Dystopia I

DYSTOPIA2014 #1

by Terje Torkildsen

Ein motorveg av ei lesaroppleving . Dystopia I er første boka i firebokserien DYSTOPIA2014. Seks syttenåringar frå International School of Stavanger er på studietur i London då byen blir ramma av den verste naturkatastrofen i manns minne. Ei kjempebølgje slår inn over metropolen om morgonen 18. januar 2014. Byen bryt saman, og det blir ei reise på liv og død for ungdommane, som berre har eitt må Dei vil heim til Noreg. Dystopia I er skreddarsydd for utolmodige tenåringar. Med eit dødsalvorleg bakteppe skaper komikar og forfattar Terje Torkildsen ei bok med humor, driv og ungdommeleg optimisme.

Genres: Young Adult

183 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Terje Torkildsen is a norwegian author, lecturer, comedian and actor.

He has written several books for young adults, and won the award UPrisen for his debut novel Marki Marco from 2008.

He has done comedy since the early 1990s. As an actor he has appeared in norwegian movies like Mongoland, Alt for Egil and Monstertorsdag.

Reviews

[Odd Christian]

Spennende pageturner.

[Emma Næss]

Spennende om man synes dystopiske historier er interessante, men kort. Litt rusha slutt, men er jo flere bøker i serien 🤷‍♂️. Ungdommelig språk, og mange morsomme scener👍

[Kristine]

I wish I had the second book, but I got my copy at a garage sale ages ago. I read it in new-Norwegian which was a challenge because it's not native to me, but it fits the book very well. The characters are well rounded, and the book surprised me a few times, I had low expectations when I started it so all in all, a better read than I expected, funny at times and even though I am older than the target demographic, I can never pass up on a post-apocalyptic story.

[elin]

This book is well written, however, it contains a lot of unnecessary swearing, also, it missed a lot of character development. It ended too suddenly. There are many main characters, but we barely get to know any of them. Maybe in the later books.
To sum this up, I enjoyed reading it. It’s just not my favourite so far.

[Jenny Wüsthoff]

Though it was fairly well written, I felt it was highly unsatisfying for many minor reasons that in summary ended up with two stars. Biggest problem, in my opinion, is that I am not 15 years old. A younger me might have enjoyed this a lot more.

[Margaretha]

En av de bedre norske ungdomstitlene jeg har lest!