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As much as I love YA, it also has some crap worlds. It wasn’t that hard for me to think of this list, because at some point while reading each of these books/series I have though, “I’d hate to live there”.
1. The United States in The Delirium Trilogy
*You have to get a surgery so you can’t love? Terrible!
2. Ravka in The Grisha Trilogy
*Well it’s war-torn, and three words… The Shadow Fold. Not interested 😛
3. Chicago in The Divergent Trilogy
*The world is so stringent, you are watched… I just hate it. Plus it’s depressing.
4. The Maze/The Scorch/USA in The Maze Runner Trilogy
*This might be the most terrifying all the worlds! There wasn’t ANYTHING good to think of here. Out of all of them, I’d hate to live here the most.
5. Panem in The Hunter Games Trilogy
*The districts, the poverty, President Snow, THE HUNGER GAMES. Ugh. Terrible.
6. Arras in The Crewel World Trilogy
*Well there is the Guild… and they treat weavers terribly. And they kill without remorse. Ugh.
7. The whole world in The Under the Never Sky Trilogy
*The Aether. Is that enough to hate this world? And the fighting… and the war. Although.. there is Roar 😛
8. New York (all of the US) in The Partials Sequence
*Well, there is the RM. And there is Partials. And it’s scary!!
9. The US in The Blackcoat Rebellion
*Although this is the least horrible of the horrible, it’s still awful. Having to take tests to see what “class” you will be in?
10. Claysoot & “Over the Wall” in Taken
Claysoot isn’t actually that bad except that all males disappear on their 18th birthday, but the outside world is not nice. Typical controlled environment.
Well that was a rather depressing list 😛 What did you pick? Link up!!
Delirium, Partials, Pawn, and The Hunger Games were on my list too! I would definitely be the first tribute to die. I have no survival skills whatsoever. And in Partials, I couldn’t bear watching all those babies die. Although I could be in love with Samm because, well, Samm.
Ah no, you wouldn’t be the first! We’d team up!!! Oh gosh, I know right (Partials)… so freaking sad… I don’t know how Kira did it 🙁
I thought about the Under the Never Sky world, but I really like to pretend that Aria and Perry are out there somewhere being adorable.
Partials is one of the leftovers from my TBR challenge last year and I still really need to get to it! Doesn’t sound as horrific as the rest of the dystopians!
OH agreed, totally better to daydream about that <3
Partials is SOOOOO good. It’s definitely not as depressing as the rest, well… it’s kind of depressing but I won’t spoil anything lo, but just SOOO good 🙂
Those are some awesome picks! I don’t think I would have want to live there too, good reasons!
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Oh yes, definitely for good reasons! I’ve seen some of these picks on a lot of blogs so clearly we are not the only ones either 😉
I wouldn’t want to live in Panem!
NO WAY! Just knowing that you had to be in that lottery is terrible!
Haha The Shadow Fold would scare me to death. No way would I want to be anywhere near it.
Ew, so right. Those flesh eating things (I can’t remember the name right now for some reason lol). That whole country sucks.
Oh The Maze Runner, that is a great choice! Man, I cannot even imagine. I am excited to see how they do it for the movie!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
I am too, although I’m not sure I will see it in the theatres. I really loved that series so I don’t want to build too much hype up for it! I’m actually more eager to see how they do the following books. Ok, nevermind.. I am super excited for it haha.
I didn’t do a TTT for this topic, but Hunger Games / Delirium / Divergent / Under the Never Sky totally would have been on mine! Basically every dystopian world seems like a place I’d want to avoid… Haha!
Haha, so true Hannah. I almost didn’t do one for this topic either but I realized I have been dipping out on any of the topics that make me think (haha) so that is pointless. This one was a struggle for me though honestly!!! Some people said they would want to live in reverie/the tides, and I couldn’t BELIEVE IT! Ugh… I would really hate it there I think 😛
I picked Divergent & The Hunger Games for obvious reasons. I wouldn’t want to live in any of the other worlds either, especially the Delirium one where you can’t fall in love. Great picks 🙂 My TTT.
Oh yes, I don’t think I seen a single post today that didn’t have The Hunger Games lol.
I can’t believe I forgot to put Crewel on my list! I definitely would not wanna live there lol thanks for stopping by my post
Oh for sure, it sounds cool but it’s a scary world so… No. lol.
Heh, it’s funny you mention it because I know I have also thought at numerous points while reading YA dystopians that I would definitely NOT want to live there either. Nor would I be able to survive! It’s interesting that you mention Ravka because my first thought when I read Shadow and Bone was how cool it would be to live in the Little Palace in Os Alta… but I totally didn’t even think about that huge evil Shadow Fold, ha!
OHHH! I totally agree, I would love to live in the Little Palace!! It sounds amazing and FUN! But the Shadow Fold scares me too much lol.