Friday, July 14, 2017

Planet Urth by Jennifer and Christopher Martucci - Book Review

How’s it going everyone! Today, I'll be reviewing Planet Urth by Jennifer and Christopher Martucci.  I had seen this book several times in the "First in a Series in Young Adult" section on iBooks.  When I first saw this story and read the description, I did pushed it off since I'm not normally into the dystopian, apocalyptic world stories, but after seeing it multiple times, I did decided to give this book a try and see if I could find another book that I would like.

Before I go on with my review.  I actually debated on reviewing this book on my blog multiple times.  If you look at my rating, this is the lowest book that I've ever rated here and out of all of the books that I've read in the past.  I don't like telling someone that I didn't like their book.  It makes me feel bad and I didn't want The Little Book Spy to have negative reviews, which was my main goal of only reviewing books that I liked.  I've said it in my Review Policy about not wanting to review books that I've disliked, whether I've purchased them with my own money or a free download of off of iBooks.  There are also many other things to consider as a book reviewer and how people review and rate books.  One thing I know is author's want feedback from their readers so they can improve in their writing and other future published work and being a small blogger, I didn't want any negative attention.  That's why writing this review is probably the hardest one I've ever written.  But after thinking about it long and hard, I knew that if an author were to ask me to review their work, I have to give them honest feedback whether I liked or disliked their story, which is why I decided to review this one book.

About the Book:
Title: Planet Urth
Author: Jennifer and Christopher Martucci
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Series: Planet Urth #1
Genre: Dystopian
Pages: 284

My Rating: 1/5 ⭐️

Summary:
More than two hundred years into the future, human beings are an endangered species. The planet has been battered by war, its inhabitants plagued by disease and death. Few humans survived and remained unaffected. Most changed dramatically and evolved into something else entirely. Irrevocable alterations caused by chemical warfare have created a new species. North America is in ruins and has been overtaken. Humanity has fallen at the hands of mutants known as Urthmen.

Seventeen year-old Avery is alive and unchanged. But she has not been immune to the harshness of the new world. She has lived on the run for much of her life, in terror.

After losing her father, Avery is the sole guardian of her eight-year-old sister, June. Avery is now charged with June’s safety as well as her own, a nearly impossible task.

Forced to hide deep in the forest and away from the cities overrun by Urthmen, Avery and her sister are constantly hunted. Danger awaits them at every turn. They fear they are the only human beings left, that they are the last of their kind.

But are they truly alone?

My Thoughts:
The story was okay.  It had a good idea surrounding the book.  I liked that Avery is a very strong character, she not only tries to survive, she scarifies everything to keep her younger sister, June, safe after their father dies.   The scenery in this book is described well and the danger in the story did keep me on edge.  The Urthmen, the Lurkers, and other dangerous creatures that you can imagine in this story were absolutely terrifying.  I imagined that the Urthmen in this story looked like the deformed grounders who've been affected by the fog from Season 1 of The 100.

One thing I didn't like in this book was how the story was written/told.  The language in the story was very formal.  It kind of made me think I was reading an essay instead of a Young Adult story.  There were no abbreviated words when the story was being told which made it sound like a robot.  The writing seemed a little forced because there was very little, to almost no emotion when I was reading.  The book had less informal speech and more formal language than some of the books I normally read.  At times, I felt as if I would auto correct specific words (or sentences) just to give the story more emphasis in what the characters were saying, their thoughts, and just the overall storyline.  This story had potential, but I don't think it was executed correctly to keep me interested, which made it a struggle to read the book until the very end.  I felt like the story repeated itself when Avery and June would go outside the cave, hunt for food, and then return to their cave, eat and sleep and they would repeat that routine until Avery went farther off the trail and discovered other human beings. There were a ton of mix reviews on amazon.  I know other reviews said that they loved the book while some had mentioned some of the things that I have mentioned in my review, so I'll leave that up to you to decide if you think the book is worth reading or not. Who knows, maybe you'll like it better than I do.

Thank you guys so much for reading this, I hope you enjoyed this review.  Until next time!

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