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| Title | : | Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1) |
| Author | : | Victoria Foyt |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 307 pages |
| Published | : | January 10th 2012 by Sand Dollar Press Inc (first published October 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Romance. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Fiction |
Victoria Foyt
Hardcover | Pages: 307 pages Rating: 2 | 917 Users | 377 Reviews
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Eden Newman must mate before her 18th birthday in six months or she'll be left outside to die in a burning world. But who will pick up her mate-option when she's cursed with white skin and a tragically low mate-rate of 15%? In a post-apocalyptic, totalitarian, underground world where class and beauty are defined by resistance to an overheated environment, Eden's coloring brands her as a member of the lowest class, a weak and ugly Pearl. If only she can mate with a dark-skinned Coal from the ruling class, she'll be safe. Just maybe one Coal sees the Real Eden and will be her salvation her co-worker Jamal has begun secretly dating her. But when Eden unwittingly compromises her father's secret biological experiment, she finds herself in the eye of a storm and thrown into the last area of rainforest, a strange and dangerous land. Eden must fight to save her father, who may be humanity's last hope, while standing up to a powerful beast-man she believes is her enemy, despite her overwhelming attraction. Eden must change to survive but only if she can redefine her ideas of beauty and of love, along with a little help from her "adopted aunt" Emily Dickinson.Specify Books To Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
| ISBN: | 0983650322 (ISBN13: 9780983650324) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Save the Pearls #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Eric Hoffer Book Award |
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Ratings: 2 From 917 Users | 377 ReviewsArticle Based On Books Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
So this story is set in a future where the heat and sun have gotten ridiculous and the darker your skin is, the safer you are. Caucasians are now the minority due to their fragile skin and are called 'Pearls'. African-Americans are the majority and everyone wants to be a 'Coal'. So much so that Pearls cover their hair and skin with a makeup of sorts in order to be more 'average' and pretty. Also, in this world you must be marked to mate by age 18 or lose all resources on which to live.Eden is aOriginally posted at Paperback Wonderland.This book was one of the most racist things I have ever read.The bare bones of the plot: a world where black people are the oppressing majority and white people are the oppressed minority. Obviously, the concept isn't new. It was done - and well done, at that - by Malorie Blackman in her Noughts and Crosses series. If you're interested in the premise, but you dislike blatant racist propaganda, give that one a try.You could assume this reversal would
I saved my review yesterday without even finishing it. Here's the full thing. Sometimes, people are convinced that they have the lower hand in life. They think the world's against them, that they are at the bottom of society's rungs. And sometimes, that is simply not the case. Victoria Hoyt has envisioned a world in which black people (or Coals) are at the top of society's social hierarchy because of their dark skin colour. White people (or "Pearls") are at the bottom of the hierarchy because of
This book and the author are incredibly and overtly racist and sexist, whether she is conscious of it or not. I'm saddened that this amount of ignorance still exists in the world today. How could the author possibly defend what she has written? How on earth was this allowed to be published in this day and age? Why, in the name of all things holy, did she think promoting the book while using Black Face was an acceptable marketing plan? She calls the evil black overlords "Coals", the now-extinct
Original review posted hereI dont do pure negative reviews very often usually theres some sort of saving grace in a book, a storyline I like, a character I admired, something I can pull from the book, but I cant do it here.Lets look at the list of things that got to me:1. Reverse racism. Foyt tried an experiment and, in my opinion, failed. Something that is a basic cornerstone of good writing is show, dont tell. Dont include a word and then reference it as being a racist term, in those exact
Initial reaction:Before I start this review, I want to clarify a few things. First, I've read the whole of this novel. I'm not judging it on the cover (though I think in the measure of this review, I'd like to talk about that separately), and I'm not judging it on just the premise alone - I read the entire book. Technically I read this book twice if I count the hour long read that I zipped through to see what would happen with it (this was in a copy loaned to me at first, but then when NetGalley
Hailing from the nonexistent category of African-American readers, I'm here today to say this book exceeded expectations.It is even more awful than anyone told me or I could've imagined. I question why Goodreads won't let me just give this zero stars as an exception. In point form:- Your world-building is bad and you should feel bad.Now, I know everyone is jumping on the YA Lit dystopia bandwagon to become the next Hunger Games, but in the very least, you need internally consistent logic.
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