Victoria Foyt
Hardcover | Pages: 307 pages Rating: 2 | 917 Users | 377 Reviews
Declare Of Books Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
| Title | : | Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1) |
| Author | : | Victoria Foyt |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 307 pages |
| Published | : | January 10th 2012 by Sand Dollar Press Inc (first published October 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Romance. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Fiction |
Narrative As Books Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
Eden Newman must mate before her 18th birthday in six months or she'll be left outside to die in a burning world. But who will pick up her mate-option when she's cursed with white skin and a tragically low mate-rate of 15%? In a post-apocalyptic, totalitarian, underground world where class and beauty are defined by resistance to an overheated environment, Eden's coloring brands her as a member of the lowest class, a weak and ugly Pearl. If only she can mate with a dark-skinned Coal from the ruling class, she'll be safe. Just maybe one Coal sees the Real Eden and will be her salvation her co-worker Jamal has begun secretly dating her. But when Eden unwittingly compromises her father's secret biological experiment, she finds herself in the eye of a storm and thrown into the last area of rainforest, a strange and dangerous land. Eden must fight to save her father, who may be humanity's last hope, while standing up to a powerful beast-man she believes is her enemy, despite her overwhelming attraction. Eden must change to survive but only if she can redefine her ideas of beauty and of love, along with a little help from her "adopted aunt" Emily Dickinson.Present Books Supposing Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
| ISBN: | 0983650322 (ISBN13: 9780983650324) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Save the Pearls #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Eric Hoffer Book Award |
Rating Of Books Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
Ratings: 2 From 917 Users | 377 ReviewsJudgment Of Books Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
I heard a lot about this book, and I couldn't quite believe that anyone would actually take this premise and run with it. So I downloaded a three chapter preview. To be fair to the book, I didn't find it in itself terribly written: predictable, and nothing that stands out from the crowd, but there is some world-building there and despite my horror at the premise, I could have read more without wanting to stab my eyes out.I didn't want to, however, because the whole idea is so breathtakinglyThis book and the author are incredibly and overtly racist and sexist, whether she is conscious of it or not. I'm saddened that this amount of ignorance still exists in the world today. How could the author possibly defend what she has written? How on earth was this allowed to be published in this day and age? Why, in the name of all things holy, did she think promoting the book while using Black Face was an acceptable marketing plan? She calls the evil black overlords "Coals", the now-extinct
Edit 8/4/2012:"Conceivably, if the book had not reached the African-American community of readers, if such a category still exists, perhaps there might be some backlash."-Victoria FoytShe did not just go there.she did not just go there-some guy on Victoria Foyt (no not really) (but still)When I get depressed, I don't want to be around other people. I usually sit in an empty room. Sometimes I'll use art therapy and draw something glittery and happy to make me feel better. Other people? They like
I heard a lot about this book, and I couldn't quite believe that anyone would actually take this premise and run with it. So I downloaded a three chapter preview. To be fair to the book, I didn't find it in itself terribly written: predictable, and nothing that stands out from the crowd, but there is some world-building there and despite my horror at the premise, I could have read more without wanting to stab my eyes out.I didn't want to, however, because the whole idea is so breathtakingly
A weakly-written white person's revenge-anxiety fantasy with a ridiculous premise, Revealing Eden reveals Victoria Foyt as a person no one should ever want to know. The assumption many white Americans have is that black people are just positively itching to oppress white people, and this book explores that, rather than the idea that maybe POC are better than that. Whatever you do, don't tell Foyt that whites have been the global minority since we began keeping track of the numbers; there's no
Original review posted hereI dont do pure negative reviews very often usually theres some sort of saving grace in a book, a storyline I like, a character I admired, something I can pull from the book, but I cant do it here.Lets look at the list of things that got to me:1. Reverse racism. Foyt tried an experiment and, in my opinion, failed. Something that is a basic cornerstone of good writing is show, dont tell. Dont include a word and then reference it as being a racist term, in those exact
This is a terrible idea for a book. As a woman of color, I find it extremely offensive to see a woman in blackface on the promotion, a comparison to Beauty and the Beast, where a black man is considered 'beastly', and the names of the two races themselves - 'pearl' for white and 'coal' for black - what is this author trying to convey here? I'm sure anyone with a brain can guess. As a young adult, my intelligence is insulted - how could this be considered good literature when it blatantly
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