Thumped
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4.0 • 53 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Megan McCafferty’s Bumped series of books are must-read teen dystopian fiction, along with Ally Condie’s Matched series and Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy.
Thumped, the sequel to Bumped, manages to be satiric, scary, and romantic at the same time. It continues the story of separated-at-birth twins, Melody and Harmony, girls as engaging as McCafferty’s Jessica Darling. These sisters are the most popular teen girls on the planet. To their fans, they seem to be living ideal lives. Harmony is married to Ram and living in Goodside, the religious community that once meant everything to her. Melody has the genetically flawless Jondoe as her coupling partner, which means money and status—and a bright future.
But both girls are hiding secrets. And they are each pining for the only guys they can’t have…. The biggest risk of all could be to finally tell the truth.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McCafferty proves that dystopias don't have to be dreary to be provocative. A virus has left everyone over the age of 18 unable to procreate, making teenagers the only viable "breeders" and spawning a pregnancy-obsessed future society. Chapters alternate between the perspectives of two 16-year-old twins, separated at birth: deeply religious Harmony, raised in god-fearing, vaguely Amish "Goodside," and Melody, whose adoptive parents have been crafting her into the perfect Reproduction Professional or RePro, sought by wealthy, barren couples. McCafferty (the Jessica Darling series) has enormous fun in her first YA novel: tweens, aka "nubie-pubies," try on Preggerz FunBumps, designed to mimic pregnancy; expectant teens munch on Folato Chips for folic acid boosts; and slang like "fertilicious," "terminal," and "barren" is used with abandon. Yet she also raises challenging questions about individuality and morality. There's a predictable though entertaining identity switch, and readers must wait until the next book to learn if these girls end up with the lives (and guys) they want. The book's carefree sexuality and exploitation makes it uncomfortable, scandalous, and not easily forgotten there's little doubt that's exactly what McCafferty is going for. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Not everything I had my hopes up for :/
I think I had higher hopes for the sequel and the ending than I really should have. It just cuts out leaving so much unanswered. I loved getting tangled in the lives of melody and harmony with the first book and the second was okay, but just to 'rushed' I guess.
Expected more...
I really enjoyed the book overall. I just feel a little jipped with the ending. I paid $9.99 because I loved the first book and thought this one would be worth it. I guess I just wish it was a bit longer. Overall it was a good read.
Thumped
This book was definitely targeted at teens, and the writing showed that. So, be warned if you find teen lingo annoying and improper. But it also made me think about if something like this Virus actually happened, would we react in the same way? Make teens procreate with out love? Is HIV/AIDS like the Virus? Read this book with an open mind and think about all the different pressures we put upon ourselves in different areas in our lives besides the one(s) specified in the book.