Thief!

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Thief!' centres around a character named Lydia who is labelled as a thief by a bully at her school. Lydia tries to escape the bullying and retreats to the moors near her home. Whilst walking through the moors Lydia is transported to the future and is met with a much changed, cruel world ruled by a familiar tyrant. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll stop there!

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Which means that out of a 100%, 100% loved this book. I must add that I've read this book twice, both in my fifteenth year of life. Which is two years ago. I dont have a copy, and have never stumbled upon it again in any library or bookshop. But I still remember all of the twists and major plot points. So I should be fine with this review. Hopefully. The next thing you know, you're in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You don't even recognise your hometown. And you're heading for a confrontation from your worst nightmare. Lydia then tries to run away from her problems and get's into a bus while it's heavily raining outside (as you do) and suddenly she's transported into the future. But damn. That time travel wasn’t thought through. Or rather. None of the characters thought it through. At first I thought only Lydia was an idiot. But. Seems like I was wrong. Lydia is understandably stressed out by the accusations; starts feeling persecuted and the like. But she is so ridiculously snappy with Frankie - not just once, but twice, when Frankie tries to talk to her. It’s not entirely unrealistic, as with everything concerning Lydia’s character, but it doesn’t make her likeable or interesting.Then there is Lydia’s trip to the future which is actually quite interesting as it reveals a dystopian picture in which wealthy individuals own whole towns and rule them as they see fit. I really liked the idea of a localised society in the future rather than a globalised one – this is something different and it’s again a shame this aspect of the novel wasn’t developed more, although it makes sense as it’s not that relevant to the main story. Lydia a new girl at school has been accused of stealing from the school. In reality she is a victim of bullying-but only her brother really believes she didn't steal. The bullying gets to a point where Lydia decides she needs to get away...only to collapse and wake up in a completely new world... Lydia soon realsises she is in the future and it is up to her to put things right! Fran knowing all about Lydia’s conflict. Why would Frankie tell her this in such aching detail? One would assume that it’s to make Fran understand the Tyrant’s motivations, but the thing is, Fran doesn’t know about his motivations! Only about the cup-conflict. And not just, oh there was this girl in town who ran away and died because people accused her of theft. But in every single -she-tried-to-speak-to-you-in-the-parking-lot-of-the-supermarket-but-you-wouldn’t-listen-i-wish-you-had-listened-then-she-slipped-and-fell-but-it-wasn’t-your-fault detail. Fran’s general knowledge on the subject broke my suspension of disbelief. Felt a lot like lazy writing. The main story is quite banal and it revolves around a stolen sports cup which the main character Lydia is framed for stealing. It presents some important themes such as friendship and trust, bullying at school, trying to fit in and peer pressure, even though these aren’t explored in as much depth as they could be.

Malorie Blackman - Penguin Books UK Malorie Blackman - Penguin Books UK

A lot of characters will suddenly just know what’s going on; how exactly the time travel worked (particularly when Lydia meets Old Lydia). It wasn’t detrimental to the plot, or anything; it seems to have been done for convenience sake, to save lots of explaining. But feels rather lazy on the authors side. A children story that can only be enjoyed by the children is not a good children story in the slightest.” - C.S. Lewis Lydia had found someone like her: someone who loved comics and carrots, someone who hated everything with cabbage in it, and who thought that circus clowns were downright boring.” I guess it was too much to handle. One second Lydia is in a bus reconciling the previous events that had just happened and the next second she's being shot for going out past curfew time.You’re the new girl in school. You’re just trying to fit in – and it’s not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can’t get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm …The next thing you know, you’re in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You don’t even recognise your hometown. I chose this book as a step out of my comfort zone- I rarely read any sci fi related books- but I was pleasantly suprised. A six day stay at hospital. What, did she get pneumonia or something? Lydia seems to suffer from the conveniently-passing-out trope. I wouldn’t even mind if Lydia came up with some kind of silly plan to combat this “Oh I’ll make lots of money and buy it myself and then everyone will live in sunshine and rainbows”. But the fact that she doesn’t even consider this horrible, looming future is more than strange. As though she cares only about saving her and her brothers immortal souls, everything else doesn’t matter that much. Obviously a book aimed at children, so the dialogue and description is a little simple, but a fun story nonetheless which took a turn I didn’t see coming at all.

Hacker | BookTrust Hacker | BookTrust

Thief" is not fantasy, per se, but has elements of the supernatural, if you will. The opening chapters are a reflection of true life, but then, as the story progresses, we see our protagonist travelling into the future (I hope that's not a spoiler!). Things really get interesting from there. REALLY.Bundle of 11 short reading comprehensions with questions using the language of the SATs tests. They are ideal for revision. Largely they focus on inference, retrieval and providing evidence for answers. The book just looses all it's meaning. It becomes unrealistic to the max and doesn't give a solution to the problem. It just holds up and shows the future of Lydia's life where everything seems weird because the town is ruled by some mutant tyrant? It didn't match with the storyline at all and just made it unbearable to read. I think this is a great, fantastic, thriller book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys fantasy, science-fiction thriller books. Anyway, let's give her the benefit of the doubt and say that she got accused of stealing the trophy that the school give huge sh*ts about apparently and get the consequences. The next bit where she confronts her friend and "pushes" her in front of a car was a good scene and I enjoyed it. It was almost the breaking point for our poor friend who had just been accused of stealing and now accused of pushing her in front of a car.