Communicating through visual symbols is one of humanity's oldest behaviours - if you have a language and you can physically create art, it makes sense that people would create visual representation of words/things. Just think about what it would really mean to have a society that didn't read at all. So Sefia sets about deciphering the book, and searching for her aunt with the help of a mute boy called Archer.įirstly, though, it's simply not true that these people don't read. But when Sefia's aunt Nin is kidnapped, the only clue to what is going on is "The Book" that her father left behind before he was murdered.
Reading is, as the blurb states, "unheard of". The Reader is supposed to be about a society where reading doesn't exist. It must be me, though, because I have only seen one other reviewer comment on the issues I had. No, it's more that I think the premise is fundamentally flawed and I just could not get past it. Fantasy is often the kind of genre that can get away with having a slower, more drawn-out and intricate plot. But that on its own is not necessarily a problem. Despite exciting little quotes - like the one above - to draw in any self-proclaimed bibliophile, something about this book just felt off from the very start. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed-and punish the people responsible. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book-a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society.
But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been taken, or if she’s even alive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. Perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and Boneįinalist for the Kirkus Prize and nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award! An instant New York Times Bestseller, this is a stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of.
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