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A Time to Die
(Out of Time #1)
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How would you live if you knew the day you'd die?
Parvin Blackwater has wasted her life. At only seventeen, she has one year left according to the Clock by her bedside.
In a last-ditch effort to make a difference, she tries to rescue Radicals from the crooked justice system. But when the authorities find out about her illegal activity, they cast her through the Wall -- her ...more
Parvin Blackwater has wasted her life. At only seventeen, she has one year left according to the Clock by her bedside.
In a last-ditch effort to make a difference, she tries to rescue Radicals from the crooked justice system. But when the authorities find out about her illegal activity, they cast her through the Wall -- her ...more
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September 23rd 2014
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Oct 23, 2014
Nadine Brandes
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I'm certainly not going to write a review for my own book. That kind of defeats the purpose of reviews. BUT...I thought I'd include a parental guide for those who like to know exactly what type of content is going to be in the book.
PARENT'S GUIDE
I recommend this book for ages 14 and up, though the maturity of the reader plays a big part. So, basically, if you're a parent...know your child's reading level.
Profanity: NONE
Intimacy: There is attraction between a boy and girl, but no kissing ...more
PARENT'S GUIDE
I recommend this book for ages 14 and up, though the maturity of the reader plays a big part. So, basically, if you're a parent...know your child's reading level.
Profanity: NONE
Intimacy: There is attraction between a boy and girl, but no kissing ...more
FULL REVIEW HERE: http://literarycafe.weebly.com/home/a...
I finished this book approximately three weeks ago. It has taken me the entirety of that time to gather my incoherent fangirling thoughts and write this whirlwind of a review.
I'm sure everyone has a book that they can't stop seeing around. Wherever you go, wherever you look, it somehow always seems to pop up. For me, that was this book. Why I ignored it for so long I still do not know (Especially with that gorgeous cover. Ask anyone. I'm ...more
I finished this book approximately three weeks ago. It has taken me the entirety of that time to gather my incoherent fangirling thoughts and write this whirlwind of a review.
I'm sure everyone has a book that they can't stop seeing around. Wherever you go, wherever you look, it somehow always seems to pop up. For me, that was this book. Why I ignored it for so long I still do not know (Especially with that gorgeous cover. Ask anyone. I'm ...more
Edit: Added content review
Wow. Wowwowwow. At the very least, I can say this book kept me guessing until the very end!
And as this is the first book I've finished in 2016, I though I would do a special format. Here's to twenty sixteen!
*SPOILERS BELOW*
2 (phrases I'm going to try to use) - Welks (for you're welcome - guess how long it took me to figure that out!) and Tally ho!
0 (things I loved about Skelley Chase) - Let's just say that I REALLY hope he kills a tree in front of Alder. I REALLY REALLY ...more
Wow. Wowwowwow. At the very least, I can say this book kept me guessing until the very end!
And as this is the first book I've finished in 2016, I though I would do a special format. Here's to twenty sixteen!
*SPOILERS BELOW*
2 (phrases I'm going to try to use) - Welks (for you're welcome - guess how long it took me to figure that out!) and Tally ho!
0 (things I loved about Skelley Chase) - Let's just say that I REALLY hope he kills a tree in front of Alder. I REALLY REALLY ...more
Wow. Wow. Wow. I just don't even know how to review this . . . but I'll do my best.
This book is so incredibly *deep* it almost made my brain hurt sometimes. Brandes tackles some very good - and weighty - questions throughout, and handles them in an exceptional manner. It really makes you think - which I loved. Some of the concepts and ideas just blew my mind.
The characters were a ton of fun, not to mentioned relatable, honest, and real. The MC, Parvin, is just like any one of us. She wants to ...more
This book is so incredibly *deep* it almost made my brain hurt sometimes. Brandes tackles some very good - and weighty - questions throughout, and handles them in an exceptional manner. It really makes you think - which I loved. Some of the concepts and ideas just blew my mind.
The characters were a ton of fun, not to mentioned relatable, honest, and real. The MC, Parvin, is just like any one of us. She wants to ...more
A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes
Parvin Brielle Blackwater is seventeen years old and has only one more year to live. Same as everyone else in the East side of the wall, Parvin has a clock counting down to the day she is going to die. When it is found out that Parvin has been illegally sharing a clock with her brother Reid, she is thrown over the wall—her peoples death sentence. Here she finds her calling and grows closer to God. But now with only six months to live, is it too late to except tha ...more
Parvin Brielle Blackwater is seventeen years old and has only one more year to live. Same as everyone else in the East side of the wall, Parvin has a clock counting down to the day she is going to die. When it is found out that Parvin has been illegally sharing a clock with her brother Reid, she is thrown over the wall—her peoples death sentence. Here she finds her calling and grows closer to God. But now with only six months to live, is it too late to except tha ...more
I recently came to love dystopian. It intrigues me. Thrills me. So when I saw that A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes was a Christian dystopian, I was so excited to read it! Now I sit here, contemplating. One star? Four stars? Five stars? It was raw, it was riveting, it was heart-breaking! I suppose I won't know exactly what I think about this book until I read the second book in the series. But no, no, the one star is out of the question. A Time to Die is a too well-written and fascinating of a ta
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JANUARY 20/19 REVIEW
I still love it. My heart is still in pieces. I need book 2 ASAP—thank goodness it’s waiting on my shelf!
NOVEMBER 19/17 REVIEW
OH. MY. GOODNESS. This trilogy gets a lot of hype, at least in my reader circles, and I was desperately hoping it would live up to all those glowing reviews. IT DID. Bless Nadine's heart, it did.
This is one of the most unusual dystopian novels I've read, because it's infused with a lot more faith and hard questions and almost urban fantasy-ish setting ...more
I still love it. My heart is still in pieces. I need book 2 ASAP—thank goodness it’s waiting on my shelf!
NOVEMBER 19/17 REVIEW
OH. MY. GOODNESS. This trilogy gets a lot of hype, at least in my reader circles, and I was desperately hoping it would live up to all those glowing reviews. IT DID. Bless Nadine's heart, it did.
This is one of the most unusual dystopian novels I've read, because it's infused with a lot more faith and hard questions and almost urban fantasy-ish setting ...more
This is the Christian sic-fi version of the Hunger Games.
WOW!
I was exhausted by the end with all that Parvin had gone through. That girl made up for the lack of life she lived before, let me tell you!
Nadine did such a great job with building this new world with: memorable, heartwarming, sweet, interesting and slightly creep characters that seem to stick with you.
I love her play on lemons. Such a unique way for readers to associate to a character. I really thought I was smelling lemons at one ...more
WOW!
I was exhausted by the end with all that Parvin had gone through. That girl made up for the lack of life she lived before, let me tell you!
Nadine did such a great job with building this new world with: memorable, heartwarming, sweet, interesting and slightly creep characters that seem to stick with you.
I love her play on lemons. Such a unique way for readers to associate to a character. I really thought I was smelling lemons at one ...more
Wow. Just wow. I was worried about not liking this after seeing everyone love it. But I shouldn’t have worried. I loved it!
In Parvin Blackwater’s world everyone has a Clock. On that Clock the Numbers tell how long you have to live. Parvin has a year left to live. She wamts to do something meaningful. She wants to be remembered. She begins to think she is doing something right, when she is discovered to be sharing a Clock with her twin brother. As punishment she is thrown through the Wall that di ...more
In Parvin Blackwater’s world everyone has a Clock. On that Clock the Numbers tell how long you have to live. Parvin has a year left to live. She wamts to do something meaningful. She wants to be remembered. She begins to think she is doing something right, when she is discovered to be sharing a Clock with her twin brother. As punishment she is thrown through the Wall that di ...more
I. MUST. READ. THE. NEXT. BOOK. Seriously though. After having this series highly recommended to me by several friends, I got the first book as a Christmas a present from my grandparents. After the holiday business and starting college business, I finally had a couple days of solid reading and finished it. Finished it with heart beating about five times as rapidly as it should.
The whole idea of lives being run by clocks and all manner of electronic chips you could put in your mind was fascinati ...more
The whole idea of lives being run by clocks and all manner of electronic chips you could put in your mind was fascinati ...more
This is a rather tricky book to review. See, I really liked some aspects of the book, but...I didn't totally love it.
I've come to the conclusion that dystopian is not my genre. It's just not. I've tried several different dystopians, but interestingly enough, they all earn about the same rating. I guess I just can never get into it? Maybe it's too depressing for me, I dunno. :P Though I will say that for a dystopian book, A Time to Die was much less dismal than others. In fact, I would argue tha ...more
I've come to the conclusion that dystopian is not my genre. It's just not. I've tried several different dystopians, but interestingly enough, they all earn about the same rating. I guess I just can never get into it? Maybe it's too depressing for me, I dunno. :P Though I will say that for a dystopian book, A Time to Die was much less dismal than others. In fact, I would argue tha ...more
This is one of my favorites of 2015 for sure.
I loved everything about this book. The writing was really great, the characters were awesome, and the concept was so incredible. I thought the idea of having a little clock that counted down to the exact second you would die was so incredibly imaginative. It kinda reminded me of that movie In Time with Justin Timberlake in a sense.
I just really loved the concept of this book and how Nadine brought it to life.
This book is just so interesting and ent ...more
I loved everything about this book. The writing was really great, the characters were awesome, and the concept was so incredible. I thought the idea of having a little clock that counted down to the exact second you would die was so incredibly imaginative. It kinda reminded me of that movie In Time with Justin Timberlake in a sense.
I just really loved the concept of this book and how Nadine brought it to life.
This book is just so interesting and ent ...more
I've seen this book hyped up since I joined Goodreads, and ended up buying the whole series in paperback with some Christmas money. I read this first one in a couple of days.
And sheesh, was the hype worth it.
LIKES:
-This is Christian fiction that is NOT AFRAID to get real. And dark. And I love that. Life in the Christian world is not all fun and games, and it's a little weird to go from this to Mitford....but I still love them both. <3 And the fact that the darkness is not GLORIFIED but is in t ...more
And sheesh, was the hype worth it.
LIKES:
-This is Christian fiction that is NOT AFRAID to get real. And dark. And I love that. Life in the Christian world is not all fun and games, and it's a little weird to go from this to Mitford....but I still love them both. <3 And the fact that the darkness is not GLORIFIED but is in t ...more
I really enjoyed this book. I originally had this at five stars, but decided to take away a star after I really got down to the core of the book. Let me give the rundown:
-Language: a few ugly words like 'idiot', etc.
-Violence: a LOT to be on the look out for. Fighting, guns, etc. Nothing so descriptive I couldn't read it, but I would caution readers under the age of 12-13.
-Blood/Gore: a good bit in this category also. Several characters get limbs cut off (semi-detailed) and a lot of detail abo ...more
-Language: a few ugly words like 'idiot', etc.
-Violence: a LOT to be on the look out for. Fighting, guns, etc. Nothing so descriptive I couldn't read it, but I would caution readers under the age of 12-13.
-Blood/Gore: a good bit in this category also. Several characters get limbs cut off (semi-detailed) and a lot of detail abo ...more
This book made me rethink everything I thought I knew about God. About life. About time. About death. About family.
Do yourself a favor and go read this gem. ❤
(view spoiler) ...more
Do yourself a favor and go read this gem. ❤
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Parvin Blackwater lives in a world where everyone knows the day they will die. With only one year left on her Clock, Parvin realizes she hasn't done anything meaningful. She tries to find a purpose, which results in her being exiled from her home and sent to the world beyond the Wall. What will she find there? Will she survive?
I thought A Time to Die was very thought-provoking and asks some tough questions. How would we live if we knew the day we would die? Do we put God's plan above our own? ...more
I thought A Time to Die was very thought-provoking and asks some tough questions. How would we live if we knew the day we would die? Do we put God's plan above our own? ...more
A Time to Die
Genre: Christian, Dystopian.
Favorite Quote: “You shouldn’t be placing hope in our lives, Parvin. That’s my point. I don’t know the answers of the future, but your confidence and hope need to be in God.”
Age Range: 14+ (See end of review)
POV: First person, Parvin.
Stars: 4/5
The whole idea for this book was unique; I found it very interesting. The setting of A Time to Die is a Dystopian world where everyone knows the day they die, for Parvin that day is soon.
I fell in love with Parvin, ...more
Genre: Christian, Dystopian.
Favorite Quote: “You shouldn’t be placing hope in our lives, Parvin. That’s my point. I don’t know the answers of the future, but your confidence and hope need to be in God.”
Age Range: 14+ (See end of review)
POV: First person, Parvin.
Stars: 4/5
The whole idea for this book was unique; I found it very interesting. The setting of A Time to Die is a Dystopian world where everyone knows the day they die, for Parvin that day is soon.
I fell in love with Parvin, ...more
So, so great! I loved the Christian worldview - so rare and refreshing for dystopian fiction. Basically, I liked/loved almost everything about this book.
Synopsis:
How would you live if you knew the day you'd die?
Parvin Blackwater has wasted her life. At only seventeen, she has one year left according to the Clock by her bedside.
In a last-ditch effort to make a difference, she tries to rescue Radicals from the crooked justice system. But when the authorities find out about her illegal activity, they cast her through the Wall -- her people's death sentence.
What she finds on the other side about the world, about eternity, and about herself cha ...more
How would you live if you knew the day you'd die?
Parvin Blackwater has wasted her life. At only seventeen, she has one year left according to the Clock by her bedside.
In a last-ditch effort to make a difference, she tries to rescue Radicals from the crooked justice system. But when the authorities find out about her illegal activity, they cast her through the Wall -- her people's death sentence.
What she finds on the other side about the world, about eternity, and about herself cha ...more
This book has a little bit of everything.
It's dystopian, for those of us that wonder what it would be like to grow up in a world even more messed up that the world we live in. What would you do if you had to follow arbitrary society rules that weren't fair? What would you do if you were impoverished and the system was against you? Would you struggle? And what would that look like?
It's survivalist, for those who like to read about people pushing themselves past the breaking point, to overcome the ...more
It's dystopian, for those of us that wonder what it would be like to grow up in a world even more messed up that the world we live in. What would you do if you had to follow arbitrary society rules that weren't fair? What would you do if you were impoverished and the system was against you? Would you struggle? And what would that look like?
It's survivalist, for those who like to read about people pushing themselves past the breaking point, to overcome the ...more
hello friends i am now an emotionally crippled potato.
full review to come.
full review to come.
Living in a time when the day of your death is predicted at birth, seventeen year-old Parvin Blackwater feels she has wasted her life. According to her Clock, she will die by her 18th birthday. Determined to make a difference with the time she has left, she uses her last year privileges to request a meeting with famous biographer, Skelly Chase, hoping to find her purpose while writing her life story. Her meeting with Mr. Chase exceeds her expectations, but all is not as it seems. When government
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~4.5 stars~
AHH!! Have a lot of questions lol Glad I have the second book handy to start soon! I stayed up until past 1:30am to finish this off xD My emotions are everywhere...lol I'll try and do a better review when it's not so late and I can put thoughts together a little more clearly :P ...more
AHH!! Have a lot of questions lol Glad I have the second book handy to start soon! I stayed up until past 1:30am to finish this off xD My emotions are everywhere...lol I'll try and do a better review when it's not so late and I can put thoughts together a little more clearly :P ...more
4.5 stars
Everyone in the world needs to read this book, which needs to be translated into every language
Everyone in the world needs to read this book, which needs to be translated into every language
I will never recover.
This was a good story with a very interesting premise. I just didn't care for it as much as others. Partly I think because I'm not really "into" the YA/Dystopian genre.
Don't get me wrong, it's a brilliant premise and the author is an amazing writer. It's just that the first half of the book dragged really slowly for me. And I spend much of the time being frustrated with the heroine (as seems fairly standard with this genre). Half the time I wanted to smack her for whining about how she had wast ...more
Don't get me wrong, it's a brilliant premise and the author is an amazing writer. It's just that the first half of the book dragged really slowly for me. And I spend much of the time being frustrated with the heroine (as seems fairly standard with this genre). Half the time I wanted to smack her for whining about how she had wast ...more
I . . . don't know how to feel.
Review to come ...more
Review to come ...more
For the sake of the fandom that will probably be commenting a ton on this review, I would have liked to enjoy the book. Also it was such an interesting plot, I went into it REALLY wanting to like the book. Truth is I can only think of one thing I liked about this book: Mrs. Newton and I'm really not quite sure why I liked her so much.
There was so much in this book that I just didn't like. I didn't like Parvin, she never did anything. Ever. I didn't like Reid because apparently he really didn't ...more
There was so much in this book that I just didn't like. I didn't like Parvin, she never did anything. Ever. I didn't like Reid because apparently he really didn't ...more
I really enjoyed A Time to Die. While it was slow to start, I got into it once the action started. I would definitely recommend it to a person looking for a good book.
“Eighteen dead years. Why didn’t I see them dying? Why didn’t I feel my time wilting? I spent so much of my time lounging in regrets and sipping bitterness that I abandoned any thought of creating happy memories; instead, I wasted. Just wasted.” (Nadine Brandes, A Time to Die)
Many times while reading A Time to Die I felt as if someone had taken me by the shoulders and shaken me until my teeth rattled, until my eyes focused in a different way and I was seeing not only the story I was reading, but ...more
Many times while reading A Time to Die I felt as if someone had taken me by the shoulders and shaken me until my teeth rattled, until my eyes focused in a different way and I was seeing not only the story I was reading, but ...more
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NADINE BRANDES once spent four days as a sea cook in the name of book research. She is the author of FAWKES, ROMANOV, and the award-winning Out of Time Series. Her inner fangirl perks up at the mention of soul-talk, Quidditch, bookstagram, and Oreos. When she's not busy writing novels about bold living, she's adventuring through Middle Earth or taste-testing a new chai. Nadine, her Auror husband,
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