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sitelinkFlannery made me do it and I am pleased that she did, I have no idea why I've been avoiding sitelinkThe House of the Scorpion for so long, Just look at its accolades National Book Award Winner, Printz Honoree, Newbery Honoree, It practically has my name written on it,

But, is sitelinkThe House of the Scorpion worth such an overwhelming acclaim though

I'd say, its firstpages and the lastare ebook edition.


The first two thirds of the book are riveting, This story is not just a clone story, For some reason, the majority of stories about clones focus on exactly the same things, Yes, it is horrifying in how it examines the familiar debate about a clone's humanity and soullessfulness, Matt is a clone and is defined by people around him as livestock, a source of body parts, and not a human being, How can he be human if he was grown in and harvested from a cow Nancy Farmer takes Matt's character on a journey of selfdiscovery and selfawareness that allows him to accept that he is not what he is told he is, that he is as much of a human being as any person around him.
It is a compelling journey, even though its sentiment isn't particularly new to me I've read sitelinkNever Let Me Go and watched sitelinkThe Island,

But, thankfully, there is more to distinguish sitelinkThe House of the Scorpion from similar stories,

First, the novel is set in Mexico well, a future version of it, This country's life is written richly and authentically and never feels like just an exotic backdrop, I am no expert on Mexican culture though, so I might have felt that in awe of it as portrayed in sitelinkThe House of the Scorpion because of the narrator of the audio, who infused Mexican flavor into the story most organically.


Second, this is a story of a drug lord and his enslaved family, El Patrón feels he is owed a few generations worth of life, and he will stop at nothing to get what he thinks he is entitled to.
Cloning is a part of his plan for immortality, It's in Matt's relationship with his master and owner where the story shines the most, How would a clone feel about the person who is identical to him, the source of his life Would he be able to hate him, essentially hating himself If a clone's genetic makeup is similar to that of a ruthless criminal, does it mean that this clone is destined to follow the same path and become the same vicious person Or is there a way to break away from the prototype And how would a master feel about his own clone Would it be possible for him to treat this younger version of himself as an organ bank, or there exists a connection that is closer than even that between a father and a child These questions had my brain working, and this part of the book wasstar material for me.


But then came the escape part, in the last third of the book, and I found myself struggling with it, I was bored, I didn't feel like those pagesmonths of Matt's life worth connected well thematically with the overreaching story arc, I didn't think they were necessary, I didn't think that a whole set of new characters including villains needed to be introduced so late in the story, and I surely didn't think that antisocialist rants needed to come into play.
How did they relate to Matt's journey I thought, those pages only occupied time with no real bearing on the rest of the novel, To me, thosepages could have been completely cut out,

Thankfully, the ending did save sitelinkThe House of the Scorpion, It happens so infrequently in books, but it did bring the story full circle to El Patrón, and it was satisfying, But that big chunk of the novel, unfortunately, made me much less willing to recommend it, even though during the first part of the book I kept thinking this novel would be a great fit for fans of sitelinkUnwind.
I might reread sitelinkThe House of the Scorpion in future, but I'll be

sure to skip over a big part of it, One of the best young adult novels I've ever read, Initial reaction: I'm pretty much at a loss for words at this point in time because I didn't expect this story to grip me as much as it did.
Following Matt's journey in the course of this book was one full of many ups and downs, tragedies as well as triumphs, and I honestly haven't come across many MG/YA dystopian novels that were as well done as this.


Full review:

Nancy Farmer's "The House of the Scorpion" was a story that took years for me to pick up since its original publication date.
Seriously, I think I had every barrier there was trying to pick up this book to read because it was either that I'd had other reading in an academic measure to do over it, or somehow it was always checked out or unavailable at my library or bookstore.
Yet on a spontaneous trip to the library one evening when browsing the shelves, when I wasn't even looking for it, I found it,

Picking it up and reflecting upon it now has me kicking myself mentally for not reading it sooner, because, . . there are relatively very few novels I can say that blew me away in the reading of them, In the sense of taking my attention, gripping me along for the journey in the eyes of the perspective character, and running the gauntlet all the way until the last page.
And there are relatively few narratives that I stop to savor every page because the writing and the characters connect with me so much that I don't want it to end.


This novel was one of those books for me personally,

The main character of this novel, Matt, has a difficult journey for him from the very get go of things, He's the only clone to survive in the batch of cells cultivated from a very powerful, but elderly drug lord, The story follows him from birth to the age of, and it's hard not to be taken by his respective development over those years and experiences, He's a fascinating character to watch in the duration of this novel for how funny, charming, sincere, and even in the moments where he feels the heaviest sense of pain.
The amount of hardship he endures, the hatred put against him for what he is and what he represents, the conflicted feelings he has about his own identity and learning about the world and the family he's wrapped up within all are quite palpable.


Even for the characters who have a darker presence in this novel, it's hard not to be charmed or taken into their perspectives and experiences because Farmer creates them so carefully.
There were certainly moments when I chuckled at the interactions between characters Matt and Tam Lin certainly had a few of those moments for me personally and gah, I loved Tam Lin even with his respective conflicted background, but there's a darkness to this story as well, and it deals with some very heavy themes that leave an indelible impression with respect to the characters it involves.
Things like cloning, slavery, the drug trade, prejudices, the hierarchy and power struggles of family, belief systems, among other matters, There are also quite many characters to keep up with in the spectrum of the story, Yet, Farmer makes the narrative and those characters' experience flow so smoothly and with ease that it just comes naturally in the duration of the work, Even now, as I'm reflecting on the whole of it, this story, its respective players, conflicts none of it has left me, and for me that's a mark of a strong story: when it can immerse you, have a range of emotional resonances that keep you engaged with the work, and leave you thinking about it even after you've finished it.
This is the kind of story that I expect from strong MG/YA dystopian works when it can give me a clear picture of the world it takes place in, the characters and the stakes they face, and keep one firmly rooted in those respective conflicts and engagements.
To say that I was impressed with this novel is rather an understatement,

Having said that, I'm not going to pretend that this novel didn't have a few stumbles, The first/of this story pretty much had me devouring pages to see how Matt would deal with some of the costs, mistakes and hardships he had to face, but there was a time in the last third where the narrative did slow a bit, and I think that was because the story had taken a transitional point from the family that Matt had left behind to the orphanage where he meets the other boys.
Having to introduce those particular players in that part of the story was a bit of another beginning that took a bit to find the flow of before it steamrolled to the end.
Even with that consideration, I really enjoyed the journey this took me on, I'm certainly looking forward to reading the next chapter in Matt's journey and I think this is a novel that does so many things remarkably well, It's one I won't forget, one I think many MG and YA readers as well as those beyond that audience will enjoy, and it gets my highest recommendation.


Overall score:/NovemberExcited to be reading this for a third time for a tween/teen book club!! Read to the end for my updated review on.

What if you were a clone Are you a human Are you an animal Do you even have a soul All these questions and many more are asked by our protagonist Matteo Alacran aka Matt in this story set in what might be the notsodistant future.

Matt is the clone of the original Matteo Alcaran aka El Patron who is almostyears old, This is the story of Matt's sheltered yet privileged youth as a member of the powerful Alcaran family, This is fiction at its best a cast of many, adventure, romance and betrayal, this coming of age story has it all,
As I came to the conclusion of this story, I was left with two questions:
Why hasn't this book been made into a movie
is there a sequel Why not This book was published overyears ago.
This book is deserving of one, I want to read more about what happens next to Matt,
Good news A sequel is expected later this year!
This one never disappoints, Imho, it is destined to become a classic, A very beautiful story and had just stunning visualization, At one point in the story, Matt the main character, on a mountain, and the word choice is breath taking, A great choice is when the author is talking about the animal noises in the night, and the author describes it as 'wild music', She also gives you a great story of gaining power and being able to control it, while also not letting it get out of hand, I'm so happy that I've been reading such unique books lately! Before now I had heard of this book, as is normal since it's quite old, but I had no idea what it was about.
I saw it recently at the library and read the blurb and it interested me so when I found it really cheap at a used bookstore I decided to buy it.

I'm glad I did! I really enjoyed it,
The setting is probably my favourite part, I love that it's pretty much in Mexico, I feel like there are a lack of books that are set in Mexico and it was refreshing to read a little bit about their culture and urban legends and things.

This book is such a great fantasy book, I love the eejits, the idea of clones and everything else, It's futuristic but doesn't feel that way at all, It felt like it could have been modern day,
The characters were also great, Matt was such a precious child and I felt so bad for him so much throughout the book, His life was so tragic and sad, Celia is another character I love because she was so loving and Tam Lin was probably my favourite minor character, The antagonists in this book are so well written because I was so frustrated with them the entire time I read the book!

My one and only problem was Ton Ton's dialogue.
The author kept including random "uh" in the middle of every sentence and I didn't understand what they were meant to be Maybe a stutter or something but either way it would lose the flow of the book for me.
Thankfully he was not in a lot of the book but I am hoping that by the second book this will be easier to read or less of an issue for Ton Ton.


Such a creative and unique book!

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