Birthmarked Audiobook

" This book combines my love of distopian future fiction, environmental issues, love and the fight for justice. O'Brien has created realistic characters with complex natures. Nowhere more so than in the main character, Gaia, a teenager, who contains both wisdom and naivety in abundance. In an uncanny way, the prose and style of writing captures this contradiction in Gaia's character- at times awkwardly naive and spirited, contrasted with deep wisdom, commpasion and insight. I loved it, and would recommend it to anyone who wants to “lose themselves” in a story (to borrow from Gaia in book 2. Yes I’ve already started it!). "

" Awesome book that I just happened upon on the nominees for the Utah young adult award shelf at the library. This book grabbed me right away with the delivery of a baby and then that baby being taken away to give to the Enclave. This book is similar to the Hunger Games and Matched -- society is controlled by a higher government and in this story -- they take some of the children away at birth to raise them "inside" the Enclave and give them better opportunities, etc. I really enjoyed this book -- great heroine character and story with some decoding involved as well. A great read and wouldn't you know -- part of a trilogy! I'm looking forward to reading the other books! :) "

" This wasn't a bad book and I'm interested to see where they go from here. The story was unique but I didn't really like the characters. "

" This was really good. The ending made me want to- I mean have to read more. The plot was amazing and it was overall a great book. "

" Some parts were really good but a lot of parts really draaaaaaaaaaaaaaged. "

" One of the best books I've ever read. :D "

" The only thing missing was some character development. The plot was really driving, and I liked the writing a lot, but something kept it from being an OMG SQUEEEE kind of story. Still, one of the best dystopians I've read! "

" Not a bad book, but I won't keep reading the series. "

" Whoa what an amazing story! A must read for those who liked Divergent, Hunger Games, etc. I could not go to bed until I finished the book! "

" Interesting read with a lot of cool ideas and fun characters. I got kind of confused when they did a lot of running around town and describing different buildings, but I enjoyed the story. "

" This was a good book! Pretty fast-paced and original. If you like dystopian fantasy this is a book for you. "

" I loved this book. The third book just became available to me via the library and I'm rereading this and the second in order to move seamlessly into the last book. "

" If you love adventure, this is the book for you! Once I started, I couldn't put it down! : ) "

" It took me several months to get past the first few chapters and get into the story. But once I did I couldn't put it down. "