Monday, November 3, 2014

Meritropolis Book Review

Meritropolis

By Joel Ohman


In Meritropolis everyone is assigned a numerical Score that decides their worth to society and whether they live or die. After a young boy is killed because of a low Score, his brother plots to take down the System.


Original Artwork - 17 original chapter illustrations that precede each of the 17 chapters: Bion (Bull-Lion), Scorpicon (Scorpion-Falcon), Chimpanzelle (Chimp-Gazelle), and more!
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***MY HONEST REVIEW OF MERITROPOLIS***

In Meritropolis, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the individual. For that reason, the people are given a number value based on their contribution to society. This number is reassessed weekly, and if it falls below 50, then that individual will be cast outside the walls surrounding Meritropolis. And that is somewhere you don’t want to be. No one survives the extra aggressive hybrid beasts that live in the forest. Every one is too scared to do anything to change this, except for 17-year-old Charlie.  His number is higher than everyone except for the commander. When he tries to save a weakly 7-year-old girl from being cast out, the commander takes notices. With this new scrutiny, Charlie will have to watch his back as he tries to find a way to change the system.


I can see the future coming to this, with one all-powerful being, and the peoples complacent. I liked the characters created in this story. Charlie was very likable. The hybrid creatures were different. I never would have imaged the combinations that were created. There were more mentioned that never had interaction. I would have liked to have read a few fighting scenes with them. All in all, I enjoyed the story and look forward to the next in the series.

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**The above opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me to review.


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About the Author

Joel Ohman
Joel Ohman is the author of Meritropolis--"The Hunger Games meets The Village with a young Jack Reacher as a protagonist". He lives in Tampa, FL with his wife Angela and their three kids. His writing companion is Caesar, a slightly overweight Bull Mastiff who loves to eat the tops off of strawberries.




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