What happens when you live longer than you wanted to? Parvin Blackwater wanted to die, but now she’s being called to be a leader. The only problem is, no one wants to follow. The Council uses Jude’s Clock-matching invention to force “new-and-improved” Clocks on the public. Those who can’t afford one are packed into boxcars like cattle and used for the Council’s purposes.Parvin and Hawke find … purposes.
Parvin and Hawke find themselves on a cargo ship of Radicals headed out to sea. What will the Council do to them? And why are people suddenly dying before their Clocks have zeroed-out?
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This book was epic. I’m not sure there are too many other words I could use to describe it. After having grown so much already in the first book of the series, I was really interested to see where Parvin’s journey went in this one. It definitely didn’t disappoint. Themes of courage, standing up for what’s right, selflessness, and purpose are really prevalent in this book—not surprising given the title—and they were really powerfully presented. Great story and one that’s stuck with me long after reading it.
Characters: Parvin and Solomon were easy to care about. Parvin had enough flaws and problems to make her relatable.
Language: Clean.
Moral: This book had many great morals: using your time wisely, standing up for what’s right, doing what God tells you. And I’m pretty sure there were several others as well. 🙂
My only problems with this book were the way God spoke to Parvin and the “shalom” concept.
In this book, Parvin heard from God in her mind. I know lots of authors choose to have this happen, but God speaks to His people through the Bible. Not through a voice in their heads.
Also, the “shalom” concept confused me to say the least. The author defines shalom on her website and in the first book of this series as “Wholeness, completeness. The way God intended things to be.” Basically, what Adam and Eve had in the Garden of Eden before they sinned. From the definition Nadine gave, it’s not something anyone can have on earth, and it’s definitely not something anyone other than God can bring about. But several times in this book, this “shalom” concept was mentioned as something people could cause.
I don’t know if I misunderstood the author’s intent behind the use of the word, but those are my thoughts.
Plot: This book did not drag! Plenty of action and adventure to keep things moving.
Romance: Clean.
Writing: Nadine Brandes did an excellent job of writing Parvin’s first-person POV. The details were so good that I felt as if I were right there with the characters. The description of the cold… Chills!
Overall: I really enjoyed this book. I’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys dystopian Christian fiction.
Ok, I love this series sooooooo much!!! This is book 2 of the ‘Time to Die’ series, and I absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I know the first book, ‘A Time to Die’, sounds really sketchy, but it’s actually quite clean.
The books are about a world that know when they will die. Every single person has a clock that will tells them how many days, hours and seconds they have left to live. (Weird right?) The books are very clean but are survival books so there is a lot of violence. Like A LOT!!!! But I think these are great books for TEENAGERS!!! Twelve and up’ I am putting my foot down on this.
Over all, I have read the first two books and I LOVE THEM!!!!!! I highly suggest these books to teenagers and probably adults too. I hope this review was helpful! Love ya!!!! -The Young Llama Reader.
Pros
This is a great book for teens and adults
Totally awesome adventure!!!
Cons
The book is about survival… soooooo… blood and violence show up a lot!