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"The Chosen One" is a novel that has a very different style apart from all the other books I've read in my life. I did, however, find it intriguing. It was pretty good to be set in a different type of lifestyle. It's the culture where they assign people who they marry. Young teens must marry older men. And those men must have at least three wives to go to heaven (or so they believe). Thirteen year old Kyra must marry her 60 year old uncle. Yet, she is in love with a young boy her age. It is against the Prophet to see him, however. They sneak out when it's dark. The boy, Joshua, tries to set it up so that he can Choose her and be her husband. The Prophet does not agree to this and Joshua is forced to flee leaving Kyra behind with only his promise to come back for her. Kyra has no choice but to leave, or marry her uncle. Reading this makes me grateful for our country giving us choices and guaranteed freedoms and rights.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
"The Chosen One" Carol Lynch Williams
"The Chosen One" is a novel that has a very different style apart from all the other books I've read in my life. I did, however, find it intriguing. It was pretty good to be set in a different type of lifestyle. It's the culture where they assign people who they marry. Young teens must marry older men. And those men must have at least three wives to go to heaven (or so they believe). Thirteen year old Kyra must marry her 60 year old uncle. Yet, she is in love with a young boy her age. It is against the Prophet to see him, however. They sneak out when it's dark. The boy, Joshua, tries to set it up so that he can Choose her and be her husband. The Prophet does not agree to this and Joshua is forced to flee leaving Kyra behind with only his promise to come back for her. Kyra has no choice but to leave, or marry her uncle. Reading this makes me grateful for our country giving us choices and guaranteed freedoms and rights.
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I read this one afternoon and it actually is set in the U.S. It was based on the FLDS.
ReplyDeleteI didn't really like the book, but for days I kept going "Now, would I have married Uncle Hyrum (is that his name?) and stayed with my brothers and sisters, or would I have run away to some strangers."
I guess that makes it a worthwhile read in some respect.