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The Bar Code Prophecy (Bar Code #3)
by
Suzanne Weyn
The third book in the Bar Code series, in which one girl struggles to escape the conformity of a dystopian world.
Just as in the original Bar Code Tattoo, the year is 2025 and the mysterious, ubiquitous, and seemingly omnipotent multi-national corporation, Global 1, is in power through their agent President Loudon Waters. But now this ominous situation is experienced throug...more
Just as in the original Bar Code Tattoo, the year is 2025 and the mysterious, ubiquitous, and seemingly omnipotent multi-national corporation, Global 1, is in power through their agent President Loudon Waters. But now this ominous situation is experienced throug...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
November 1st 2012
by Scholastic Press
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I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. Its pretty short, only about 200 pages, but a very exciting read. The story is of a 17 year old girl, who lives about 20 or so years in the future, where a huge company has designed bar codes for every person to have. The barcodes have all your personal information, your genes, your intelligence level, etc. But also, they inset little nanobots to track your wher...more
I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. Its pretty short, only about 200 pages, but a very exciting read. The story is of a 17 year old girl, who lives about 20 or so years in the future, where a huge company has designed bar codes for every person to have. The barcodes have all your personal information, your genes, your intelligence level, etc. But also, they inset little nanobots to track your wher...more
Apparently this is the 3rd installment in a series?? I had no idea when I picked it up at the library. I guess I could've looked it up on Goodreads, but I saw no reason to until it was done.
She could've fooled me. Her protagonist was brand new, behaving in a very "first-book" fashion. I actually really liked the worldbuilding (which is usually my biggest problem with books like these) -- she clearly knows something about the state of the world and technology. But her prose was mediocre, riddled...more
She could've fooled me. Her protagonist was brand new, behaving in a very "first-book" fashion. I actually really liked the worldbuilding (which is usually my biggest problem with books like these) -- she clearly knows something about the state of the world and technology. But her prose was mediocre, riddled...more
ugh. just. ugh. i liked the first two. then the third one? ugh. The first two follow a certain set of characters, then the third one has a brand new main female character. The characters that were in the first two, are secondary characters in this third one, which sucks, cause I got to know those characters, now I gotta see how they are doing from the sidelines. I hate books like that, if you start writing a trilogy, or series, in the viewpoint of one character, keep it in the friggin same viewp...more
I think Weyn should have stopped with the Bar Code Rebellion. This book didn't make much sense and didn't tie any loose ends from the first one. Some of it was quite a stretch. Hopi prophecies that predict the Bar Code Tattoo disaster? Maybe the kids that read these books will make that leap, but I couldn't. I literally rolled my eyes.
I didn't like that Grace so readily accepted Decode's explanation after fighting it so long. It didn't fit into her "don't buck the system" attitude. And the most...more
I didn't like that Grace so readily accepted Decode's explanation after fighting it so long. It didn't fit into her "don't buck the system" attitude. And the most...more
The Bar Code Prophecy
by Suzanne Weyn
published by Scholastic Inc.
Frightening and amazing at the same time. Frightening because something like this could happen. Amazing because the author did a great job writing this story.
An apocalyptic tale for school age children. The bar code reminded me of the "mark of the devil' foretold in the Book of Revelations. The asteroid/space stations are the perfect answer to Wormwood.
I enjoyed the manner in which the author made the Native Americans a major part...more
by Suzanne Weyn
published by Scholastic Inc.
Frightening and amazing at the same time. Frightening because something like this could happen. Amazing because the author did a great job writing this story.
An apocalyptic tale for school age children. The bar code reminded me of the "mark of the devil' foretold in the Book of Revelations. The asteroid/space stations are the perfect answer to Wormwood.
I enjoyed the manner in which the author made the Native Americans a major part...more
I chose this book because I have read the other first two books as well. This book is about when this girl named Grace gets the bar code tattoo when she turns seventeen and her life gets messed up. Her life instantly changes once she gets that tattoo and she cannot find her family. My favorite quote in this book is, "We have doomed ourselves. We have deluded ourselves. We must save ourselves." I like this quote because she is giving a message that we need to save ourselves from situations and we...more
Grace is a teen who works for Global 1. Her parents have always been great to her, but after she get the Tattoo Global 1 is out to find her. Her parents are missing and the boy she has been crushing on is trying to help her escape Global 1's clutches. When she discovers that she is adopted and that her file is encrypted she learns who her real parents are. As Grace has to deal with all the news that goes along with being the daughter of the creator of the tattoo and the nano bots inside them she...more
Although I really enjoyed the first two books in this series this one drove me nuts! Grace seemed like a very nice girl, but I felt being there done that even better! The life of Kayla in the first two books seem more interesting than Grace's life. I got tire of the times where Grace will ask something and people will tell her to wait that they will explain, no one seem to just come out and say it! It was annoying! Eric seemed like a nice guy but also not as deep as in the first two books, he se...more
My initial worry with reading this book was that it would disappoint me like most sequels I have read. Surprisingly, I felt myself enjoying this third book in the Bar Code series more so than the first book.
Grace Morrow, a young woman of seventeen years of age, was not a character I clicked with in the beginning. She's your typical teen heroine with "normal" girl problems like crushes and so forth. This actually bored me upon reading the beginning. My problem with her is that she seems quite com...more
Grace Morrow, a young woman of seventeen years of age, was not a character I clicked with in the beginning. She's your typical teen heroine with "normal" girl problems like crushes and so forth. This actually bored me upon reading the beginning. My problem with her is that she seems quite com...more
Didn't realize this was part of a series so I guess that makes it a good standalone book. Half the characters are Native American so good book about diversity.
In the year 2026 all people must be barcoded when they turn 17. Barcodes have had controvery. The company hired by the government use to encoded medical data that impacted people's ability to get jobs, credit, insurance, etc. They also encoded nanobots that killed people. But even with all of this Grace is confident that the bar code syste...more
In the year 2026 all people must be barcoded when they turn 17. Barcodes have had controvery. The company hired by the government use to encoded medical data that impacted people's ability to get jobs, credit, insurance, etc. They also encoded nanobots that killed people. But even with all of this Grace is confident that the bar code syste...more
Nov 06, 2012
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The bar code tattoo. It's alright now, right? Wrong. At least that's the case for one girl, Grace. She's a normal girl, with a normal life, with a normal job, and a secret crush. Until the day after her 17th birthday. The day she got her bar code tattoo. She walks home and Global-1 police officers are swarming around her house. Eric, her secret crush, finds her and takes her on an adventure full of suspense, action, and mystic prophecies, and maybe a little romance too. Is the meteor hurtling to...more
After revealing the truth to the world about the bar code at the end of The Bar Code Rebellion, you thought that the bar code was over, that they won the battle with Global-1, didn't you? Well it isn't so easy in a world where most of the government is controlled by Global-1. The society thinks that all the genetic information is gone from the tattoo and only the originally told information remains. And unfortunately, the tattoo is still law.
Unlike the first two books in the trilogy, this book i...more
Unlike the first two books in the trilogy, this book i...more
I'm kind of split on this book. THE BAR CODE TATTOO, originally published 8 years ago (when I was just 20), was one of the few young adults novels I picked up before the upsurge in the market. At the time it had been years since I read any other then the fantasies of Tamora Pierce, but Suzanne Weyn wrote titles in a bunch of Publisher Series I enjoyed and the cover was striking. I really enjoyed it.
Its sequel, THE BAR CODE REBELLION, published in 2006 didn't quite peak my interest as much, but I...more
Its sequel, THE BAR CODE REBELLION, published in 2006 didn't quite peak my interest as much, but I...more
This is the third book in the dystopian series where the government forces everyone to get a barcode tattoo which contains all your financial info and more and yet there's more going on that the government doesn't want you to know about.
I read an ARC of this book and felt the story was rough in several places and lacked some plot coherence. I enjoyed the new characters and the ultimate resolution, but it was not my favorite book of the series. I thought about giving this book two stars.
I read an ARC of this book and felt the story was rough in several places and lacked some plot coherence. I enjoyed the new characters and the ultimate resolution, but it was not my favorite book of the series. I thought about giving this book two stars.
This book is science fiction. The bar code prophecy is one of the best books I have ever read. I was interested and wanted to keep reading it everywhere I went. My favorite part is when Eric and Grace are climbing on an "invisible" wall. I rated this a five because it was just a page turner and I understood everything even though it was the third book and I read this book first.
In this third book Global-1 is just as strong as ever. Grace turns 17, gets her bar code tattoo and her life is turned upside down. Her family is gone, Dr. Harriman of Global-1 is connected to her and the Postmen add her to their group. Why is this all happening and is she really part of the ancient prophecy?
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May 10, 2013
Cheyenne Rose
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As much as I like this series, this installment falls a little flat. Yes, it's nice to see some old faces again. However, the plot becomes a little too hard to follow at this point and many of the points seem strange and unrealistic. I suggest only the first two installments.
This is the third book in The Bar Code Tattoo series. Although Kayla, Mfumbe, Jack, and Allyson are characters in the book, they are not the main characters. Instead, this book focuses on Grace, who is recently got the 'too and her life turned upside down immediately.
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A decent book. I kept looking for more in the series that I wasn't getting though. There was a depth that I was seeking that was missing. But I did enjoy the series and will be looking for more by Weyn.
This is the final book in the trilogy. Grace is caught up in the same issues that Kayla has been in previous books. There is an environmental theme and the inclusion of native American prophecies.
I loved the first two books in this series the first time I read them and this one did not disappoint. It picked up after the chaos of the bar code rebellion in the life of new character Grace Morrow, who is just about to get her bar code, not knowing how it will change everything. All the original characters were also back which made the book more enjoyable as you get to see what they're up to after the events of the last book.
My only complaint is that the story felt a little too rushed. It jus...more
My only complaint is that the story felt a little too rushed. It jus...more
You don't need to read this book to be happy with the end of the series, bit I personally think that this addition to the series gave it an even more epic ending.
..... to fast paced but not in a enjoyable way wrap up WAYYYY to quickly I fell like I didn't get to know any of these new charaters before it ended abrutely
quite realistic depiction of the future world that goverments will use barcode as a form of control. the plot is convincing. however, i am not so convinced by the development of psychic abilities which may materialise out of necessity. overall, this series is highly recommended for dystopian fans.
This is why I don't read that many serial books. So watered-down and kind of trifling by the last one. It seemed too forced.
A story about a business that becomes too big and has too much influence. Reminds of of end time prophecy for sure.
Starting to read it thinking its already amazing hoping for that happy ending in this book ex specially
The plot thickens as our protagonist proves to be a most important player in the Bar Code Prophecy. She goes to get the tattoo which also includes, perhaps, a small tracking device. Not only that but she discovers who she really is. Well, her parentage. Answers are still floating around and not tangibly expressed but the fat lady has not sung.
Looking forward to the final installment.
Looking forward to the final installment.
Pretty much same thoughts as the previous two in the series. Great concept but definitely geared more for young teens.
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Suzanne Weyn grew up in Williston Park, Long Island, New York. She has three sisters and a brother. As a girl she was very interested in theater and in reading. Louisa May Alcott was her favorite author, but she also read every Sherlock Holmes story. Suzanne lived pretty close to the ocean and going to Jones Beach was one of her favorite activities Even today, if she goes too long without seeing t...more
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