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The soul weighing ceremony will then decide whether his life has been worthy enough for the book to be given back to the family and kept as a permanent memory. I am now so enamoured by so many artists; so intrigued by the designs people choose that I just daren’t make that first mark.

Ink by Alice Broadway | Waterstones

As she spends time with the impoverished residents of Featherstone, she begins to see that they are not so different from the people back home; their stories are the same, but read from a different perspective. Akiket érdemesnek találnak, azok hazamehetnek acsaládjukhoz, és elhelyezhetik őket az őseik mellett, így ezután örökre megmaradhatnak az emlékezetben úgy, hogy újra és újra olvassák könyveiket. Later, Leora and her friends make their way to Featherstone's elderhouse on a hunch, and Leora discovers the bloody knife used to stab Longsight. Minnow then claims on the part of the mayor, and takes control over Saintstone, while Leora heals at home. When Leora uncovers secrets about her father, the blanks, and her true origin, the uneasy truce between the two societies is broken as the truths from both sides are unveiled.Sokat meséltek nekünk arról a gépről, ami méri apulzusodat és atesthőmérsékletet, aztán sípol, ha valaki hazudik, de én még soha nem láttam. Egy pillanatra nem veszek levegőt, ahogy elhaladok egy hentespult előtt, mert ahorgokra függesztett hús szagától rosszul leszek.

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For me what set this book apart was the huge depth the fables written into the story gave to the culture and the people in it. Kirkus Reviews praises Ink for introducing an intriguing and original dystopian premise, and "dramatic climax", though criticizes the ambiguous definitions regarding the two communities, and Leora's "vacillating" narrative voice. When a person dies, their skin is tanned and turned into a book of their life – to be either treasured and passed down by their family members, or destroyed if the person is judged to have lived an immoral life. At the end of the book Mel is in charge of Saintstone and Leora is beginning to heal from her burns, as is the relationship between the blank and marked communities.Elizabeth Finlayson with The School Librarian praises the author's use of "formal, reflective language" and the "moving" tone when addressing sensitive topics, though they also comments that it is a "longish read", with a suggested age range of between 16 and 19. Látom, hogy akormányépület előtt hangosbemondókat állítanak fel, és egy ideiglenes pódiumot ácsolnak.