The Retribution of Mara Dyer

    This quarter I was able to finish the trilogy of Mara Dyer with The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. I really believe that this novel will be read 100 years from now. The first reason why is just that it is simply a great sci-fi novel with a terrific romance story behind it. The main character is very relatable in the sense that she was forced to become the strongest version of herself by the events that went down in her life. In this novel, Mara Dyer is finally close enough to figure out the real cause of the terrible things happening to her and her friends. Once she wakes up trapped in her own body with a message from who she thought was her worst enemy, she is once more motivated to survive and find Noah, the boy she loves, as well as the rest of the answers to who she is and why she can kill people with her mind. She manages to escape to the room with a little help from Jude, she so thought enemy and ex-boyfriend. She waders to find her two friends Jamie,  who can make people do what he wants them to, and Stella, who can read people's thoughts. Once they manage to find their way off the island holding them captive, they believe that they were able to escape from the organization holding them captive but they later find out that while they were on their way to finding Noah and the answers they all desired, the organization had been tracking their every move. On their journey, they were able to make connections between the people responsible for their capture and they realize something unexpected, but when it was too late.
    The novel is always at an intense level with all the events that go on and that is something I liked most from it. An instance would be the time when Mara, Jamie, and Stella had to hitch-hike to get home with a creep who turned out to be a murderer. From the beginning of the ride, Mara could pick up something that wasn't right about this guy so the whole scene of the car ride had me on the edge of my seat. When they took a pit-stop to use the restroom, Mara walks in on the man attempting to rape Stella so she volunteers herself instead with the intrusion of killing him instead. She does indeed succeed in the act of taking his life but it only makes her feel worse. I really liked this scene even though some may see it as disturbing. What I saw was the bravery and the strength she had developed all throughout this novel and the two novels before, it really showed the changes she made and although what she did was morally wrong, those changes were for better in the end. Another occasion where the intensity levels were high was when Mara finally found Noah but had to choose between him and her brother Joseph. This scene really showed the inner turmoil a person can have when they feel obligated to choose between one thing or another. After a very long time of her debating what to do, she finally reached a decision that ended up killing her, literally. At that moment, I myself lost all hope to finish the novel but I pushed myself to read on and a couple of pages later, my suffering was put to rest with the plot twist that almost gave me a heart attack, in a good way. I guess what I am trying to say is that this novel is worth reading and with all the elements that make it up, I truly believe that it will be read 100 years from now by someone who, like me, appreciates a genuinely good book.