LitPick Review
Age at time of review - 12
Reviewer's Location -
East Colleyville,
TX,
United States
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Everyone knows the world is covered in advertisements today
from seeing them on cars, to ones in the mall, and even in
the back of books. They're everywhere, but can you imagine
if the advertisements controlled your emotions, and made
you want to run out and buy the product right away? In the
world that Taylor lives in, New York City set in the
future, this is her life. She is so accustomed to the
advertisements, and they are normal to her now. But her
cousin Barrett has lived in an area where farmers have
always lived, and has never grown used to technology
today. So when Barrett is forced to live with his Aunt and
Cousin, he finds this new world strange and wrong. His
aunt takes advantage of his naivete, which angers Barrett.
Together, Barrett and Taylor team up to fight against
advertisements and what they stand for.
Opinion:
Claire Carmichael does a superb job creating the world that is
Barrett and Taylor's. Even though it is supposedly set in
the future, it seems very real and even scary. It makes
you think. Will this happen? Or something like it? What
can we do to prevent it? Leaving Simplicity is an
excellent book, which I have already recommended to my
friends.
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