Taken

My previous book that I read was Taken by Erin Bowman. It's about Gray Weathersby and his journey to find the truth about his life. Ever since the first people of Claysoot, there has been the Heist. The Heist takes every boy at the age of 18. Every year, groups of boys are taken from their mothers. When Gray's brother Blaine is taken from the Heist, Gray is lost without his brother. Gray suddenly finds a letter from his dead mother to his brother telling him that they are in fact twins. This would explain how they look exactly the same and are very close. Gray goes on a search, past the mysterious Wall enclosing them all, to find why he was saved. Along the way, Gray encounters different things. He finds out that Claysoot is in fact a testing subject. He also meets his father on the way. This book reminds me of the old proverb, curiosity killed the cat. Gray was so curious that in the end, it killed somebody. I would say that this book is a three out of five because it has some stupid parts in it. One dumb part was when Emma had decided that she should go with Gray over the wall. She said, "...There's nothing for me back there anymore, Gray. The two things I want, answers and you, are now on this side of the Wall." This, to me, just screams out stupidity. Even though it could be stupid at some parts, I would recommend this book to someone who likes a book with more stupidity than action.