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Feb 18, 2018MichellehHaro rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
In The List, people only have few approved words in their vocabulary, and Letta works as an apprentice to a wordsmith, the person in charge of changing the "List." I found this concept to be extremely interesting, and many questions popped into my head every time I opened the book. Who decided it had to be this way? How did people conform to this life? Did anyone fight back? But, as a multilinguist and translator, my biggest question was: What about other languages? Is this a world where only English/List is spoken? That was disappointing. If you asked me anything about the characters, I'm not sure what I would say. Letta is adventurous? Maybe. Though, to be completely honest, I could not connect with any of the characters. However, I'm sure that if I had read it when I was younger I would've been able to. The narration, or writing style, also has that fantastic, middle-grade vibe that I would've loved back then. This is a middle-grade book, and while for me it was just a nice story, I'm sure that for someone out there it could be a world-changing story.