The Ones We're Meant to Find is a YA science fiction book about the bond between two sisters and the effect climate change has upon the earth, and whether humanity deserves redemption from all the harm they've caused. Joan He creates a lush and vivid world, thought provoking and emotionally riveting, with the reader left wanting more at the end.
Cee has been stranded on an abandoned island for three years, with no recollection of how she got there or any memories from her past, other than she has a sister, Kay, somewhere out there across the ocean. She desperately wants to find her sister and nothing will stop her, not even if she has to build a thousand boats.
Somewhere else, Kasey Mizuhara lives in an eco-city with clean air, water, food, and shelter, built for humans who protected the earth, The residents must spend a third of their time in stasis pods, holo-ing to meetings or parties to further reduce their carbon footprint to maintain their rank and spot within the eco-city. Kasey doesn't mind the pods but her sister Casey, a social butterfly, loved to explore, even visiting the sea far below. Now, three months after Casey took a boat out to sea and never returned, Kasey seeks answers by following Casey's last known whereabouts, discovering more than she bargained for,
I liked the concept and idea for the book. It was a slow burn that was very slow paced in the beginning because of the author needing to lay out the world and rules of the eco-city the sisters live in. It took me a little bit to understand some of the different technology and terms the author created but I started to catch on. The themes of love, loss, betrayal, and discovery weave in and out of each other, asking the reader to go along and see how far one would do for your family, or for your fellow human being. Human morals come into play throughout the book, such as how much and how far are you willing to go to put your family first above all others or how much do you set them aside for the greater good of all humanity. It's a question of people know what the moral thing is but do they have to do it if they don't want to in a given situation. An endless debate that never seems to find an end.
Thank you to NetGalley and Roaring Brook Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Cee has been stranded on an abandoned island for three years, with no recollection of how she got there or any memories from her past, other than she has a sister, Kay, somewhere out there across the ocean. She desperately wants to find her sister and nothing will stop her, not even if she has to build a thousand boats.
Somewhere else, Kasey Mizuhara lives in an eco-city with clean air, water, food, and shelter, built for humans who protected the earth, The residents must spend a third of their time in stasis pods, holo-ing to meetings or parties to further reduce their carbon footprint to maintain their rank and spot within the eco-city. Kasey doesn't mind the pods but her sister Casey, a social butterfly, loved to explore, even visiting the sea far below. Now, three months after Casey took a boat out to sea and never returned, Kasey seeks answers by following Casey's last known whereabouts, discovering more than she bargained for,
I liked the concept and idea for the book. It was a slow burn that was very slow paced in the beginning because of the author needing to lay out the world and rules of the eco-city the sisters live in. It took me a little bit to understand some of the different technology and terms the author created but I started to catch on. The themes of love, loss, betrayal, and discovery weave in and out of each other, asking the reader to go along and see how far one would do for your family, or for your fellow human being. Human morals come into play throughout the book, such as how much and how far are you willing to go to put your family first above all others or how much do you set them aside for the greater good of all humanity. It's a question of people know what the moral thing is but do they have to do it if they don't want to in a given situation. An endless debate that never seems to find an end.
Thank you to NetGalley and Roaring Brook Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.