Slated: Book 1: 1/3 (SLATED Trilogy)

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Me pointing out a few flaws doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy Slated. As far as dystopias go, it was better than most. If you’re a fan of the genre, you won’t want to miss it. If you’re a fan of all things British like I am, you’ll enjoy the British setting and the distinctly British language. No final do segundo volume, Kyla é finalmente dividida em duas fracções, fracções essas que a formam e moldam-na, deixando-a na dúvida entre o certo do errado, o bem do mal. I guess it can be argued that this is exactly why it's a dystopian world. I mean, Slating under false pretenses is a common suspicion found throughout the novel. Ben, her boyfriend in SLATED was known to be trained in one of Inspector's training camp. He was so stupid in the book one, that I hoped he wasn't the main character of Kyla's romantic partner. Fortunately, he isn't. He betrayed Kyla for being one of an Inspector's spy along with his ex-girlfriend, Tori. Then Ben killed all the LMP member.What an unexpected ending, right? A boy with an excellent figure, known usually to be the main character became the bad character. Slated kids must be retaught everything from the fact that knives are sharp to the need to look both ways before crossing the street. Kyla has forgotten a lot, but starts to discover she has some memories and traits leftover from her old self. As the story progresses she realizes she knows how to drive, is left-handed, good at drawing, and hates broccoli.

Not even the plot could keep me going because honestly, it's extremely flat and boring. There isn't enough to really keep the story moving because all and any plot twists were easily guessed.

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Every time something happens to her she jumps (how or in what manner, I do not know, and I don't care at this point. I just think it's ridiculous).

So overall, I think the premise is great. I just think it took way too long to get into the story - without good reason - and I think once I was in the story, I had more questions than I got answers. By the end of the book, I'm left knowing what happened but bursting with more uncertainty. I know Terry is planning to leave some of that for book 2, but I just feel like the hours I just spent on a book that FELT long, I was just hoping I would have had more answers. Then in the last book, she found out she was an adopted daughter, also. She was being used by Inspectors which is her grandmother. The grandmother gave Kyla to her "was-known-as" birth mother. As she was in mourning of losing her first daughter, she made Kyla as she's her own daughter. Kyla, named Lucy. Then all what happen to little Lucy next was how AGT cooperated with Inspectors . Late in the 21st century, the government, no longer the United Kingdom but Central Coalition, found a new way to deal with criminals. Instead of prisons or even capital punishment, they get a clean slate, or more precisely, they get slated – their memory gets wiped clean and, if they’re underage, they get assigned to a new Mum and Dad, a whole new family they’re supposed to treat as their own. Kyla has been slated nine months ago, and the time has come for her to leave the New London Hospital and go live with her new parents and sister. Because I know full well that I have a lot of gripes about the current dystopian/dystomance/post-apoc/futuristic trend in YA right now. And I know that while I generally enjoy these genres, sadly few books actually deliver for me, in terms of solid worldbuilding, logical plot, interesting premise etc. The first part of the book was really dull. I understand that Terry was trying to put us in the mindset that Kyla had to relearn everything, but honestly, it did NOTHING for story. What's the significance of her learning how to open the car door or doing the dishes and cutting her hand with a knife? And I'd understand if i was just a few examples before moving along with the story, but Terry spent about half the book telling us about Kyla's relearning experiences, and none of those contributed to the story development.Teri Terry’s 2013 Slated is the first in a series of young adult dystopian novels. Set in a near future where criminals are given a second chance by having their minds wiped clean – they are “slated” or made into “blank slates.” The novel follows the quest of one slated teenage girl to find out the truth about herself, her past, and the government’s increasingly arbitrary use of mind-wiping technology. Political statements and brilliance aside, some of Slated’s most compelling facets are its human ones. From tender to terrifying, sweet to infuriatingly unfair, Kyla’s interactions with the world and people around her are what give it heart. Kyla’s relationship with her ‘Mum’ is touching, and fascinating to watch grow, and those with her Doctor and teachers are worrisome and murky. But it is Kyla’s developing attachment to fellow slated boy, Ben, which has the biggest impact on her, and indeed sets many of Slated’s events in place. Slated is certainly not a romance—though its moments of tenderness are heart-warming—and if anything, Kyla’s most important relationship is the hugely complicated one she has with herself.