They all start out with the vague lack of memory, a symbol on their foreheads, and a last name/first initial from the coffins they awoke in. Fortunately or unfortunately, this is a story that relies on the idea that the reader knows as little about what’s going on as the characters do, and you’re meant to make discoveries in a pace with Em. They go searching and meet up with a great number of surprises.Īlthough I’m dying to dig further into the meat of things, it’s really difficult to say much about Alive without spoiling the constant little (and occasionally huge) secrets. There’s another problem, however, beyond the fact that they don’t know who or where or what they are: there’s no food or water in their room. It quickly becomes obvious that the ‘circle-stars’ are meant to be fighters and protectors. Each person has a tattoo of some sort on his or her forehead. Savage”, starts organizing and herding the rest of them. Em (so called because her coffin was labeled “M. They all believe it to be their 12th birthday, but they’re also all clearly too tall and adult for twelve. Some of them have young corpses in them others hold people like her. She bashes her way free, only to find a room full of similar boxes. Scott Sigler’s Alive (The Generations Trilogy) starts with a woman waking up in a coffin. Review ebook provided free by publisher for this review. Cons: Overly reliant on secrets and surprises
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