The List is ment as a Middle Grade read and I admit I don’t have a lot of experience reading stories for this age. The worldbuilding is intriguing and even though the plot itself isn’t all that exciting I’m sure it will be fitting enough for the age group.

The so-called List speak is fascinating (although that might just be the philologist in me talking) and the List itself plays a central role in the story. The founder of Ark is Noa (see the biblical references yet?) and he has restricted the use of language to just 500 approved words… His belief of humanity being able to use/abuse words and words bringing doom to the human kind is fascinating and I would definitely have given The List a full 5 stars for originality. The List is set in a dystopian world where most of the world is destroyed by the Melting, most people now forced to live in the city of Ark and their surroundings because there is nowhere else left. The List was actually originally published two years ago under a different title, but will be republished next month with this stunning cover. Now I have read it there is no doubt that this debut novel by Patricia Forde is based on a very fascinating concept. I admit I wanted to read The List as soon as I saw that absolutely stunning cover yes, even before I read the blurb which only confirmed my desire to read this story. *** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Sourcebooks Jabberwocky in exchange for an honest review. Don’t you know that? We have to learn what they mean, that’s all.” Genre: Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Dystopia

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The list book by patricia forde