WANTED BY THE REPUBLIC
File no: 462178 – 3233 “DAY”
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WANTED FOR ASSAULT, ARSON, THEFT,
DESTRUCTION OF MILITARY PROPERTY,
AND HINDERING THE WAR EFFORT
200,000 REPUBLIC NOTES FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO ARREST
That’s what
the Jumbotron shows during the criminal report. Plus a picture that changes
from time to time. They totally have no idea who Day is. Aside from being a 15-year old most wanted
criminal, I also didn’t have any idea how Day looked like. Well, I think he’s
very good looking since he can manage to make a girl blush just by glancing at
them.
STOP!!!
I have to
stop! This book is driving me crazy. I
can’t talk about my journey or do a retelling of this without making me crazy. So
I’ll just babble. I hope it makes sense.
I had to put
this book down several times. I wasn’t living inside the world of Day and June
so it wasn’t hard. But each time I took a break from reading, I’ve been
continuously thinking about what I read. Like, how could Day not pass the
Trial? He’s given the Republic so much trouble and they could not figure out
who he is but he still failed? There’s
got to be some mistake! I was also questioning how Day could have killed
Metias? He said he just hit him in the shoulder. If Day is really as good as
they say, he could not have thought that he just hit Metias’ shoulder then
ending up hitting him in the chest. It’s a frame up! And each time I pick the
book back up, the answer’s there. Yes, Day passed the trial and he got a
perfect score. And yes, it is a frame
up. He did not kill Metias.
Legend is
predictable, deliberately predictable. I
see the story as well planned that it shows us how the character thinks very
clearly and makes it deliberately predictable. Predictability is usually bad in
a story but in this case, it makes it fun to read. It made me think I’m inside
their minds or something like that.
The only
problem I think I had with this is that at the beginning I had problems with
the Day and June POV style. They seem so
alike that at first I got confused whenever I see “I”. I can’t really say that it’s a problem, but
Metias, John and Day’s mom’s death didn’t produce much impact on me. after learning that Metias died, I was like
“What?”, on Day’s mom’s death I just got wide eyed, and on john’s death being
shown on the Jumbotron “O my God” but it was just that, I was able to move on
very quickly. Maybe coz the experience with them was short.
There are several
questions that I’m still thinking about after reading the book. Like, if the
plague is manufactured, why would they test it on their own people? What’s the
point in preparing for a bio-warfare with the Colony if their people are
already dead! (hangover from Speaker of the Dead) I assume and it was probably
implied that they don’t care about the poor people. I really hate politics
whether it’s for real or in fiction!!!! So is it just a coincidence that it’s
Day’s brother who’s first to get infected by the mutated plague strain? Another
question is how does a Mongolian-Caucasian look like? I’m just curious coz I
don’t know anyone who’s Mongolian-Caucasian so I don’t really know how the mix
would turn out. Probably hot! hehe And other questions like, why do I keep
thinking that Tess isn’t human? Is she Fey in disguise? Why do I dislike June
so much? Is she a robot? And Kaede is a vampire… Hahaha
Legend is a
fun read. I didn’t hold my breath while
reading but I still like it. It make’s
me curious. It makes me wanna predict what would happen next and it’s so fun
when I’m right.
See you in
Prodigy!
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