Release Date: November 25th 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace
Format: eARC
Pages: 282
Genre: Young Adult – Science Fiction, Thriller
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Seventeen-year-old
Mitzi and Deuce can recall how many drops of water were on a leaf from a
rainstorm five years ago and conversations from last week, month, or year. They
have the ability to remember every second of everyday—since birth.
This
gift has blessed Mitzi with a history of being sexually assaulted by
researchers and abused by her own parents. She trusts no one. Likes no one.
Deuce, however, is a high school standout. His gift has made him a superstar on
the football field and his memory promises him endless opportunities.
When
they both end up at an Alzheimer’s research facility under false proviso, they
quickly realize this place isn’t what it seems to be. They endure crazy
military-style tests, are forcefully drugged, and complete real-life
simulations that haunt them.
Mitzi
and Deuce have no idea what the researchers want to do with them or their
memories. But one thing is clear: the researchers will go to any lengths to get
what they want.
* I
received the eARC from the author via Xpresso Book Tours in exchange for my
honest review.
Peaceful
Genocide is about a group of kids that have been taken into some top
secret government facility under the preface that they will be doing a study to
help Alzheimer’s patients. There are two younger kids, Ralph and Paisley, and
the two main characters, Mitzi and Deuce. All four kids have the ability to
remember everything from the minute they are born. Each of them also has
another ability that is explained in the book.
The book alternates points of view in the chapters. Mitzi is a
rebel. She hates her parents for pretty much using her as a paycheck. She has
been beaten and abused by past researchers and her parents. Her past has made
her only trust herself and doesn’t want anything to do with anyone else. She is
heading to this study thinking she is going to a juvenile detention center for
trying to kill her father.
Deuce on the other hand, is the complete opposite. He is a pro
football player at his high school and is at this study so that he can use the
extra money to pay for what his scholarship doesn’t. He is all jock and pretty
egotistical about anything physical fitness related. Naturally, he and Mitzi do
not start off well.
Once inside the facility, and almost dying right away, Mitzi is
furious. She meets the other three kids and they all seem excited about what is
going on. Soon Mark, the head scientist, comes out and explains what is going
on and what will be happening and that this is an 8 week study. All the kids
have to have a device inserted into their brain so the researchers can remove
information gathered from the tests. When Mitzi says she wants nothing to do
with it and storm out the room something happens to her and she come back
acting different. She can’t remember things that just happened. This turns out
to be a trending thing.
When Mitzi starts loosing pieces of her memory, she knows
something is bad is happening. She explains this to Deuce but he just thinks
she is crazy. She takes it upon herself to figure out what is really going on
in this place. Why they can’t leave, why all their answers go unanswered, and
why all the crazy simulations.
The action scenes were perfectly timed to keep your interest
going. They were fast paced and really well done. Mitzi’s character grows and
changes for the good but she is still able to keep her rebel spunk. People
becomes friends with people they never thought they would.
I can easily say that Peaceful Genocide had me hooked from the
start. I really didn’t know what to expect when I started reading this but it
was pretty much an action scene right away. I actually finished this book in
one day. Most books can’t keep me interested long enough to do that. The ending
of the book said there would be a sequel in 2015 so I hope that is true because
I will definitely be picking it up to continue on with Mitzi and Deuce’s story.
My Rating:
{About J.A. Reynolds}
JA Reynolds lives in the Midwest with a normal family, raising a
normal daughter, with some abnormal pets. It’s extraordinarily ordinary.
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Thanks so much for being a part of the blog tour and the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the story.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a super fun read and I like Mitzi already! She sounds like a very real and easy to root for character. Glad you liked it, Laura!
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