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Sharp North (Sharp North #1)
by
Patrick Cave
In a futuristic world, will everyone be replaceable?Mira had always lived quietly until the day a stranger is shot and killed in front of her. The woman's body is quickly removed, leaving bloodstained snow and a crumpled piece of paper on the ground as the only clues to her murder. Mira discovers that the paper contains a list of names, including her own -- but why? Terrif...more
Hardcover, 528 pages
Published
April 11th 2006
by Atheneum
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This book had the potential to be amazing, but left me feeling extremely short-changed.
The main problem that I had was that characters were killed off much too quickly, before they had the chance to be fully developed. This was a shame, as some of them had the potential to be really interesting and it felt like Cave was taking the easy way out by killing them off. There were also relationships between characters which could have been developed further, but were cut off for no apparent reason.
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The main problem that I had was that characters were killed off much too quickly, before they had the chance to be fully developed. This was a shame, as some of them had the potential to be really interesting and it felt like Cave was taking the easy way out by killing them off. There were also relationships between characters which could have been developed further, but were cut off for no apparent reason.
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This book had the potential to be good..... but it really wasn't.
I found myself wishing for it to be over so I could be done with it already and move on to a better book.
I'm not one to complain about the length of a book. If I am really enjoying a story, I often feel cheated when it's over and wish the author would have found some way to make it even longer so I could indulge in it even more. Not with this one. It was painstakingly, unnecessarily LONG.
The end of the book was ridiculous. It lef...more
I found myself wishing for it to be over so I could be done with it already and move on to a better book.
I'm not one to complain about the length of a book. If I am really enjoying a story, I often feel cheated when it's over and wish the author would have found some way to make it even longer so I could indulge in it even more. Not with this one. It was painstakingly, unnecessarily LONG.
The end of the book was ridiculous. It lef...more
After the ice caps have melted from gradually increasing temperatures and many of the Earth's land masses have flooded, human population has dwindled and survival on this planet is threatened. The families in power have found a way to ensure longevity by cloning the best of themselves.
Mira lives in Great Britain where temperatures used to be somewhat moderate, but now is snowy and icy. She is not sure how she came to be, but a mysterious woman is gunned down in front her. This woman had a crypt...more
Mira lives in Great Britain where temperatures used to be somewhat moderate, but now is snowy and icy. She is not sure how she came to be, but a mysterious woman is gunned down in front her. This woman had a crypt...more
Jan 20, 2008
Stephanie
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Science fiction/Alternate reality fans
This book was really cool. It's been a while since I've read (I leant it to a friend and never got it back) but I remember that it was really intense with great paicng and an interesting protagonist. I have the sequel and am trying to read it, but can't seem to get through it. I might need to re-read this to refresh my memory about the plot.
It's hard to figure how to categorize this amazing read as it touches on some many different themes but still stands uniquely on it's own. Set loosely in Great Britain's future, Sharp North is set in a world where environmental disaster has reshaped the land and a few key families use their financial wealth to control and dominate, Mira is a girl who lives in relative isolation until a stranger who looks strangely like her comes to her village. Drawn in by the similarities and a desire to figure...more
Sharp North by Patrick Cave is a dystopian novel with a futuristic view on Britain, and what the world would be like if everyone was replaceable. Mira the main character goes on an intense and riveting journey not just physically but also emotionally. Mira had always lived a quiet life in the mountains in Scotland until one day she witnesses a stranger being shot and killed in front of her by strange men in grey outfits. The body is removed quickly and all that is left is a small piece of paper...more
An interesting look at how 'global warming' will affect society, much being pretty well what futuristic writers have being saying for many years, even prior to the 'global warming' crisis of today. This does stand out for it's portrayal of a bleak future, it's tense unfolding narrative kept me eager to see how the future of the main characters turned out. Somehow though, despite numerous hints that there were big changes to come for society as portrayed, the story seemed to peter out as if the w...more
This book was good, but I have definitely read better cloning/dystopia books. For one thing, it was very confusing at times and things seemed to move awfully fast for a YA novel. Characters dropped in and out of the book at random with no further explanation for their purpose in the plot.
The story is set in future Britain, where climate change has resulted in massive amounts of flooding for most of the country, driving people into the big cities. There are three groups of people: Scroats ("regu...more
The story is set in future Britain, where climate change has resulted in massive amounts of flooding for most of the country, driving people into the big cities. There are three groups of people: Scroats ("regu...more
Maybe this book just had bad timing for me.
I've read quite a few books with the same concept. I think they set a standard (or maybe once you've read one, you've read them all concept?!) - but I enjoyed the first few books about it better.
This one just seemed like a never ending drama - although the drama never got interesting enough to hold me. I really liked the main character, Mira and Kay. I would have enjoyed it more had their personalities and interactions been more flushed out. Instead, it...more
I've read quite a few books with the same concept. I think they set a standard (or maybe once you've read one, you've read them all concept?!) - but I enjoyed the first few books about it better.
This one just seemed like a never ending drama - although the drama never got interesting enough to hold me. I really liked the main character, Mira and Kay. I would have enjoyed it more had their personalities and interactions been more flushed out. Instead, it...more
To rate a book I barely could understand? Tje beginning started out slow but made me understand the world Mira lived in HOWEVER this is where it got confusing... She travels to the South to find out who or what she came from. She becomes a Scroat a derogatory title given to those that are NOT a GREAT family member. Okkk this is what I understood: Kay takes a "liking" to this Scroat (mira) why? Who knows! He gives her stuff(why? Who knows) hates being in a Great Family.. You guessed it! Why?... ;...more
This is the way a cretin begins a book review, but I can't help it. My main response to Sharp North is: This book was long. Very, very long. It was an interesting read, but seemed to take me forever.
Sharp North is about Mira, who strikes out from her remote village when she realizes that her adoptive parents and the neighbors she has grown up with are hiding terrible secrets from her. What these secrets are, Mira (and the reader) only learns far, far into the book. The genetic intrigue make this...more
Sharp North is about Mira, who strikes out from her remote village when she realizes that her adoptive parents and the neighbors she has grown up with are hiding terrible secrets from her. What these secrets are, Mira (and the reader) only learns far, far into the book. The genetic intrigue make this...more
This book kind of made me mad. It was really good in parts but it is just too long and some of it was confusing (not well explained). In the end, I liked it better until I read the author's notes at the end and realized that he truly believes this stuff will happen one day (global warming to the point the Europe will freeze over, human cloning for the rich, and so on). That bugged me, to me that is all science fiction and pretty far fetched. The book, to him, was a political statement----one tha...more
Terrible ! I hated this book, I have never hated a book so much in my life, the way I hated this book........ I mean I have read a couple of books of this genre,and this is definitely the worst book ever read.. This story starts off where these people are in Britain, and they are seeing it from the point of view where they are viewing the world as if they were living in a world where people are substituted for something else.... It's like they are looking at the world as if everything was change...more
so far its good, well, ok there are parts that bore me to death, but its useally worth it...
...OMG, i just finished reading it and... the ending was horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
still, i gave it a 3 star cuz, there were really good parts, but here is what pissed me off (srry)..
there was a guy that liked Mira (Kay), and Mira knew him a lot and he was verry kind to her, sooo kind i wished he was mine, but then she rejects him... later on their dangerous journey, Mira ditches him, and falls in love with...more
...OMG, i just finished reading it and... the ending was horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
still, i gave it a 3 star cuz, there were really good parts, but here is what pissed me off (srry)..
there was a guy that liked Mira (Kay), and Mira knew him a lot and he was verry kind to her, sooo kind i wished he was mine, but then she rejects him... later on their dangerous journey, Mira ditches him, and falls in love with...more
I loved this book! Read the first half over a couple days, then was so engrossed I literally couldn't put it down until I finished it, four hours later (at 4 a.m.).
The main character, Mira, learns that she is part of a mystery and sets out to find the truth about herself. What ensues is one action-packed scene after another, written in such vivid detail that I wonder that someone hasn't picked this up to make a movie yet. The characters are all well-fleshed out, the scenes and scenery vivid and...more
The main character, Mira, learns that she is part of a mystery and sets out to find the truth about herself. What ensues is one action-packed scene after another, written in such vivid detail that I wonder that someone hasn't picked this up to make a movie yet. The characters are all well-fleshed out, the scenes and scenery vivid and...more
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Sep 09, 2011
Angie
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
teen-fiction,
post-apocalyptic
I really didn't like this book as much as I thought I would, but it is better than its sequel/prequel. There were parts that were very interesting. I think the concept and setting were good. I like the future world and I think Cave did a fairly decent job of world building. He didn't necessarily do a very good job of explaining everything about the world (what the visions were I still don't know), but I understand what happened to make it what it became. I think the characters and plot are where...more
What made me pick up this book was when I read the back, and got a hint that it was about cloning. I havn't read a book about cloning in a while and thought that it would be a good book. I didn't I like this book very much.It took me a very long time to read. At some parts it got very interesting and I didn't want to stop reading, but most of the time it was very slow pacing and it got boring. I think what coould have made this book better if it were not so slow moving and that it were a short b...more
I really liked this book, right at the beginning of the book there was something going on so you were not waiting for something interesting to happening. Although at some parts I was confused but that didn't last for to long and the ended wasn't what I was expecting either. Although I really did enjoy this book
I always seem to be picking up young adult books either about the supernatural or dystopias. Some of these are very, very good and then there's the outstanding ones like Sharp North.
The action kept you turning the page. There were believable characters, a fascinating future, and twists and turns galore. I will definitely read more of this man's work.
The action kept you turning the page. There were believable characters, a fascinating future, and twists and turns galore. I will definitely read more of this man's work.
A grimly detailed dystopian future with mass flooding and dreary cities ruled by familial dictatorship and police force, where illegal cloning is afforded only to those who can afford the highest, and there is no escape through the treacherous overfilled ocean.
I really really wanted to like this book but it was sooo confusing. I was totally lost through most of it. The ending got a lot better but with 500+ pages a few good chapters made the book hard to rate above a 2 star for me. This book would have been awesome if the author had taken some time to explain a few things in the first couple of chapters. I realize the intention was to build interest and suspense. But this is a long book and with that much reading, at least for me,I like a little taste...more
Nov 08, 2011
Dominique Lewis
added it
I loved and I can't wait to read the sequel. It was a little confusing though,and very all over the place. Sometimes I felt as I was in one person's Point of view, when I was really in the other. I had a little trouble defining characters, but not enough to stop me from reading the book!
Good Clone book. Changing this to 3 stars. Decided that the plot did not make sense. The author did not explain the motive behind Mira's watcher or Tilly's actions and what of the child? Too many loose ends and dead ends at the end.
A fast-paced and exciting dystopian adventure. Read my full review at:
http://greatbooksforkidsandteens.blog...
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Really enjoyed this, the characters were well constructed, and the plot was not easily predicted, very enjoyable, have read this again and again.
Ugh. I had a horribly hard time finishing this. The first 100 pages were pretty good. Got me interested. Then, once Part Two started, it lost nearly ALL the momentum.
Further, the social structure of the society, involving Visions, Scroats, and Saints, was never completely explained. I can deal with unanswered questions in a book, but there are critical items which must be laid out in order for the reader to get what's going on.
Sequel? No. And that's a big thing for me. I generally like to see a...more
Further, the social structure of the society, involving Visions, Scroats, and Saints, was never completely explained. I can deal with unanswered questions in a book, but there are critical items which must be laid out in order for the reader to get what's going on.
Sequel? No. And that's a big thing for me. I generally like to see a...more
Dystopian novel set in a cold futuristic England. Girl leaves isolated village to discover who she is.
I really liked it, but when they kill off a lot of people, I didn't really like those parts, but otherwise, i really enjoyed it.
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