Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Chrysalids






The book is about a guy named David living in a community called Waknuk where any abnormalities are considered ungodly. They burn farmlands if there is something wrong with it. David met a girl named Sophie who has 6 toes on one of her foot. She was scared that if David found out he would turn her in. The community will act terribly unkind to her because of her "abnormality". After he found out about her abnormality, he promised not to tell anyone about it. Unlike his house, Sophie's house is quite small but look very friendly.


In my opinion, the book is quite interesting. The first chapter interested me because of the events and how the community is introduced to the readers. Unlike the second chapter, it just introduced David's family and his home. It introduced his father and his grandfather marrying a girl who is 25 years younger than him. So far, The storyline is very catchy and quite unique. This is a good novel for fiction readers. It's because this book is way different than the reality. The community, and their religious views made the story interesting and unique.
I can imagine myself finishing the book although the story quite long for me. The story line is fast pacing and i think that this book has a good ending. I am thinking that David would persuade the community to change their views according to the "abnormalities". I hope in the end David will tell them that no one s perfect and it is not their fault to be "unique"

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