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Unwind (Unwind, #1)

Neal Shusterman

Start date: February 5, 2014

Finish date: February 28, 2014

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Aug 12, 2014 Filip rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mám-doma, v-rodné-češtině, blízké-mému-srdíčku, chrochtám-blahem, read-in-2016, katherine-doporučila, nechci-znát-konec-série

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Tohle bylo bohovské. Ve všech ohledech. Už dlouho jsem necítil tak silné nutkání číst dál a dál, abych co nejrychleji došel do konce a zjistil, jak tohle "dobrodružství" vlastně dopadne. Autorův styl je jednoduchý, výstižný, díky čemuž jsou kapitoly krátké a tudíž Bez šance ve výsledku nevypadá jako hromádka... no, asi víte čeho. Myšlenka rozpojování nechtěných dětí byla hodně neobvyklá a autor konečně jako jeden z autorů projevil vlastní iniciativu ve vymýšlení vlastníc ...more

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Aug 26, 2013 Vendea rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: rc, in-love-with-character, kick-ass-heroine, read-own, douche-bag-hero, 2016, best-of-2016

Ugh... Tuhle knihu jsem přečetla na jeden zátah za pár hodin. A že mi to dalo... Zdály se mi po tom fakt příšerný sny. Ten svět, všechno... je to děsný. U popisu rozpojování se mi udělalo špatně. Je to prostě... příšerný.

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Aug 13, 2017 Andrea Salayová rated it it was amazing

Shelves: important-message, romance, dystopian, breath-of-fresh-air

“You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.”

It is rare to find a dystopian novel this original and well... amazing. It is set in mostly our world, after the war ended, the war of pro-choice and pro-life supporters. They agreed at the end, to allow abortion - between the age of 13 to 18. All of “You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.”

It is rare to find a dystopian novel this original and well... amazing. It is set in mostly our world, after the war ended, the war of pro-choice and pro-life supporters. They agreed at the end, to allow abortion - between the age of 13 to 18. All of the body parts and organs are then used again, so it is not considered dying, it is unwinding.

What I loved about this book (besides the fact that my copy was a floppy paperback) wasthe multiple POVs. There were three main characters, but occasionaly we got POV of many random characters, which took us chronologically through the story. All of the POV´s were third person, so it was easy to read (I tend to not like the changing of 3rd and 1st person POVs within the same book).

First of our main characters was Connor, out hero type, who managed to run away from unwinding and become kind of a legend while doing so. He teams up with Risa, who is also an Unwind and Lev, who is a Tithe, special kind of Unwind, after Connor kind of abducts him. All of these characters are unique and interesting to read about.

The plot was very fast-paced and it was taking many unexpected turns, so it always kept me guessing and reading well into the night. The writing was on point, too. Some of the scenes were simply horrifying, especially the unwinding scene near the end, or the feelings of Cy-Ty, who recieved part of the unwound brain and then he could hear and feel the person it once belonged to. I also enjoyed the philosophical thoughts about soul and the nature of unwinding and its consequences and discussions about god.

The most disturbing part of the book was, however, how real it felt. At first, the thought of unwinding seemed completely ridiculous, but some of the things humanity does are ridiculous already, so it wasn´t that much of a stretch to imagine this being somehow real. And therefore even scarier. I mean, people are being kidnapped and sold for body parts already.

If you are into dystopian fiction, you should definitely read this book. For me, it is way up there with Hunger Games and Divergent and I can´t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Feb 04, 2016 Clairol rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Je nějaká kniha ve které by jste chtěli žít? Rozhodně ano! A je nějaká kniha ve které by jste určitě žít nechtěli? Rozhodně ano, TATO kniha. Ještě teď se mi z toho trochu chvěje žaludek, jen na to pomyslím. Tahle kniha pokládá člověku hodně otázek a chtě nechtě je nucen se nad nimi opravdu zamýšlet a odpovídat. Je to šílená jízda, se spoustou zajímavých myšlenek a alegorií. Kde i dobří lidé dělají špatná rozhodnutí a špatní dělají dobrá. Kde není černý ani bílý svět, ale všichni se mísíme v jedn ...more

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Jul 23, 2016 Michaela rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Bavil ma príbeh, aj s postavami som spokojná, vyvíjali sa a nevedela som, ako sa rozhodnú, ako skončia, dokonca ani či skončia vcelku. Takže áno, kniha super. 4,5 hviezdy dávam. Keďže to skončilo celkom uzavreto, ale ako pozerám, má to mať aj nejaké pokračovania.

Rereading dávam o 8 rokov neskôr (v knižnej štafete) a stále sa mi to páči.

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