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Void (Hex #1-3)
The CPS, a secret government agency, is on a mission to seek and destroy the Hex - human mutants with supercomputer minds. They are young. They look like normal teens. They must never be allowed to grow up. But the CPS hasn't discovered Raven. Soon they will feel her power and know her rage.
Raven and her brother, Wraith, must use Raven’s Hex powers and Wraith’s street skil...more
Raven and her brother, Wraith, must use Raven’s Hex powers and Wraith’s street skil...more
Paperback, 669 pages
Published
November 15th 2011
by Simon Pulse
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OMIGOD. WHAT. AN. AMAZING. SERIES. The last few lines of this book:
" "Don't think of her as lost," Cloud replied. "She wouldn't have seen it that way."
"How would she have seen it?"" Kez asked, as the first stroke of midnight fell and celebrations reached their peak.
"As being the first of us to find her wings," Cloud said, and above them the sky exploded with light. "
That dialoge completely blew me away. It's almost like it was the last missing part of Raven. And I loved how each character was...more
" "Don't think of her as lost," Cloud replied. "She wouldn't have seen it that way."
"How would she have seen it?"" Kez asked, as the first stroke of midnight fell and celebrations reached their peak.
"As being the first of us to find her wings," Cloud said, and above them the sky exploded with light. "
That dialoge completely blew me away. It's almost like it was the last missing part of Raven. And I loved how each character was...more
I'm a sucker for good world-building. In this genre, you need it. The world is so vividly described that it's the first book-world I've wanted to live in since Harry Potter. (I don't care how dangerous it is to be a technomancer. SO. MUCH. FUN.)
The book sucked me in. I loved it. With a passion.
Note the past tense.
Also note that once you figure out this next detail, the book becomes impossible to enjoy (at least, for me it did).
About halfway through the third book, I realized something: the main...more
The book sucked me in. I loved it. With a passion.
Note the past tense.
Also note that once you figure out this next detail, the book becomes impossible to enjoy (at least, for me it did).
About halfway through the third book, I realized something: the main...more
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This book was amazing, and I was impressed when i found out it was written by a teenager. Void is definitely one of the best books I've ever read, and I recommend it. It's the type of book that pulls you into its world, and the characters and words come to life around you. Each of the characters was amazing, especially Raven. There are few things more that I would've liked to see in this book, but they aren't enough to make me drop the rating from 5 stars. One of the best things about this book...more
This series is actually over 10 years old. I was surprised and intrigued by the blurb on the back and picked it up in a bookstore.
(A bookstore that is woefully underserving the teenagers of my area. I have been unable to locate Melina Marchetta books, other than Froi of the Exiles. None! What are teen sections coming to now?)
Anyway, Void is actually three novels in one book. The entire series follows Wraith, a poor ganger, and his sister Raven, a hex. Hexes have a mutation that allows them to mo...more
(A bookstore that is woefully underserving the teenagers of my area. I have been unable to locate Melina Marchetta books, other than Froi of the Exiles. None! What are teen sections coming to now?)
Anyway, Void is actually three novels in one book. The entire series follows Wraith, a poor ganger, and his sister Raven, a hex. Hexes have a mutation that allows them to mo...more
This book was amazing. Hands down.
This is story about a young teenage girl called Raven. She is hex. Which means she has mutant abilities to contact with computer terminals. Hex is hated by the governments, that is why Raven and Wraith, her brother, has been hiding constantly. They are on a mission to find their sister, Rachel, who was captured by the CPS. Soon, they discovered that Hexes are not only exterminated but also experimented! After rescuing Rachel, Raven and Wraith feels guilty for no...more
This is story about a young teenage girl called Raven. She is hex. Which means she has mutant abilities to contact with computer terminals. Hex is hated by the governments, that is why Raven and Wraith, her brother, has been hiding constantly. They are on a mission to find their sister, Rachel, who was captured by the CPS. Soon, they discovered that Hexes are not only exterminated but also experimented! After rescuing Rachel, Raven and Wraith feels guilty for no...more
I am totally outside the demographic for this one. I am not a young adult. But I was intrigued by this one or in this case it is three of them. Haha. Two of my favorite series of all time were written for children. The first is the Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander that I first read as a kid and reread every so often. And the second is the Philip Pullman series, His Dark Materials, that I should reread again. When I was a young adult there were never as many books as there are now. So now that I...more
Book 1 - Hex:
I thought that the first book was really good. There were exciting twists and turns, with almost constant actions and narrations from enough (but not too many) perspectives to make it interesting to read about different opinions. It's a pretty good young adult book, and I'd recommend it to many people.
Book 2 - Shadows:
This book wasn't as good as the first one, though I still liked it. The problem was, there were too many perspectives that it got kind of annoying to figure out who wa...more
I thought that the first book was really good. There were exciting twists and turns, with almost constant actions and narrations from enough (but not too many) perspectives to make it interesting to read about different opinions. It's a pretty good young adult book, and I'd recommend it to many people.
Book 2 - Shadows:
This book wasn't as good as the first one, though I still liked it. The problem was, there were too many perspectives that it got kind of annoying to figure out who wa...more
I picked this book up on a whim, and while it wasn't the most amazing thing that I've ever read, it was still pretty good. (Note - I didn't realize until I made it home that this book is actually three individual novels spanning four years or so wrapped up in one cover. I actually like that they were together like this!)
Because I have been on a YA dystopian kick for a while now I think I was just expecting Void to just fall right in to that same arena. Thankfully, I was totally mistaken! While s...more
Because I have been on a YA dystopian kick for a while now I think I was just expecting Void to just fall right in to that same arena. Thankfully, I was totally mistaken! While s...more
I have to say, overall, this is probably one of the best books I have ever read. The writing style is superb, it is THE most well-written I have ever read. The plot it great, and the characters are extremely well developed and relatable. However, the ending is a bit of a disappointment, but that is ONLY because if personal biases, the ending was nothing BUT necessary. The book, actually, would not have made any sense whatsoever if it had ended a different way. My favorite characters in order: Av...more
I picked this up at a bookstore and read the description on the back. Sparse, but interesting. And also a hefty book, too. I wondered why I hadn't heard of it and discovered that this is one of those reprints from the 90s back when YA could barely be considered a separate genre and books were a lot shorter and simpler a la pre-Harry Potter. I find there's a trend to reprint omnibuses like Void because another book has been successful in that genre. I'm looking at the resurgence in oldies like th...more
The futuristic elements are much more imaginative than more recently written books- ironic that an author in the 90s has a better imagination to move beyond current authors who can only imagine more-advanced ipods. Cities built straight up, new kind of government, it all worked for me much more. Plot was fast paced, Raven might be super powerful but her crazy mood swings and minimal interest in other people, sympathy or morals kept her interesting and stopped her from being a Mary Sue. Overall a...more
I read somewhere that this book (these books, I suppose) came out in the '90s, and let me say, it makes sense! Not that the story is bad or anything, it's just that.... there were so many things I expected to happen that didn't, and I think that's because I am so used to reading newer, more recent books. I actually liked the storyline. The whole setting, with the gigantic 'starscrapers' and everything... That was really cool! I'm not sure how well I'd do in it, though.... I'm moderately afraid o...more
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1st Book Opinions: The beginning was a little slow and I hated Raven but then by the ending of the part, every character somewhat grew and there was a burning determination grown. Favorite character: Luciel.
My Rating: 3.5
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2nd Book Opinions: Near the middle of this part, I was beginning to think that society will never fully embrace difference, because difference is scary. I am very sad Raven was MIA at least 3/4 of this part. But there's this growing group of "different" going against "p...more
My Rating: 3.5
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2nd Book Opinions: Near the middle of this part, I was beginning to think that society will never fully embrace difference, because difference is scary. I am very sad Raven was MIA at least 3/4 of this part. But there's this growing group of "different" going against "p...more
When I bought this I didn't realize it was three novels in one volume. That's a fact I became extremely happy about because I could not stop reading!
What fascinates me is that the first book is written in 1999 when the Internet was still a fairly new thing that was just becoming common use. And yet the entire premise has to do with being hardwired into the Internet. That's not so amazing as there was a lot of that kind of thinking back then (Serial Experiments LaIn comes to mind) but that the bo...more
What fascinates me is that the first book is written in 1999 when the Internet was still a fairly new thing that was just becoming common use. And yet the entire premise has to do with being hardwired into the Internet. That's not so amazing as there was a lot of that kind of thinking back then (Serial Experiments LaIn comes to mind) but that the bo...more
This book was really good. I liked how Lassiter created a dystopian-like world, that was based off of our world as it is right now. The only thing I thought Lassiter could cut back on is the comments on Raven. It seemed like every other sentence said by one of the "rebellion" members is how Raven is such an amazing hex, and she can do everything and anything.
I really enjoyed the story and struggle of Wraith and his sister Raven. The life of a hex was no joke. As much as I loved the story and all the characters, something really bothered me about Raven. She was much too perfect even when she got caught! Her character almost felt too unreal. But again I did like her and rooted for her only because of my attachment to the other characters. The ending took me by surprise. I am not really sure if I cared too much for it all seemed so rushed at the end.
A really good mix of sci-fi and young adult. I really like the idea of a Hex, I thought Lassiter did a good job of developing the powers of the Hexes within the book. I would recommend this to anyone who liked the Hunger Games, it kind of follows the same lines of repression of government and teenagers fighting for freedom, but in a cool, futuristic, internet ruled version.
This is a great series and definitely worth reading. I actually went through this rather quickly when I first bought it last year. Reading through from one book straight to the next in the series was excellent and I recommend getting this version instead if just buying or reading them one at a time. Better then expected for sure!
I loved this book, or books sence it's 3 in 1. But I have to admit, the ending broke my heart. The dialogue between Kez and Cloud at the end gave me some closure. But it's still was a tragic yet beautiful end for Raven. She became the world she loved and saved the world she was from.
At first I didn't like Raven, but in the end, I realized that she was a good 3d character. I can see how people don't like this because she is a protagonist hard to like. The writing is just as lovely as the end! :)
Original plot, excellently-written. Frankly, I thought it dragged on a bit, but that might be because I read all three books/parts in a row. Some characters were a bit flat, but overall, I really did like this.
I absolutely loved this book. <3 It had it's slow chapters, like most books, but it was impossible to put down. The ending had the best combination of both perfection and sadness. One of the best books, this summer. I'm glad I chose to continue reading it.
GREAT book!!!! Really enjoyed reading it!!! I can really relate to it, and it's easy to compare the story of the Hexes to today's deeply troubled society.
I really enjoyed this dystopian. It reminded me kind of a more believeable Matrix type world. Really cool and action packed.
This is one of my favorite books. I like the idea of stack cities
Interesting, but no characters with depth
The first two were pretty slow, and the world building was not so good. But by the middle of the third book, I was hooked, and now I want more. The first two books started almost exactly the same way, which annoyed me. Overall, a worthwhile read, but really just for that third book. It does get you thinking about things, like media influence and where the future is headed. If you like dystopian, you will probably like this, also maybe sci-fi a little. Would have gotten 4 or five stars if I had l...more
it was good
This book surprised me. It was very detailed and has a unique story about a dystopian society.
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Rhiannon Lassiter began writing when she was still at school. The first agent to see her work encouraged her to finish Hex, which was accepted when she was nineteen by the first publisher to read it (Macmillan).
Rhiannon graduated from Oxford University and has written eight best selling novels, several short stories and one non-fiction title for children and teenagers. She has edited an anthology...more
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Rhiannon graduated from Oxford University and has written eight best selling novels, several short stories and one non-fiction title for children and teenagers. She has edited an anthology...more
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