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This sequel/companion to Those That Wake is even better than the first book! Characters are much more developed here, and it being longer means we get to spend a lot more time with them. The themes of hopelessness versus hope continue here, and added to the mix are themes of sacrifice and love. While I was sad about the loss of the first book's antagonist, as I found who/what he was to be very unique, the new villain in this book is a good replacement, and in some ways just as scary. I really like how characters have not only grown from the first book but grown even stronger throughout this one, especially Laura, who has changed completely from who she was years ago--especially at the end.

I'd recommend this book even if you haven't read the first one!


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What We Become Jesse Karp Books Reviews

What We Become
Jesse Karp
This book is stated for ages 12 and up but I think 16 and up is much more appropriate. Aside from cursing there is adult situations and violence.
There seemed to be a lot of backstory that needed to be mentioned. I wish the characters had more depth to them and that I knew more of their circumstances.
I found this story to be rather vague and confusing. Apparently there is a book to be read before this, Those That Wake.
Too bad it wasn't mentioned in the description that this is a sequel. I probably would have enjoyed this novel a lot more.
This book is good for light reading - even for an adult like me. I did not realize that this was the 2nd book, the 1st part was "Those that Wake", probably would have read the 1st book since I think there were some incidents that brought up in the story in this 2nd book.

The plot was interesting and exciting, reminding me of the TV show Fringe - Massive Dynamic vs Global Dynamic. ;p. Two teenagers and some friends/allies standing up to the Old Man who wants to control the world, and the others living in their own worlds/lives like Matrix.

Though I think this book is slightly too violent and has use of vulgarity, which I wouldn't recommend to teens. Probably 16 or 18 and up will be better.
Dystopian is my FAVORITE genre. That makes this an extremely difficult review to write. I'm very surprised that I finished this book, I was just hoping it would get better.

Summary
After Mal and Laura destroyed a corporate empire, you would think things would be good. The problem is corporates don't stay down as easily as we would like. In this installation of the series (which I didn't actually know was a series), Mal and Laura have to battle another aspect of corporate greed.

My thoughts
So, character development is a huge reason why I usually love dystopians. There is next to nothing within this book. I haven't read the first one. I didn't realize it was a sequel until after I began reading it; however, it isn't listed as a sequel anywhere. Are Mal and Laura developed elsewhere? Should I read about them in another book? Why do I care about their love affair? I honestly just didn't care about the characters, which made the plot line fall flat. Who wants to root for a character you just don't really know?
When I read 2011's Those That Wake, I was very intrigued by the author's ideas even though I was not so pleased with his writing. In What We Become, he continues the story of a world where we rely solely on our electronic communications and things disappear from the cultural memory. This story takes Big Brother to a new level and part of me really wants to embrace the author's vision because it's creepy and weird and feeds into my innermost paranoia. Unfortunately, the pacing in this novel is so incredibly slow and plodding that I couldn't bring myself to even finish. I stopped on page 139 because I ran out of patience and found myself really wanting to throw this book across the room. Never have I come across an idea that was so solid and interesting yet was surrounded by such a convoluted meandering plot. The characters are flat and unemotional, which leaves the entire story clouded in shades of gray, with very little suspense.

This book is billed as a companion volume to Those That Wake; however I found myself wondering why it's just not called a sequel. You really need to have read Those That Wake, even though that didn't seem to help me much. What We Become becomes one of the few books that I couldn't finish and is not a recommend.
Before I get into the broader sense of the book, I have a parental warning about the language in this book. It is listed as being for age 12 and up but the characters, especially the teen and young adult characters, use language I think is inappropriate for this age range. Yes, it is true that some teens curse, but that doesn't mean it's OK for teen books to contain bad language.

If this were a fabulous book, I might consider advising parents to overlook the cursing in the book. But it isn't a particularly good book so there is no reason to recommend it. The characters rarely get deeper than cariactures and the plot meanders hither and yon with seemingly random events and a lot of unnecessary philosophy. The dystopian future seems to be full of people so attached to their cell phones they aren't involved with other people and rampant corporate greed but there are enough inconsistencies to make the world building feel haphazard. For example, the East River has been damaged by some chemical spill, but inexplicably it stays in the river rather than flowing into New York Harbor and the Atlantic.

This book is a "companion" (not sure how that differs from a sequel) to Those That Wake, which I have not read and -- based on my opinion of this book -- do not intend to read. A few of the characters appear in this book but the threat in this dystopian future is different.

I enjoy a good dystopian future novel, whether YA or adult, but did not enjoy this book. It had an interesting premise but failed in execution.
This sequel/companion to Those That Wake is even better than the first book! Characters are much more developed here, and it being longer means we get to spend a lot more time with them. The themes of hopelessness versus hope continue here, and added to the mix are themes of sacrifice and love. While I was sad about the loss of the first book's antagonist, as I found who/what he was to be very unique, the new villain in this book is a good replacement, and in some ways just as scary. I really like how characters have not only grown from the first book but grown even stronger throughout this one, especially Laura, who has changed completely from who she was years ago--especially at the end.

I'd recommend this book even if you haven't read the first one!