is one of the "slated," those whose memories have been erased usually because they have committed serious crimes, but as she observes more and more strange events, she also gains more memories which put her and her boyfriend, Ben, in danger.

Monicap

3.5 stars.

Good, interesting. I will probably wait for the whole trilogy to come out then check them all out from the library and read it through.

Nessa Luna

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I bought this book in 2013 because the summary sounded really interesting, and because the cover looked amazing. And then, just like with The Iron King, I put it on my shelf and didn't read it until now. And now I want to SMACK myself for waiting so long, because wow. Wow wow wow, I LOVED this book! First of all because it takes place in London; or well a town close to London. And nine out of ten times Dystopia books like these happen in America; but this one was in London and that just made me even happier!

Kyla is a sixteen year old girl who's been Slated. Her entire existence has been erased, everything she ever was before - gone. She doesn't remember who she was or why she got Slated in the first place. She is being placed into a new family that already has another adoptive daughter who's been Slated, Amy. I liked her right from the start, mainly because she'd been through the same that Kyla had been through. I wasn't so sure about the parents, and I kept being like that throughout the book. Then there was Dr. Lysander who I kind of liked, Jazz who I liked right from the start, and Ben. Oh Ben. I knew right away, from the moment he appeared in the book, that he was going to be important (and also Kyla's love interest).

But that was the thing, the whole love story was pushed back a bit, and that is what I loved about this book so much. Because most of the time, in a book, when a girl meets a boy she likes, the whole story starts to revolve around that boy. And though this book also kind of revolved around Ben, it also didn't. At least, not as much as usual. I really did not mind the romance in this book, because the story around it was just so amazing I didn't really pay attention to it.

The way Teri Terry told this story just made me want to read on and on and on, and I did. I started it on the fourth and finished it after only two days of reading - one of which I had to work as well. So this book was just so thrilling that I HAD to finish it as soon as possible. I just really liked reading Kyla's story, and I loved reading about her trying to find out who she was before she became Kyla.

I have already ordered the second book of the series, Fractured, way before I even finished this book, because I knew that I had to read the second one as soon as possible. If you want to read an amazing dystopia story set in England, you should definitely check out Slated!

My opinion on this book in one gif:

Sophie Foster

This is a book that once you start you struggle to put down. So many twists and turns that are unexpected. Can’t wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

Rachel Evans

(4.25/5) 3 hours 15 minutes - This is a very gripping read, I read it basically in one setting. While there isn't necessarily a huge amount of plot events occurring, the steady unravelling of information is done well to hook you in. The characters are very believable, and its easy to get attached to them. However, I did not like the formatting of the dreams, the italics made it hard to read and I know that's not a complaint of the writing itself, but it still had somewhat of an impact on the reading experience. Also the very end of the book was a little too confusing to be a cliff-hanger - it was sort of hard to figure out what was happening and whether there was somebody else there or just in her head. The last 10 or so pages could have been stronger. Aside from that, the book was well written and I enjoyed reading it.

Zoe feeke

SPOILER FREE REVIEW!

A simple style book that I flew through! loved it even though I must admit some aspects were pretty predictable towards the end and the build up for that. altogether its a very enjoyable book about our world in a very different and abstract view, I am already starting the next one in the trilogy. I love Teri Terry's book particularly his stand alone novel "mind games" would recommend!

Tilly Moss

It has been so long since I have read a book that I could not put down - until I read this.

Kyla as a character when I first started reading really annoyed me, but as the book continued, I started to love her, emotions and all

Fantastic book I have recommended to everyone

Sonja H

Die Idee ist gut, aber stellenweise ist es etwas langatmig

Becky

I quite enjoyed this book. The storyline was interesting and unique and I enjoyed that it was set in the UK. So few books are and it's nice to be able to relate to some of the story in that way. It makes it accessible in that you understand some of the culture a bit better I suppose.

I do feel like it repeated itself a bit too much, such as the whole dilemma with Ben and his Levo and other similar situations. repetition in emotions and such, which dragged the story out. I also didn't like the ending. It was too abrupt. There was not a nice ending which would nicely lead into a sequel, instead it just ended and that was annoying.

Tamara Hazlehurst 

I've wanted to read this book for months now and finally got it with my friend in the Christmas sales. I started reading it as soon as I got home and thought it was a bit slow at the beginning, but then it started to take off once kyla gets home to her 'mum' and 'dad'. I was looking for a good book that was quite like divergent to settle the aftershock and the withdrawal symptoms. This book just shouted divergent substitute from the minute I opened it, not that it was the same or anything but I thought it brought the basics of just about every dystopian novel that i have read. I loved this book and I didn't want to stop reading it. I also loved that it was set just out of lobdon (where i live) and so I could just imagine my surroundings and neighbourhood when reading this book instead of having to make a new place up in my head. I didn't give it a 5 because of the slowness which almost made me put down the book at the beginning and because it was in a simple first person point of view and i also was quite confused with kyla and ben's relationship at times but the end brought it together.

Jane The Bookaholic

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Hope Lenzen

I enjoyed Slated it just took me a while to get into it. I really want the 2nd book now

Joke Duprez

Elad Schulman

First off, let me just say that while I was reading this, I was also reading another book, which is never a good idea and I don't know why I did it. This may be why I couldn't give this book 5 stars. The premise of this story was original, and kind of creepy, in the most normal way possible. You start off the book automatically not trusting certain characters, and as the book progresses all your ideas are changing. And I liked that. I like it when, while reading, I'm constantly thinking about what might be happening next, and creating all these scenarios in my head. I really liked the ending, as well. The way the book ended definitely made me feel like I needed the next one. Also, everything was connected. Small details that were mentioned in parts of the story ended up playing a bigger part than you would think, which I also enjoyed. I will definitely be reading the second one!

Gretchen Gomez

The only reason why I'm giving it a four star is because I feel like it was a big introduction for what is to come.

I couldn't put it down though! I'm excited to read the following two books.

Maybe this can be another favorite dystopian.

Sorcha Kelly

Letícia Baptista Fonseca

The first book in the bestselling and multi award-winning SLATED trilogy. Kyla's memory has been erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost for ever. She's been Slated. The government claims she was a terrorist, and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla's mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth? Book 1 in the acclaimed SLATED trilogy.

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