Sam's Reviews > The Lost Code

It was more like a 2.3 star. So, I rounded down. Because it deserved it.

What is it about?
Basically, the world is in shambles (no surprise there) and there are these big dome thingies that people live in. Apparently, our main character and narrator, Owen, lives outside of this place, underground, and only came here as a prize winner something-or-other. He finds out he has gills and is decended from the Atlantians blah blah blah.



Characters?
We have Owen, who is a totally...not impressive main character. He nearly drowns because he had a hernia in his side and wasn't intelligent enough to go "Gee, maybe this is a bad idea." But, apparently, when it comes to hot lifeguard chicks, your personal A. safety and B. dignity go out the window.



Next, we have the beautiful and perfect...I don't even remember her name. Oh, Lilly. Who. Cares. A total Mary-Sue, lifeguard, smart, rebellious, also has gills. Perfect for Owen, apparently. He gets her in the end, making this a totally expected outcome of events.



Those are basically the only important characters besides, you know, the bullies in the cabin tormenting Owen, Lilly's popular CIT friends (oh yeah, she's a year older than him and a CIT. Uncool kids are so getting the good life in books these days) and the people on the outside who want to take Owen for some unexplained reason, which I assume will be explained later.

World-building?
Not interesting at all. They're in a freaking metal bubble the whole time. Not very interesting. The most detailed part of the whole book is probably the bottom of the lake, which, by the way, is not all that interesting. Water! Oh, there's a rock! A zombie koi! Ooooo...
The thing they are staying in is apparently in northern America, and it protects them from the Sun's harmful radiation, which still causes them to put on sunscreen stuff that stains their skin purple. First off: wasn't the point of building this honking thing to not have to protect yourself from the sun? Second off: if technology allows you to build an enviroment dome thing, can't you make the sunscreen not stain people? Guess not.
Also, if the characters are in AMERICA, they shouldn't use METERS AND KILOMETERS. I dunno if the author is from England or whatevz, but come on. I don't think just because it's dystopian means that we aren't American and stubborn as all get-out anymore.

Storyline?
Was there even a story line? I'm pretty sure the only "story line" in the beginning of the book is Owen coming to terms with his magical gills and finding out that all the CITs have them too. Why nobody else has gills, I don't know. It makes no sense once so ever.



The Writing, Itself?
It was awkward reading it sometimes because, well, he was talking about his tounge and stuff and always comparing the inner-workings of his body to technicians. That last part was WAY overused. I was almost to the point that I thought that, along with the gills, they all had actual tiny people controlling their bodies or something.



Screw this. I'm changing this to one star.



No. In fact, I was not entertained.