The Thirteenth
Reality, The Blade of Shattered Hope by James Dashner is
the third book in the saga of Tick and his friends striving to save
the world from the evil geniuses in the realities. This series rests
on the premise that there are many realities, with 13 of them being
prime. Each reality has some of the same people, but not all do the
same things. One's alterant might be very tall or very fat,
depending on which reality s/he was from..
In this step in
Tick's journey as a realitant, he is pitted against Mistress Jane who
has pretty much completely lost all her sense. She's batty as a
result of her interactions and experiences with Tick in the first
book. She has set out to fulfill her goal of a utopia for all the
realities… by doing evil. What's a little sacrifice of 6 billion
lives if it saves more than 18 billion? This is how she thinks.
My daughters love
this series. I read it because they wanted me to read it. It is
good. It definitely did not have me in thrall. I had to push myself
to finish it, quite frankly. I'm glad I did because I'm able to talk
to my daughters about it. There are lots of great conversation
starters, both of the fluff kind as well as many of deeper nature. I
think this series is solidly written for middle grade readers. Boys
in that age group, often considered the most difficult to hook on
books, would probably love it! I definitely recommend it for those
age readers.
Have you read The
Thirteenth Reality, The Blade of Shattered Hope by James
Dashner? What did you think of it?
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