About the Book:
Captives was different from what I was expecting. Jill Williamson is a talented writer to say the least and has written another great story, yet it was not my personal favorite by her. Usually I get sucked into her characters world from the very first page. Captives took me some time to get into.
Captives was loosely inspired by the book of Daniel in the Bible and I
can see it in the story theme, but it held a lot of issues I wasn’t expecting
and I think that’s why it took me some time to get use to.
I noticed that a lot of reviews mentioned how they didn’t
care for Levi. I don’t really understand why? He was the oldest out of the
three brothers, he had a bit of a temper at times, but was working on it, and always tried to do
what was right. He had a lot of
responsibility and handled it all as best as he could. I think he would be
better understood by older readers and perhaps us older siblings. ;-)
Omar whom I’m thinking is the middle brother was put into a
bad place within the story. He did
something pretty horrible and Jill Williamson truly did a really good job at
showing his heart within the pain. Deep down he had a heart. Omar was not my favorite character by far,
but I did in a way care for him. I felt bad for him. He did so many stupid mistakes and all he
really wanted was to be loved. So many of us I think can relate to him,
especially the worldly non-Christian youth. I hope he touches others and shows
that no matter how bad you've messed up there is always hope… that is if you
choose it.
Mason the youngest (I think ) brother, seems to be a
favorite character among readers. I liked Mason, and he is a great character, but I didn't love him like many readers did.
Shaylinn. Now this girl was my favorite character. She seemed
so real and struggled with things many
of us girls do. I loved her heart and greatly enjoyed her character even with her
being the youngest within the story. Shaylinn you are beautiful!
Jill Williamson is a talented writer and Captives isn’t a
tale to be missed, but forewarning, I recommend mature readers only or a parent
reading first. I can tell that Jill greatly loves the youth and holds a good heart, but I would feel bad if I didn't warn others about certain things mentioned within this story.
Jill Williamson's publicist has kindly offered a paperback giveaway for each blog
reviewer.
If you would like to be entered to win a copy of Captives please
leave a comment with your name and email address.
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Here is a link to her website: http://www.jillwilliamson.com
Here is the link for The Safe Lands website, as if you are online in The Safe Lands itself: http://thesafelands.com
To purchase a copy of Captives: Amazon paperback
And be sure to see what others for this months blog tour are saying about Captives. :-)
ADD Librarian • Blooming with Books • Bookworm Reading • Chris Kolmorgen • Christian Book Review Blog • Christian Bookshelf Reviews • CTF Devourer • Emily Rachelle Writes • Heavenward Reviews • Jessica Laurie • Labor Not in Vain • The Life of a Teenage Writer • The Maniacal Bookworm • Mrs. Southern Bride • Oh, Restless Bird • Pages from My Journal • The Pen and Parchment • Rachelle Rea • The Ramblings of a Young Author • Realm of Hearts • Shadow Writer World • A Simple Life, Really?! • Surrendering All of Me • Terri Harr • Verbosity Book Reviews • Who YA Reading? • Worthy2Read • The Writings of RosieI
ADD Librarian • Blooming with Books • Bookworm Reading • Chris Kolmorgen • Christian Book Review Blog • Christian Bookshelf Reviews • CTF Devourer • Emily Rachelle Writes • Heavenward Reviews • Jessica Laurie • Labor Not in Vain • The Life of a Teenage Writer • The Maniacal Bookworm • Mrs. Southern Bride • Oh, Restless Bird • Pages from My Journal • The Pen and Parchment • Rachelle Rea • The Ramblings of a Young Author • Realm of Hearts • Shadow Writer World • A Simple Life, Really?! • Surrendering All of Me • Terri Harr • Verbosity Book Reviews • Who YA Reading? • Worthy2Read • The Writings of RosieI
In conjunction with the Team Novel Teen Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. Thank you, Jill Williamson, Team Novel Teen, and Zondervan.
I think I liked Mason better than Levi because of their personalities. I just connected better with Mason from the get-go. (Plus Levi's total blindness at first to Father's cruelty bothered me. I think I never really got over that. Seriously, everyone else could see it.)
ReplyDeleteI agree Emily, Levi's alignment with his father in the beginning was hard to forget and it take longer to like him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review, Ryan. I loved your breakdowns of the main characters. I'm an oldest child, too, so I enjoyed writing Levi. Loved the pictures you added! :-)
ReplyDeleteLove your thoughts about Shaylinn. I'm looking forward to seeing where that girl goes!
ReplyDeleteWould love to win a copy of this book. It sounds awesome. Bluenichols (at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteCaptives sounds pretty interesting, and a science-fiction plot instead of the fantasy plot of Mrs. Williamson's Darkness series. I enjoyed her earlier books and the way her writing pulls readers into a scene, so I'm curious how she handles a future world.
ReplyDeleteTimothy Hicks
Good review -- like the visuals you added too! You bring up some good points. I agree with you, this is more a high school read than a book for younger kids -- although I know many younger kids at school read Hunger Games which I also think is more of a high shool read.
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