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The Loop
by Ben Oliver
To say I'm pleasantly surprised by this book is an understatement! I picked this book up from my shelf on a whim and I am glad I did.
This book is set in the first-person point of view, through Luka Kane. Luka is a prisoner of The Loop, a prison for prisoners under the age of 18. Luka was a great protagonist and I loved seeing the story through his eyes. Luka is also 16.
This book is set a futuristic society where there are no more countries, and instead, Regions. All the Regions are governed by one World Government. The Loop itself is a prison inside one of the Regions, I believe it is Region 86 (don't quote me on this, I am probably wrong). Each night, from 5:30 to 11:30, all the prisoners are put inside of a glass tube and their energy is used to power the building. They call it The Harvest.
To get onto my actual thoughts of the book, I felt like all the characters went through some sort of development, and I loved each of them. Luka, himself, surprised me. I felt like I was not going to be able to connect with him but I did. Progressing through the story in his mind really helped to connect further.
Luka is strong, quick-minded, stubborn (to a point), and forgiving to others mistakes. Inside of a novel, I would be like Luka. He forgives people easily if they can see that they want to change for the better. He has a love interest, Kina.
We do not see much of Kina but when we do, I loved every second of it. Kina has to be my favourite character. She is sassy, strong, empathetic, compassionate, and badass.
The plot itself progressed pretty nicely. I felt that there were no points in the book that I was bored or wanted to put down. The plot of the book follows Luka as he realizes that there is War outside of The Loop. Luka realizes that since Wren, the prisoner's warden who treats him and some fellow inmates as fellow humans with kindness, loses her mind, he has a chance of freedom. Since Wren has lost her mind, his strict schedule has become disrupted; no more breakfast, a daily hour of outside time is gone, government-issued rain is gone. Soon enough, Luka and his fellow inmates' are left alone. This rag-tag team of prisoners are left wondering what is happening outside of the prison and soon come face to face with murderous civilians. Can Luka discover who is behind this? Will he save his family and inmates?
The ending of this book has got me CRAVING the next book. It's such a good cliffhanger to want readers to come back for the second book.
If you need a fast-paced, adventurous, tense, futuristic sci-fi, The Loop is for you!
This book is set in the first-person point of view, through Luka Kane. Luka is a prisoner of The Loop, a prison for prisoners under the age of 18. Luka was a great protagonist and I loved seeing the story through his eyes. Luka is also 16.
This book is set a futuristic society where there are no more countries, and instead, Regions. All the Regions are governed by one World Government. The Loop itself is a prison inside one of the Regions, I believe it is Region 86 (don't quote me on this, I am probably wrong). Each night, from 5:30 to 11:30, all the prisoners are put inside of a glass tube and their energy is used to power the building. They call it The Harvest.
To get onto my actual thoughts of the book, I felt like all the characters went through some sort of development, and I loved each of them. Luka, himself, surprised me. I felt like I was not going to be able to connect with him but I did. Progressing through the story in his mind really helped to connect further.
Luka is strong, quick-minded, stubborn (to a point), and forgiving to others mistakes. Inside of a novel, I would be like Luka. He forgives people easily if they can see that they want to change for the better. He has a love interest, Kina.
We do not see much of Kina but when we do, I loved every second of it. Kina has to be my favourite character. She is sassy, strong, empathetic, compassionate, and badass.
The plot itself progressed pretty nicely. I felt that there were no points in the book that I was bored or wanted to put down. The plot of the book follows Luka as he realizes that there is War outside of The Loop. Luka realizes that since Wren, the prisoner's warden who treats him and some fellow inmates as fellow humans with kindness, loses her mind, he has a chance of freedom. Since Wren has lost her mind, his strict schedule has become disrupted; no more breakfast, a daily hour of outside time is gone, government-issued rain is gone. Soon enough, Luka and his fellow inmates' are left alone. This rag-tag team of prisoners are left wondering what is happening outside of the prison and soon come face to face with murderous civilians. Can Luka discover who is behind this? Will he save his family and inmates?
The ending of this book has got me CRAVING the next book. It's such a good cliffhanger to want readers to come back for the second book.
If you need a fast-paced, adventurous, tense, futuristic sci-fi, The Loop is for you!