Monday, July 2, 2018

Warcross By Marie Lu

If you could rewrite one part of the story, what would you change?

This book is set in the near future, where everything has some sort of electronic technology set into it, but that isn't a huge part of the book. The main character, Emika Chen, is a bounty hunter who hacks into the championship of the video game Warcross. She catches the attention of the creator of Warcross, who then offers her a job. But as she gets further into the task, she learns more about Warcross and the dangers lurking where she least expects it. 

The one thing I don't like about the book (and I really like this book!) is the ending. It just ends in a very unsatisfying way, that does pull it all together, but it also makes it unclear if there will be a sequel or you will just forever be wondering what she will do in Tokyo, Japan next. So I would probably rewrite that to cut out the last page and stop it at the memories part where she just thinks to herself, "My offer to you still stands." That would be a good cliffhanger for me. 

But it's good, so read it if you don't mind a mysterious end!

-Emilia, 7th grade, VLUS