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Book Review By Ihnsee
Shade's Children by Garth Nix

Imagine a world where you are hunted day and night. Where you are never safe. Where you're lucky to live to see another day. It all starts in the dorms, where humanity is bred, until they reach the age of 14 when he or she is taken to the meat factory. There their body parts are taken apart to form new creatures. Myrmidons, wingers, trackers and an odd assortment of creatures, meant to find refuges, and war amongst themselves for the pleasure of the mysterious overlords.

Gold-eye, Ninde, Ella and Drum, along with many more of shades children, fight in the epic battle to detroy the overrlords. They go on dangeorous missions, stealing information, and resqueing friends. But, will they make it in time?


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Repressive society story Yes
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40 %
Who's a slave/repressed? - humans are slaves of aliens

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
If magical mental powers: - can see into the future

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - distant future
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - licking
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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