Bethany Wiggins
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.01 | 9933 Users | 1370 Reviews
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| Title | : | Stung (Stung #1) |
| Author | : | Bethany Wiggins |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | April 2nd 2013 by Walker Childrens (first published January 1st 2013) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Romance |
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There is no cure for being stung. Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she awakens, her world no longer exists. Her house is abandoned and broken. Her neighborhood is barren and dead. And there is a tattoo on her right hand. A tattoo Fiona doesn’t remember getting…but somehow she must conceal at any cost. Because humanity has been divided. Those bearing the tattoo have turned into mindless, violent beasts that roam the streets and sewers, preying upon the unbranded, while a select few live protected inside a fortresslike wall, their lives devoted to rebuilding society and killing all who bear the mark. And Fiona has awoken branded, on the wrong side of the wall, and…normal. From the author of Shifting comes this remarkable reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where the sting of a bee, rather than the prick of a needle, can destroy the world.Define Books In Favor Of Stung (Stung #1)
| Original Title: | Stung |
| ISBN: | 0802734189 (ISBN13: 9780802734181) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Stung #1 |
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Ratings: 4.01 From 9933 Users | 1370 ReviewsCriticism Based On Books Stung (Stung #1)
See more reviews at The Best Books Ever!My feelings about this book can be summed up pretty easily in one GIF:Because at first I was all YES THIS IS AWESOME THIS BOOK IS SO CREEPY AND UNSETTLING AND I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT but by about 60% in I was like NO WAIT STOP GO BACK THIS IS NOT THE BOOK I THOUGHT I WAS READING and then I got to the epilogue and I was like COME ON ARE YOU KIDDING ME. (My word choice might have been less charitable but we like to keep it clean around here.)I have neverI was unsure on whether to give this book a 4 or 5 on Goodreads, but I ended up rounding up, as this book had so many unique and kind of realistic (science-wise) ideas, and, when I put it down, I wondered what would happen next. Now, while I think it definitely ended in a way that worked, and it could definitely be a stand alone novel, I think they threw in a little bit at the very end that means it might go on. So we'll see.The premise of this story you might be able to kind of guess from the
Whether or not you're a fan of dystopia, you will enjoy "Stung" since it's not a "Hunger Games" knock-off, it's a fresh new story that I couldn't put down! Bethany Wiggins re-imagines the story of "Sleeping Beauty", but with killer bees, gore, and a corrupt government - I hope there's more where that came from!
My eyes bled while I was reading this. That's a new one.
Initial reaction: I definitely have a number of constructive things to say about "Stung", but in the string of YA dystopian novels I've read, this proved disappointing on many levels. The thematics, the cliches, the structuring and characterizations. And that hurts considering the premise is quite interesting.Full review:In the measure of YA dystopic fiction that I've personally read, there have been many titles I've completely and thoroughly enjoyed. Nancy Farmer's "The House of the Scorpion",
This review and others are posted at Read, Rinse, Repeat. The opening of Stung is very similar to the recent Pretty Girl-13; a young girl suddenly finds herself at her home, seeking her parents, with a memory loss of several years. Both girls believe themselves to be thirteen and are surprised to see their "new" bodies. But whereas Angie from Pretty Girl-13 falls into the shocked and loving arms of her parents, Fiona falls out of a bathroom window as she struggles to escape a crazed,
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