Coming off
Captives, I was excited to read Outcasts. Jill set up amazing conflicts and
characters in book one and kept them going in book two.
One of my
favorite aspects of this book was the value of life. I loved the way the
characters fought for the lives they loved and even the ones they didn’t.
Without spoiling anything, I’ll say that there were times were killing would
have been appropriate, but the characters chose not to. They saved lives
without ending others.
The
beginning of the story was a little slow. It seemed harder to get into the
story than book one, but I’ve read much slower stories. By the last third of
the book, I couldn’t put it down.
Lastly, I
appreciated the consequences that were revealed for people’s actions. The Safe
Lands people (and even some others) do bad things and their sin is not
glorified. That said, this would not be a book I give young teens because of
the extensive presence of those bad things. The worldviews displayed would fit
better analyzed by older teens.
Though I
felt some events dragged a little, I eagerly wait for the last book of the
series. Outcasts was a complex, thought—provoking story for older teens. I
frequently asked myself, “What decision would I make?”
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