Discarded Faces eBook Betty Cross
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"An endless war, a regime where gays and Lesbians are treated like Jews in the Third Reich, a
land where people can't trust their neighbors, a "free election" fixed by computers, a rumor of underground resistance, a radical preacher, a simmering hope of liberation, a gang of disaffected teenagers, and a stolen cache of weapons -- these are the explosive ingredients of the new urban science-fiction thriller DISCARDED FACES."
Discarded Faces eBook Betty Cross
Sports loving Peb has a hard life. The planet's been involved in a war for almost as long as she can remember. The government is repressive and the war weaponry, including the use of bacterial bombs is truly frightening. Plus Peb must keep her love, fellow courtball player Zel a secret, as it's a crime to have a same-sex partner in this society. As a cover, she dates a guy named Balk, who she's friendly with, but not attracted to, and this deception plagues her.Cross creates a fresh world here, filled with sporty, determined courtball players and bands of teens who form gangs to make sense of their harsh, oppressive world. Inventive worldbuilding fits the gritty society. Zel's mother works in a league of professional courtesans, Peb works at a munitions plant putting guns together and the Thwaasians, resident aliens work as janitors, which is reminiscent of the metics of ancient Greece. At first, Peb and her friends are mainly interested in hanging out, but eventually they join the resistance and up their game from courtball to working to better the society.
Eventually, though, Peb's guilt over how she's using Balk gets the best of her. Will she come clean to him? You have to read Discarded Faces to find out. There is a learning curve with all of the tongue-twisting names of people and places, but overall, this is a fresh take on dealing with repression a la 1984 and other political dystopias. Recommended for older teens and new adults.
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Discarded Faces eBook Betty Cross Reviews
If only we could give 3 1/2 stars. This isn't my favorite Betty Cross novel, I confess, but just as with her other book, Topaz, the world-building is superb. This is a woman who clearly does COPIOUS amounts of research for her back story, and in this case, she came up with an idea that is basically Orson Scott Card meets Isaac Asimov meets language and place names a la Tolkein. In this case, though, the plot just didn't come together for me, and the language, even with the pronunciation guide, had me struggling. The main character, Peb, was likable and believable, but I think the back story for this particular dystopian novel would have been a lot more fun than gang wars. I would hate to add spoilers, so I'll leave it here, but suffice it to say that if you enjoy this book, you'll LOVE her other novel.
In Discarded Faces by Betty Cross, humans have traveled across the universe and colonized several planets including Fifth Earth. Unfortunately a plague wipes out the planet's best and brightest and society regresses to ideals of early twentieth century America and Hitler’s Germany. People are heavily segregated and anyone deemed racially impure lives meager existences. Even Peb, the main character, has to hide the fact that she likes girls or risk being sent to a camp and 'modified'.
But things are changing on Fifth Earth and the Young Heroes, a gang that Peb is a member of, is in the center of it.
Even though it was set in the future Discarded Faces often felt like a book set in the 1960's when the Civil Rights Movement was at its peak and it's obvious that Cross drew a lot of inspiration from that era in crafting her society as well as Peb's changing views about the world around her. Discarded Faces by Betty Cross was an enjoyable novel, the writing was decent and I enjoyed the courtball, Cross really drew you into the hectic action of the game-play.
Discarded Faces isn't part of a series but based on this book I’m interested in seeing what more Betty Cross has to offer.
Sports loving Peb has a hard life. The planet's been involved in a war for almost as long as she can remember. The government is repressive and the war weaponry, including the use of bacterial bombs is truly frightening. Plus Peb must keep her love, fellow courtball player Zel a secret, as it's a crime to have a same-sex partner in this society. As a cover, she dates a guy named Balk, who she's friendly with, but not attracted to, and this deception plagues her.
Cross creates a fresh world here, filled with sporty, determined courtball players and bands of teens who form gangs to make sense of their harsh, oppressive world. Inventive worldbuilding fits the gritty society. Zel's mother works in a league of professional courtesans, Peb works at a munitions plant putting guns together and the Thwaasians, resident aliens work as janitors, which is reminiscent of the metics of ancient Greece. At first, Peb and her friends are mainly interested in hanging out, but eventually they join the resistance and up their game from courtball to working to better the society.
Eventually, though, Peb's guilt over how she's using Balk gets the best of her. Will she come clean to him? You have to read Discarded Faces to find out. There is a learning curve with all of the tongue-twisting names of people and places, but overall, this is a fresh take on dealing with repression a la 1984 and other political dystopias. Recommended for older teens and new adults.
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