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Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)

Lauren DeStefano

Start date: July 1, 2013

Finish date: July 31, 2013

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Jul 27, 2011 Alexia Purdy rated it really liked it

Wither (The Chemical Garden #1)kept my attention over and over again. It has an unusual story line; the world is in a postapocalyptic state where men live only until they are 25 and women until they are 20. This being caused by genetic manipulation. The world struggles to find a cure to this disasterous result. Rhine, our heroinne, finds herself taken by 'gatherers' who kidnap girls to sell them to weathly men to become their brides. She lands in the luxury of a beautiful mansion and two sister ...more

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Jan 21, 2012 Allison Kirk rated it really liked it

POSSIBLE SPOILERS: (but maybe not too bad)

"The world seems so clean if you only look up." Wither. Chapter 25, page 333.

To give the set up of the story, in an effort to create a world without illness by altering genetics but this meddling causes people's life span to shorten drastically, women die at 20 and men at 25. So, of course, world goes awry. There are many more orphans, girls get kidnapped and/or married off at ridiculously young ages, and marriages are usually polygamous.

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Aug 14, 2011 Violeta Nedkova rated it really liked it

I love reading about genetic engineering catastrophes, so I loved the idea of this one. Women live until 20 and men until 25. Great characterization as well. The only thing I didn't like was that there wasn't much going on... plot-wise. The pace was a bit sluggish for me, but I hope the next book will be more action-packed. I'm crossing all fingers! ...more

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Aug 02, 2011 Bonnie Colvert rated it really liked it

Wow, when is book two in The Chemical Garden Trilgy? I really liked Wither, it seems like something like this could really happen in the future. I could really feel the character's emotions throughout the story. This book does leave you hanging at the end, which is what it was supposed to do. ...more

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