Binarius
Kendra McMahan
language
(, Aug. 24, 2016)
BINARIUS, A TALE OF VICTIM AND PERPETRATOR, AND THOSE WHO INEVITABLY -- ARE BOTH.âKendra McMahan eases readers into a unique and well-developed world wheredarkness, as a concept, seizes our fear and hatred, rendering us trapped by our ownshadows. The vocabulary of McMahanâs world is impeccable - not the disjointedjamming together of apostrophes and consonants that make fantasy, sometimes,difficult to read. She provides us with a strong willed narrator up against the physicalmanifestations of an idea, and draws us in with wonder as she describes theuniverse her protagonist, Firrine, inhabits.â*****âThe author delivers this story with such a passion, as if it were her own. You cannothelp but feel compassion for the heroine and severe dislike for her oppressors. Itâslovely to read a book that puts importance on greater causes like preservation, home,hearth, family and survival as opposed to on something like fickle relationships. Itis nice to see that this author is continuing the growing trend of strong women withstrong minds. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am excited to see how the storyevolves. I would definitely recommend this as a read!â*****âAnyone who has stepped into other dystopian worldâs of the YA nature know howtricky life can get for these young heroes. Or in this case, our heroine, Firinne, youngand naive, but full of hope.There are many underlying issues in this book, and inorder to avoid any spoilers Iâll refrain from bringing them up in this review. However,this author did an amazing job in getting me hooked to Fia and hearing the story ofThe Blacken. While the cliffhanger was brutal, itâs a promise that something is justaround the corner for this noble girl fighting to save more than just her own life.Amust read if you fancy Rowling, Riggs, or even Collins.â*****âThe series (so far?) is imaginative and compelling, truly original. But itâs not so farâout thereâ as to be un-relatable. The intelligent reader will see that itâs not so muchof a leap from things as they are now in the world to things as they WILL BE if wedonât wake up. This is written for the current generation, the generation that musttake on the big issues: Capitalism, Indigenous Peoplesâ rights, and environmentaldegradation.Oh, and any sensitive reader will fall in love with the characters. They are multilayeredand multi-dimensional in their strengths and their flaws.â Somewhere beneath, within, outside the timelines of the cosmos, a planet has been tactically infected with poison. For this reason, Firinne lives with constant anxiety. She remembers a time when she was normal; before The Blacken came. Seemingly overnight, she is faced with betrayal, forcing her to abandon Citrine. What she finds is a world gone mad. Hunted by her betrayer and packs of mechanical creatures â she finds a ruin that lights up the sky, and an electric orphan who hides in the shadows. Together, they discover a prophecy that could ensure the survival of their planet â if they can manage to stay alive.The end of The Blacken might be near, but sometimes endings are disguised as new beginnings -- and some endings last forever. **** New content****Plus, unedited snippets of the sequel, GRAVITUS, coming 2017!!!