MARTians, by Blythe Woolston
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In a near-future world of exurban decay studded with big box stores, daily routine revolves around shopping—for those who can. For Zoë, the mission is simpler: live.Last girl Zoë Zindleman, numerical ID 009-99-9999, is starting work at AllMART, where "your smile is the AllMART welcome mat." Her living arrangements are equally bleak: she can wait for her home to be foreclosed and stripped of anything valuable now that AnnaMom has moved away, leaving Zoë behind, or move to the Warren, an abandoned strip-mall-turned-refuge for other left-behinds. With a handful of other disaffected, forgotten kids, Zoë must find her place in a world that has consumed itself beyond redemption. She may be a last girl, but her name means "life," and Zoë isn’t ready to disappear into the AllMART abyss. Zoë wants to live.
MARTians, by Blythe Woolston- Amazon Sales Rank: #836579 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-13
- Released on: 2015-10-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .70" w x 5.50" l, .75 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 224 pages
From School Library Journal Gr 5–8—In a dreary near future, big box retail companies own everything—schools, doctors, even people, if they're not careful. For Zoe Zindleman, this world has always been a well-oiled machine guiding her through life. But when Zoe's mom is forced to leave town seeking better work and Zoe's school hustles her into the workforce a year early, she is left rudderless in her decaying subdivision. When the buses stop running and the water is in danger of being shut off, a strange boy finds Zoe and makes it his job to guide her. Wary but with few options, Zoe follows him into the small and dirty world of people like her who've fallen through the cracks. Previous Morris winner Woolston's writing is smart and atmospheric, leaving readers to fill in many of the blanks about Zoe's world. The protagonist is an interestingly uncommon lead, slow to distrust the consumer-centric society she's grown up in. Many of the themes and moments can be thought provoking, even heartbreaking—especially set against such familiar territory as toy departments and food courts. Overall, though, many readers will feel slighted by the lack of narrative progress. Woolston picks up many interesting threads through the short book but sees few of them to clear or compelling conclusions. VERDICT Readers interested in thought-provoking stories set in unusual environments will enjoy this quick read, but those looking for a thrilling page-turner may be disappointed.—Amy Diegelman, Vineyard Haven Public Library, MA
Review Subtle callbacks to Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles enhance the mood of eerie devastation for those who catch the references but don't detract for those who don't. Cheery commercial scripts, news transcripts, and other ephemera of this plastic society punctuate Zoë's narration, bearing witness to her grim environment, which, heartbreakingly, has no defeatable villain. A gorgeous and gut-wrenchingly familiar depiction of the entropic fragmentation of society.—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Woolston, author of the Morris Award–winning The Freak Observer (2010), does a superb job creating a world that is part Kafka and part Orwell, while the regular integration into the narrative of quotes from Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles further lends an otherworldly quality. Told in Zoe’s flat, affectless first person voice—one that is beautifully articulated—the novel has an increasingly ominous tone that invites anxious speculation about the future of the three young people in a soulless world. The one is both haunting and unforgettable.—Booklist (starred review)Zoë’s flattened narration reflects the disjointed, disconnected nature of her existence, and while Woolston keeps the focus on Zoë, offhandedly mentioned details about her world ("I’m not an Otakusexual—although I respect toonophilia as a sexually responsible choice") and chilling corporatespeak ("Your smile is AllMART’s welcome mat") will set imaginations spinning. It’s a terrifying extrapolation of the here-and-now and, like much of Woolston’s fiction, far too close for comfort.—Publishers Weekly (starred review)It is excellent, excellent, excellent, the sort of book that challenges and possibly changes a reader’s worldview.—Kirkus ReviewsZoë's voice is utterly distinctive...It's not hard to have affection for Zoë.—Chicago TribuneThe parody of media manipulation, commercialism and retail psychology (as parroted by the savvy, order-seeking Zoë) is often laugh-out-loud funny, but underneath the satire of MARTians is the story of girl in search of love and family wherever she can find it.—Shelf Awareness for ReadersReaders [will] feel for Zoë, who has been abandoned and had her future co-opted by corporate greed.—Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksReaders interested in thought-provoking stories set in unusual environments will enjoy.—School Library Journal
About the Author Blythe Woolston's first novel, The Freak Observer, won the William C. Morris Debut Award. She is also the author of Black Helicopters, an American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection and a Montana Book Award Honor Book. Blythe Woolston lives in Billings, Montana.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. No - not a typo - TOPical By Cat Shannon No, not a typo. They are MARTians in every sense of the word. Set in a semi-snarky not-so future city of chaos, where everyone has a job and potential... or they just don't. You don't want to know what happens to those out of work, but you'll get the idea quickly. Woolston takes our heroine Zoe, Zoo, Zero, Z doesn't matter, she'll answer to any of those as any good worker would. But even moving on the fast track of Allmart, her career is up and coming as long as she leaves her Mood Stabilizer safely inserted in her neck, she can sing and dance and run odd jobs until the sparrows fall from the sky. And then clean that up too.It's a very dark and lonely world for Z, but she is quick, spontaneous and soon she finds a safe haven in her fellow student/co-workers. I love her sass, I felt for her loss and I am still hoping she can survive with others in her same situation.Great YA for a teen girl. Make the right moves and move upward, make the wrong ones and you're gone! Take nothing for granted EVEH!I received this book free for an honest review and I thoroughly enjoyed every sentence!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Darkly Amusing Dystopia About an Every-Girl By Debbie Cole This is my first novel by Blythe Woolston and to be completely honest I had never heard of her before the release of MARTians. I was not at all disappointed, Blythe is a very talented and creative writer. This book is worth a read for anyone looking for a classic dystopian story based on current societal trends and without romance.MARTians is a very dark dystopian novel based on the current societal trend towards wasteful consumption. People have placed all their trust in big companies and their sole drive in life is to consume as much as possible. We also get to follow the disastrous events of Zoe Zindleman's life after she is graduated early from school in the name of "efficiency" and her AnnaMom abandons her. Zoe is faced with the unexpected burden of growing up well before she had originally expected and her new life as a big box employee begins almost immediately. At the same time she meets Timmer, the boy who changes her life and in turn changes her perception of reality.I've read that MARTians is a YA novel, but it read more like an adult novel by dealing with coming of age issues and economics in a very adult way.So, was MARTians worth the read? Definitely! It's a relatively short and enthralling read filled with plenty of action. We get to see a familiar world of box store employment, but with a dark, quirky twist. The gloomy and often comical narrative of Zoe is entertaining with some really interesting social commentary on the side.I was often reminded of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World while reading this novel. I'm not sure if this was because I'd just finished reading Brave New World before starting the MARTian, but it definitely struck me as a modernized version. A world filled with people who are not just complacent with their lot in life, but happy in the belief that big corporations have their best interests at heart. But do they? In a way, MARTian is like Brave New World because just like in Huxley's work the people are blind to their true reality of their lives and only one character can really see reality for what it is: in shambles.This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy dystopian, societal commentary, plucky humor and strong dialogue. There is absolutely no romance but plenty of interesting characters who help Zoe develop quite a wild narrative that only makes perfect sense at the very end of the book. MARTians is a novel that ends with bang, not a whimper.Received from publisher in exchange for an unbiased review.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Frighteningly Plausible By Deerlily Woolston is spot on with this darkly snarky dystopian tale. Main character Zoe is caught up in the crumbling infrastructure of an oppressive consumer culture that only values life (from human beings to cute little popcorn mice) that can be exploited for profit. There are no hunger games here, no epic battles -- there isn't even a discernible villain, only the banal horror of a big box store with an insidious power to control its employees' lives. I found this novel engrossing and often funny. I kept reading not so much for action but simply to see what happened next; Zoe's world is chillingly familiar and yet unpredictable. It ends ambiguously, but with a strong message. Zoe has changed, but what her life will be like is hard to fathom. I would like a sequel.
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