Grace in Penguin's Point of View Books

Nov 04, 2010 Kelly Hager rated it it was amazing

Grace has been raised to be an Angel. In the dystopian society she calls home, her people are battling a dictator. The boys are raised to be Rorys, or soldiers, and the girls are raised to be Angels, or suicide bombers. It’s her job to kill the Minister of Defense (and, obviously, herself and as many others in the room as she can).

This is an amazing book. It’s heartbreaking and terrifying and a little hopeful, too. But mostly, it’s just sad. I say that because it underscores just how much the wa ...more

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Jan 15, 2011 Christi rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult

OK, lesser of two evils, anyone? Can anyone fault Grace for desperately trying to escape both of these horrible worlds? All of Grace's fellow Angels are happy--ecstatic, even--to complete their mission (thereby killing themselves in the process). It's been drilled into them that Angels only exist to fulfill their mission, and for these girls that's enough. At a pivotal moment, however, Grace discovers what want feels like and nothing can stop her from trying to escape the only life she's ever kn ...more

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Aug 04, 2009 Lauren rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own

Grace. There's so much to say, yet I don't think I could ever say enough to justify how amazing and powerful this one book is. It's disturbing, heartbreaking, and yet so beautifully written and eye-opening, you can't help but get caught up in this dystopian tale of life and death and what makes you choose which will be your path in the end.

From the first page, you are transported into Grace's world, a world of chaos and a sick leader controlling it all. Grace is an Angel; though don't let the t Grace. There's so much to say, yet I don't think I could ever say enough to justify how amazing and powerful this one book is. It's disturbing, heartbreaking, and yet so beautifully written and eye-opening, you can't help but get caught up in this dystopian tale of life and death and what makes you choose which will be your path in the end.

From the first page, you are transported into Grace's world, a world of chaos and a sick leader controlling it all. Grace is an Angel; though don't let the title make you think she's a heavenly being. You see, an Angel is a suicide bomber used to kill government officials and show that those people won't be in power forever, but Grace took a different root; she escapes, not dying and completing the cause. So now she's on the run with the mysterious Kerr, someone who may have just as much to loose as her, someone who may understand her even though they're far from being the same person.

In Grace's world, she would be viewed as a coward, but to me I viewed her as being an extremely brave and daring person, someone who goes well past the limit on the road not taken to get to the world she wants and knows is best for her. Kerr, oh the mysterious Kerr, is someone who constantly introduced new things that made me, as well as Grace's character, re-think everything I had thought about their world and see new parts that I hadn't seen and understood fully before.

The premise of this was something fresh, and I have to say I don't think I've ever read or heard about anything just like Grace. The execution of the premise was even better, because it constantly had me on the edge of my seat dying to know what big revelation would be revealed next to make me re-think my thoughts on the characters and world they lived in. Also, I liked the discussion this novel held about life and death and everything in between. It was interesting and part of the reason why I'm still thinking of this novel days after reading it.

And this review wouldn't be complete if I didn't mention Scott's fantastic writing at least once, so... Elizabeth Scott is an excellent writer, one that never fails to show her tremendous wealth as a storyteller through the range of different topics she chooses that never fail to be well delivered. She's a writer I admire greatly though envy at the same time; one I can't help but want to read more by as soon as possible.

Out of all the fabulous 2010 books this year, Grace is the one you should definitely pick up no matter what. It's fantastic, disturbing, and eye-opening- a book I'm still thinking about days after reading it. Overall, this is one of the best of the year, no doubt about it.

Grade: A+
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Mar 03, 2010 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-books

Grace was raised to be an Angel. Not the kind of Angel that you and I know, but one that will bring honor to the People when she dies by suicide bomb. But, just before she is to fulfil that destiny, Grace realizes that she wants to live. She turns her back on the way of life in which she was raised, and ends up on a train bound for possible freedom. Traveling with the mysterious Kerr, Grace must consider the life she was raised for, and what life, freedom, and faith really mean to her.

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Aug 21, 2010 Jacob rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2010

Ohh Elizabeth Scott. Just when I've put down Perfect You for the fifth time and sworn I won't touch another of your books no matter how much I honestly liked Something Maybe and Stealing Heaven and was ripped apart by Living Dead Girl you pull me back in for more. And it's worth it. I think this is your best book.

This is a YA dystopia, but it's not one of Those YA Dystopians. You know the kind I mean. I don't want to say they're The Hunger Games followers because YA dystopia was already getting ...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Ashley rated it liked it

This book has kind of convinced me that I (surprisingly enough) prefer Scott's more lighthearted contemp to her more dramatic stories. This one wasn't necessarily bad, but I think I was supposed to take more from this one than I did. I'll have to let it sit for a while... See if any of that changes. ...more

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