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The Feral Sentence, part 1
The year is 2087, and the federal government has implemented a new sentence for criminal convictions—banishment to a remote island.
When Lydia Brone is wrongly convicted of murder, she is sentenced to three years on Kormace Island. She must forget all she’s ever heard about life in prison and develop the necessary skills to survive in the wild and defend herself against savage enemies—other felons who will fight for their rightful place within the island's hierarchy system by means of violence and sheer brutality.
When Lydia Brone is wrongly convicted of murder, she is sentenced to three years on Kormace Island. She must forget all she’s ever heard about life in prison and develop the necessary skills to survive in the wild and defend herself against savage enemies—other felons who will fight for their rightful place within the island's hierarchy system by means of violence and sheer brutality.
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December 19, 2017
While this story didn't suck me in like Bow To Me, by this author, it's still worth a read.
January 13, 2021
Interesting concept...am looking forward to the next part...
October 27, 2017
NOTE: The author graciously gave me a copy of the compilation volume containing this individual book and asked me to write a review.
In large part, the continent of Australia was originally a giant prison colony, populated by the riff raff from various jails in England. That bit of history, brought forward to the present day, forms the basis for G.C. Julien’s YA adventure saga, The Feral Sentence, an entertaining speculation that reads somewhat like a cross between The Hunger Games and a distaff Lord of the Flies.
Much like other YA sagas such as the aforementioned Hunger Games and Divergent, author Julien is writing the entire story of The Feral Sentence as a multi-volume work. However, unlike those the authors of those other works, she has further subdivided this novel (the first volume in the series), into four smaller sections, each of which is for sale separately. Thus, the current work, a novella about 70 pages long, represents the first part of the first book. Readers can either buy the four sections individually or all together in a compilation volume.
In Julien’s world of the near future, female criminals are not incarcerated in a standard prison but literally dropped out of a helicopter off the coast of a remote jungle island where they must swim to shore and then serve out their sentences. One of these prisoners is the narrator of The Feral Sentence, Brone, is an 18-year-old who clunked her mother’s abusive boyfriend in the head with a frying pan, killing him and landing her on Kormace Island for a three-year sentence. She soon learns that the inhabitants of the island have formed various tribes, one of which takes her in when she arrives. Brone also discovers that there is a lot of danger on the island, both of the animal variety and from other tribes that aren’t as hospitable as the one in which she finds herself. Most of this first novella describes Brone’s learning process, as she discovers the rules by which her new society governs itself.
Although the elements in The Feral Sentence are somewhat familiar, at least to adult readers, the author has combined them in an unusual way, and readers can identify with Brone’s gradually increasing understanding of the new order of things on her island. Indeed, the author notes on several occasions the culture shock Brone endures in going from the average gadget-laden life of today’s teenager to a society in which a dirty carved bowl for food is a valuable possession. The author has obviously spent a great deal of time in working out the structure of this society (not all of which is revealed in this first novella), and seeing it unfold before Brone’s eyes is the best part of the book.
One of Brone’s (and the reader’s) first experiences is to be thrust among a sizable number of new characters, many of whom are little more than unusual names like Biggie, Rocket, and Murk. At times, the proliferation of names without any really well developed characters to match them up with can be a bit daunting. Fortunately, however, in most cases, the people aren’t as important, at least initially, as the society itself, and Julien sets that out quite well.
The Feral Sentence has a fair amount of action as well. This is an island with wild boards, carnivorous big cats, and other enemy tribes, and Brone and her companions have to defend themselves with rather primitive weaponry, basically bows and arrows. Those who enjoy the action elements in YA sagas will find a decent amount here, certainly enough to set the table for later books.
The tradition of publishing longer works in serialized fashion dates back at least to Charles Dickens, several of whose best-known works were initially published in multiple issues of popular magazines. However, some people do not like reading (or buying) books in this manner. To her credit, Julien makes it quite clear in the blurb just what type of book the reader will experience. This “novella” is not a dramatically self-contained book, and the ending, while not a true cliffhanger, is quite indeterminate. Those who don’t care for this type of book might want to either purchase the compilation volume or look elsewhere. However, if you judge The Feral Sentence by what is in this novella rather than what isn’t, you will find an intriguing introduction to a potentially fascinating society with a heroine who is learning the ropes as she, and the readers, go along. Brone may not enjoy her sentence, but readers will be glad to go along for the ride.
In large part, the continent of Australia was originally a giant prison colony, populated by the riff raff from various jails in England. That bit of history, brought forward to the present day, forms the basis for G.C. Julien’s YA adventure saga, The Feral Sentence, an entertaining speculation that reads somewhat like a cross between The Hunger Games and a distaff Lord of the Flies.
Much like other YA sagas such as the aforementioned Hunger Games and Divergent, author Julien is writing the entire story of The Feral Sentence as a multi-volume work. However, unlike those the authors of those other works, she has further subdivided this novel (the first volume in the series), into four smaller sections, each of which is for sale separately. Thus, the current work, a novella about 70 pages long, represents the first part of the first book. Readers can either buy the four sections individually or all together in a compilation volume.
In Julien’s world of the near future, female criminals are not incarcerated in a standard prison but literally dropped out of a helicopter off the coast of a remote jungle island where they must swim to shore and then serve out their sentences. One of these prisoners is the narrator of The Feral Sentence, Brone, is an 18-year-old who clunked her mother’s abusive boyfriend in the head with a frying pan, killing him and landing her on Kormace Island for a three-year sentence. She soon learns that the inhabitants of the island have formed various tribes, one of which takes her in when she arrives. Brone also discovers that there is a lot of danger on the island, both of the animal variety and from other tribes that aren’t as hospitable as the one in which she finds herself. Most of this first novella describes Brone’s learning process, as she discovers the rules by which her new society governs itself.
Although the elements in The Feral Sentence are somewhat familiar, at least to adult readers, the author has combined them in an unusual way, and readers can identify with Brone’s gradually increasing understanding of the new order of things on her island. Indeed, the author notes on several occasions the culture shock Brone endures in going from the average gadget-laden life of today’s teenager to a society in which a dirty carved bowl for food is a valuable possession. The author has obviously spent a great deal of time in working out the structure of this society (not all of which is revealed in this first novella), and seeing it unfold before Brone’s eyes is the best part of the book.
One of Brone’s (and the reader’s) first experiences is to be thrust among a sizable number of new characters, many of whom are little more than unusual names like Biggie, Rocket, and Murk. At times, the proliferation of names without any really well developed characters to match them up with can be a bit daunting. Fortunately, however, in most cases, the people aren’t as important, at least initially, as the society itself, and Julien sets that out quite well.
The Feral Sentence has a fair amount of action as well. This is an island with wild boards, carnivorous big cats, and other enemy tribes, and Brone and her companions have to defend themselves with rather primitive weaponry, basically bows and arrows. Those who enjoy the action elements in YA sagas will find a decent amount here, certainly enough to set the table for later books.
The tradition of publishing longer works in serialized fashion dates back at least to Charles Dickens, several of whose best-known works were initially published in multiple issues of popular magazines. However, some people do not like reading (or buying) books in this manner. To her credit, Julien makes it quite clear in the blurb just what type of book the reader will experience. This “novella” is not a dramatically self-contained book, and the ending, while not a true cliffhanger, is quite indeterminate. Those who don’t care for this type of book might want to either purchase the compilation volume or look elsewhere. However, if you judge The Feral Sentence by what is in this novella rather than what isn’t, you will find an intriguing introduction to a potentially fascinating society with a heroine who is learning the ropes as she, and the readers, go along. Brone may not enjoy her sentence, but readers will be glad to go along for the ride.
August 29, 2017
Lydia Brone, wrongfully convicted of the murder of her mother’s abusive boyfriend, is sentenced to three years confinement on the remote island of Kormace under the government’s new policy of exile for murders. Once on the island, Lydia, or Brone as she’s now known, finds a matriarchal society, under strict but benevolent rule, as the women there try to live in some semblance of order and community. But, all is not rosy. In addition to having to survive the natural perils of this uncharted land, they have to deal with the depredations of a group of vicious rebels, and an even scarier band of ogres, women who have reverted to a complete feral state.
Brone, a city girl, who had previously been reluctant to change her cat’s litter box, finds that she must become as harsh as her surroundings if she is to survive what, in effect, is a life sentence. In the process of transforming herself into a warrior and leader, she also finds relationships unlike any she’s ever had before.
The Feral Sentence by G.C. Julien is a chilling dystopian thriller, set in a time, some sixty years in the future, that tells not only of the individual and group will to survive, but implicitly, what can happen when those in power seek politically expedient ways to mete out justice.
This one will chill you to your marrow. I received a free copy of this book.
Brone, a city girl, who had previously been reluctant to change her cat’s litter box, finds that she must become as harsh as her surroundings if she is to survive what, in effect, is a life sentence. In the process of transforming herself into a warrior and leader, she also finds relationships unlike any she’s ever had before.
The Feral Sentence by G.C. Julien is a chilling dystopian thriller, set in a time, some sixty years in the future, that tells not only of the individual and group will to survive, but implicitly, what can happen when those in power seek politically expedient ways to mete out justice.
This one will chill you to your marrow. I received a free copy of this book.
March 13, 2017
I decided to read this book (and, full disclosure, I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book, through Reading Deals, so I could give an honest review) because I was intrigued by the premise. A story about a young woman convicted (wrongfully?) of murder and sentenced to time on a wild, uncivilized island with other convicts (including murderers), has great potential to be---if perhaps not an insightful commentary on the hyperbole and hypocrisy of an unruly and overgrown "justice" system--an interesting take on what such a punishment might be like, from the point of view of the punished. However, I did not like this, the first part of the serialized novel The Feral Sentence, mostly I think because I really dislike the main character, Lydia Brone, or--as she is called on the island--Brone. (Also, to be completely honest, I dislike how the name sounds. I have no real reason for this, but the name just feels... wrong to me. I admit this probably has some bearing on my inability to connect with the main character.) She comes off as very needy and delicate, and really quite sorry for herself. I'm not saying that's not a fairly realistic reaction to being convicted of murder and tossed on an island inhabited solely by other convicts (which one might imagine wouldn't be very civilized). No, I can definitely see a young woman such as Lydia reacting that way; it just doesn't make for a particularly fun story. I'm sure she'll find her inner strength later in the story, and demonstrate grit and gumption, working hard to become someone whom her fellow inmates would be proud, but I cannot bring myself to believe the mindset necessary for such a transformation magically manifests one day out of the blue. It is not believable to me that this pathetic creature will grow into a character I'll want to read about. After all, we're not looking necessarily for anything particularly realistic, GC Julien; most of us read books, and especially this type of dystopian novel, to escape into stories of resiliency, karmic justice, and magical realism. Keep working on it.
May 8, 2017
This is a serial story. It just sets you up and then bam, time to get next book! I have a love hate relationship with these types of books because they really get you hooked but you have to get the next one or wait. They come out quick enough but just strings you along.
Brone had only killed her mother's boyfriend when he was trying to kill her mother. She is sentenced to 3 years on this remote island with other women who are criminals as well. It's a little scarey for Brone as she really isn't a criminal but she has to blend in to survive. Now she is being trained as a battlewoman in order to defend their village on the island. She faints and vomits with this life. But at the end, she learns of a new threat and dang if it doesn't tell you exactly what that threat is! You gotta read the next one to find out what just happened!
Brone had only killed her mother's boyfriend when he was trying to kill her mother. She is sentenced to 3 years on this remote island with other women who are criminals as well. It's a little scarey for Brone as she really isn't a criminal but she has to blend in to survive. Now she is being trained as a battlewoman in order to defend their village on the island. She faints and vomits with this life. But at the end, she learns of a new threat and dang if it doesn't tell you exactly what that threat is! You gotta read the next one to find out what just happened!
August 28, 2017
Kindle Unlimited, and the 4 is based less on the story and more on the fact don't like thrillers that much so take the 4 with grain of salt thing.
Women convicted of murder are being sentenced to the wild.
This book is the compilation edition of The Feral Sentence serial and contains all four episodic parts / novellas found in Book 1.
PART ONE The year is 2087, and the federal government has implemented a new sentence for criminal convictions—banishment to a remote island.When Lydia Brone is wrongly convicted of murder, she is sentenced to three years on Kormace Island. She must forget all she’s ever heard about life in prison and develop the necessary skills to survive in the wild and defend herself against savage enemies—other felons who will fight for their rightful place within the island's hierarchy system by means of violence and sheer brutality.
Women convicted of murder are being sentenced to the wild.
This book is the compilation edition of The Feral Sentence serial and contains all four episodic parts / novellas found in Book 1.
PART ONE The year is 2087, and the federal government has implemented a new sentence for criminal convictions—banishment to a remote island.When Lydia Brone is wrongly convicted of murder, she is sentenced to three years on Kormace Island. She must forget all she’s ever heard about life in prison and develop the necessary skills to survive in the wild and defend herself against savage enemies—other felons who will fight for their rightful place within the island's hierarchy system by means of violence and sheer brutality.
August 25, 2017
"A Fast-Paced Futuristic Sci-Fi Novel"
This novella is a shocking introduction to a chilling dystopian thriller. Women convicted of murder don't go to jail. They are sent to the wild on a remote island. The year is 2087 and this is a new criminal sentence the federal government has implemented. Being condemned to this island, survival becomes a real challenge. This novella is a fast read of only 70 pages, and there is 3 more parts, similar to TV episodes. As such, there may be some cliff hangers, but at least until reading the next episode, you'll have a chance to breathe. The next three episodes are already available on Amazon e-books.
This novella is a shocking introduction to a chilling dystopian thriller. Women convicted of murder don't go to jail. They are sent to the wild on a remote island. The year is 2087 and this is a new criminal sentence the federal government has implemented. Being condemned to this island, survival becomes a real challenge. This novella is a fast read of only 70 pages, and there is 3 more parts, similar to TV episodes. As such, there may be some cliff hangers, but at least until reading the next episode, you'll have a chance to breathe. The next three episodes are already available on Amazon e-books.
August 29, 2017
The story was really good. It had a nice steady pace to keep my interest, and keep the story moving along.
Brone gets dropped on an island to serve her years. She is thrown into an island war. I liked her character, and followed her around as she tried to stay among the living. I liked some of the others and then there was some not so nice. I thought the story had a survival of the fit. Very good read. Hope to read more from the author.
Got ARC for an honest review.
Thank you for sharing your book with me.
Brone gets dropped on an island to serve her years. She is thrown into an island war. I liked her character, and followed her around as she tried to stay among the living. I liked some of the others and then there was some not so nice. I thought the story had a survival of the fit. Very good read. Hope to read more from the author.
Got ARC for an honest review.
Thank you for sharing your book with me.
June 3, 2017
I really enjoyed this story, but hate that it is a serial with cliff-hanger endings. Due to the costs, I’ll never read the rest of the story and that frustrates me, but not enough to pay $2.99+ for three more stories. Well written and good character development. Hopefully the author will continue to write, just not serials. Four stars because it’s so short and the rest of the series is too pricey for what you get.
March 14, 2018
An Island of Women on Women...and there's no sex
Part 1 only.. An island prison for women. Interesting concept, but the protagonist in this story committed manslaughter and gets a 3 year sentence? Totally unprepared for this inevitable life threatening world. What? And it goes downhill from there. Characters are nominally interesting. But they will kill each other. No sex...yet!
Part 1 only.. An island prison for women. Interesting concept, but the protagonist in this story committed manslaughter and gets a 3 year sentence? Totally unprepared for this inevitable life threatening world. What? And it goes downhill from there. Characters are nominally interesting. But they will kill each other. No sex...yet!
August 26, 2017
5 Stars
If you like the Hunger Games, you will love this one. Realistic portrayal of a future for convicted prisoners. Although this book started out a little slow, it sped up rapidly. Plenty of action to keep you hooked. A great start to what appears to be a fast-paced series. I look forward to reading more from this author.
January 11, 2018
Perplexing
A sudden drop into an untamed society awaits Brone as punishment for the accidental death of a cruel stepfather. A society comprised of felon women on a desolate island in the middle of nowhere. This series ends unapologetic with cliff hangers, I cannot wait to read Part 2.
A sudden drop into an untamed society awaits Brone as punishment for the accidental death of a cruel stepfather. A society comprised of felon women on a desolate island in the middle of nowhere. This series ends unapologetic with cliff hangers, I cannot wait to read Part 2.
June 20, 2018
Intriguing. Captivating.
I gave a rating of 5 because I loved the series. Yes, I have read both books and came back to let you all know they will hold your attention to the end. The characters are strong and the friendships that grow out of adversity are stronger. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
I gave a rating of 5 because I loved the series. Yes, I have read both books and came back to let you all know they will hold your attention to the end. The characters are strong and the friendships that grow out of adversity are stronger. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
January 12, 2018
Interesting
This is a 4 part book. The first part follows a new prisoner on the island as she tries to fit in. I was amazed the ingenuity of the prisoners trying to live. I was able to get all 4 parts at the same time so it can be read like a full book..
This is a 4 part book. The first part follows a new prisoner on the island as she tries to fit in. I was amazed the ingenuity of the prisoners trying to live. I was able to get all 4 parts at the same time so it can be read like a full book..
March 31, 2018
Enjoyed this book tremendously! It has a good flow without the disruptive words.
Enjoyed this book tremendously! It has a good flow without a lot of boring disruptive words. Would definitely advise to others.
Enjoyed this book tremendously! It has a good flow without a lot of boring disruptive words. Would definitely advise to others.
January 13, 2018
WOW!!
Had me from the very beginning. Great story and actually rather believable. Scary and powerful. You gotta read this series!! 👍🏼
Had me from the very beginning. Great story and actually rather believable. Scary and powerful. You gotta read this series!! 👍🏼
March 29, 2018
Quick read, interesting theory.
Finished in under an hour. Theory is interesting. Wondering what's to come. Quick read but probably wouldn't be good in a longer story.
Finished in under an hour. Theory is interesting. Wondering what's to come. Quick read but probably wouldn't be good in a longer story.
August 4, 2017
-I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
The Feral Sentence by G.C. Julien introduces a world of merciless, horrific creatures and animalistic humanity. Brone, a young prisoner who is sentenced to death on an uncharted island, must fight for her survival in the jungle. However, soon she begins to change, losing her own humanity with each passing day, as the life she used to know is slowly forgotten, replaced by blood and uncertainty.
The book is separated into four parts. The first part deals with Brone, a young woman who was convicted of first-degree murder. She is thrown onto the island, where she meets a group of survivors. She gets accustomed to the island, all the while reminiscing on aspects of her old life, and how much she had taken for granted. The second part follows Brone’s developing relationships with the women around her, as she foreshadows the chaos that is about to ensue. The third part addresses Brone realizing her place with her newfound society, and that by becoming one of them, she finds herself missing less and less of her old life. Finally, in part four, she once again needs to deal with a drastic, much darker change when she steps up and becomes a leader to the remaining survivors, whether she wants to or not.
Julien clearly demonstrates just how much Brone grows as a character. She takes us through a remarkable journey, from the time she’s literally forced onto the island, to her dealing with a new social hierarchy and the brokenness of the systems, both on the island and the outside world. Though Brone acts as the audience surrogate at the beginning of the novel, by the end she grows into her own character. Over and over again Brone illustrates the cruel fate she’s dealt with. However, she also gains respect throughout the book, because no matter what’d happened, she forced herself to get back up on her feet and to continue living. She’s fed up with the abuse, and decides to take control of the life she’s given, never minding the fact she maintains a precarious existence between her feral instincts and human compassion.
Her development also leads to an interesting blend of themes that interact not only just with Brone, but also with her relationships, the setting, and the plot. The fact that the government was so corrupted that they would willingly leave prisoners to fend for themselves on an obviously dangerous island, as well as just drop a tiny girl with Aspergers in said island, is animalistic of its own. It reminds me of social Darwinism, a concept that has been used many times over to try and justify massacres in human history. I enjoyed how Julien employed that same kind of idea here, giving the women yet another thing in common, and another reason why they need to stick together, since the world has literally abandoned them.
Another concept I found incredibly interesting was the extraordinarily thin boundary between animals and humans. Throughout the story, Brone encounters a variety of women that range from fully functional, to just plain insane. Cannibalism, massacres, territory wars; even Brone feels more feral than she should, and she knows it. However, it’s ironic; if Brone wants to remain human, she would have to stay with these women. As Brone has witnessed, humans are social beings; we need each other if we want to survive.
I enjoyed how Julien unveiled Brone’s story. However, despite that there were still a few spacing and punctuation errors in the book. Nevertheless, the plot, themes, setting, and characters all beautifully enter twine together. Overall, I would give this book a rating of 4.5/5 stars, and would recommend it for anyone who enjoyed moral complexities, the horror and dystopian genre, and those who love a good scream.
The Feral Sentence by G.C. Julien introduces a world of merciless, horrific creatures and animalistic humanity. Brone, a young prisoner who is sentenced to death on an uncharted island, must fight for her survival in the jungle. However, soon she begins to change, losing her own humanity with each passing day, as the life she used to know is slowly forgotten, replaced by blood and uncertainty.
The book is separated into four parts. The first part deals with Brone, a young woman who was convicted of first-degree murder. She is thrown onto the island, where she meets a group of survivors. She gets accustomed to the island, all the while reminiscing on aspects of her old life, and how much she had taken for granted. The second part follows Brone’s developing relationships with the women around her, as she foreshadows the chaos that is about to ensue. The third part addresses Brone realizing her place with her newfound society, and that by becoming one of them, she finds herself missing less and less of her old life. Finally, in part four, she once again needs to deal with a drastic, much darker change when she steps up and becomes a leader to the remaining survivors, whether she wants to or not.
Julien clearly demonstrates just how much Brone grows as a character. She takes us through a remarkable journey, from the time she’s literally forced onto the island, to her dealing with a new social hierarchy and the brokenness of the systems, both on the island and the outside world. Though Brone acts as the audience surrogate at the beginning of the novel, by the end she grows into her own character. Over and over again Brone illustrates the cruel fate she’s dealt with. However, she also gains respect throughout the book, because no matter what’d happened, she forced herself to get back up on her feet and to continue living. She’s fed up with the abuse, and decides to take control of the life she’s given, never minding the fact she maintains a precarious existence between her feral instincts and human compassion.
Her development also leads to an interesting blend of themes that interact not only just with Brone, but also with her relationships, the setting, and the plot. The fact that the government was so corrupted that they would willingly leave prisoners to fend for themselves on an obviously dangerous island, as well as just drop a tiny girl with Aspergers in said island, is animalistic of its own. It reminds me of social Darwinism, a concept that has been used many times over to try and justify massacres in human history. I enjoyed how Julien employed that same kind of idea here, giving the women yet another thing in common, and another reason why they need to stick together, since the world has literally abandoned them.
Another concept I found incredibly interesting was the extraordinarily thin boundary between animals and humans. Throughout the story, Brone encounters a variety of women that range from fully functional, to just plain insane. Cannibalism, massacres, territory wars; even Brone feels more feral than she should, and she knows it. However, it’s ironic; if Brone wants to remain human, she would have to stay with these women. As Brone has witnessed, humans are social beings; we need each other if we want to survive.
I enjoyed how Julien unveiled Brone’s story. However, despite that there were still a few spacing and punctuation errors in the book. Nevertheless, the plot, themes, setting, and characters all beautifully enter twine together. Overall, I would give this book a rating of 4.5/5 stars, and would recommend it for anyone who enjoyed moral complexities, the horror and dystopian genre, and those who love a good scream.
February 27, 2017
This is a cool first part of the series, poor Lydia Brone was dropped onto the island after being convicted of murder. We as readers go in blind with Lydia, experiencing all her fears and learning about her sentence in Kormac Island as she does. The book is fast paced, but poor Lydia is still disorientated about her situation.
The ending as a cliff hanger, which is not my favorite part, but for those who are serious about following up, parts two is already up.
The ending as a cliff hanger, which is not my favorite part, but for those who are serious about following up, parts two is already up.
June 13, 2020
In the future, convicted criminals face a very difference kind of sentence on a remote island in G. C. Julien's The Feral Sentence, Part 1.
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Lydia Brone has been convicted of murder and has been sentenced to three years on Kormace Island. But her time on the island won't be anything like what she might have envisioned prison to be like. Needing skills to survive in the wilderness and against fierce enemies - other women on the island - Lydia learns the basics of the island's hierarchy and just how brutally she'll need to fight to climb up toward safety in the hierarchical structure.
The narrative style of a serialized novel rapidly throws you into the story and allows for quick reading as the basics are starting to be established and pique your interest about what has happened and might be yet to come as the story continues to unfold. There are many questions that are raised about the cursorily developed world and the reasons behind the situation at hand, with a majority of those questions having yet to be addressed in a manner that begins to satisfy the curiosity building up. The system for handling sentencing for crimes is intriguing and ultimately has a feel of the self-governance exemplified in works such as Lord of the Flies.
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Lydia Brone has been convicted of murder and has been sentenced to three years on Kormace Island. But her time on the island won't be anything like what she might have envisioned prison to be like. Needing skills to survive in the wilderness and against fierce enemies - other women on the island - Lydia learns the basics of the island's hierarchy and just how brutally she'll need to fight to climb up toward safety in the hierarchical structure.
The narrative style of a serialized novel rapidly throws you into the story and allows for quick reading as the basics are starting to be established and pique your interest about what has happened and might be yet to come as the story continues to unfold. There are many questions that are raised about the cursorily developed world and the reasons behind the situation at hand, with a majority of those questions having yet to be addressed in a manner that begins to satisfy the curiosity building up. The system for handling sentencing for crimes is intriguing and ultimately has a feel of the self-governance exemplified in works such as Lord of the Flies.
March 19, 2017
It was nice to have only part of the book available. It gave me as the reader a chance to really focus and engage myself in the writing, rather than just trying to read it fast and finish the book because it is so long. I really liked the entire concept of this book of how a prissy girl in her everyday life murders her mother’s boyfriend by mistake. Brone instantly becomes a heroin even though she may be shy, slow and not a hunter at all! I like her. She stood up for her mother and has now been sentenced to a remote punishment island in the middle of the sea. I am actually excited to see what will happen next and excited to learn who or what was the one who took Sunny in the final sentences of Book 1, Part 1.
Note to the author- I found a few typos/errors. I downloaded the book fromSTory Cartel, so possibly it was their error? The first page of Chapter 2 where it says, “Since when is new is bad?” I asked. Is this just a typo?
Also on the third page of Chapter 5 the sentence is the last sentence in the first paragraph, it says, “I just wanted her to leave him ” There is no period after this.
Just wanted to let you know! Great job with this story, I will for sure be reading the rest or it soon!
December 20, 2015
This novella part 1 of the series was mind blowing!
The author teleported me straight to Kormace Island along with all the other felons.
The description of the characters sends an immediate, clear image to your mind.
The writing style is absolutely stunning and makes for an easy read.
I couldn't put it down even for a moment, I read the book in its entirety in under 4 hours!
I can't wait to take the rest of the journey with these women and see what's coming their way!
I've also read two other novels by this Author, she's just incredible!
All I can say is READ this!
I can NOT wait for part 2!!!
The author teleported me straight to Kormace Island along with all the other felons.
The description of the characters sends an immediate, clear image to your mind.
The writing style is absolutely stunning and makes for an easy read.
I couldn't put it down even for a moment, I read the book in its entirety in under 4 hours!
I can't wait to take the rest of the journey with these women and see what's coming their way!
I've also read two other novels by this Author, she's just incredible!
All I can say is READ this!
I can NOT wait for part 2!!!
February 26, 2017
The Feral Sentence is an excellently written series and I would highly recommend it. I believe that G. C. Julien has a talent for describing a scene and I would love to see this series turned into a movie or TV series in the future.
Readers of this book may initially compare it to series like The Hunger Games, and while there are some similarities, I felt there was a very unique and interesting character development in The Feral Sentence which sets it apart.
I would highly recommend this series to any reader.
Readers of this book may initially compare it to series like The Hunger Games, and while there are some similarities, I felt there was a very unique and interesting character development in The Feral Sentence which sets it apart.
I would highly recommend this series to any reader.
December 14, 2016
The Feral Sentence Bk1 PT1
The story is interesting and engaging. You start out as lost and bewildered as the main character and get to learn the ropes along with her. Giving the story and the reader a unique perspective.
I do wonder some things, is their a man's one as well, how was the decision for this made, and more?
It would be great to have a novella on the history of this island prison.
The story is interesting and engaging. You start out as lost and bewildered as the main character and get to learn the ropes along with her. Giving the story and the reader a unique perspective.
I do wonder some things, is their a man's one as well, how was the decision for this made, and more?
It would be great to have a novella on the history of this island prison.
January 16, 2016
Link to blog review: http://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/...
March 27, 2017
Somewhat stunted. Very little character development. Noble concept though that has great potential.
June 22, 2018
The Feral Sentence started strongly, with vivid descriptions but the very short novella style did not do the plot any favours at all, as I felt that both the plot and descriptions were rushed. I enjoyed The Feral Sentence but it would have been better for being a full length novel.
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