7.8 /10 1 Votes
Language English Pages 352 ppg Originally published 12 March 2012 Publisher Dell Publishing | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date March 12, 2012 Followed by 'Enders' ISBN 0385742371 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starters is a novel by Lissa Price. The book was published on March 12, 2012 by Delacorte Press and has been published in German, Greek, Dutch, Italian, French, Portuguese, Turkish and Spanish. Price has announced a sequel to the book entitled Enders, with screen rights to the series currently being shopped. Price stated that she came up with the idea for the novel after trying to receive a flu shot and was turned away due to a lack of available vaccines.
Contents
Plot
Starters takes place in a futuristic Los Angeles, where wars are waged with biological weapons that have killed anyone not vaccinated against them. The only ones that survive the attack are either under 20 or over 60 years of age. The term "Starters" refers to those under the age of 20, while "Enders" is used to describe the survivors over the age of 60. Because many of the Starters were unable to work, the aftermath leaves many of them starving and desperate due to not having funds to afford necessities. A result of this is that many Starters willingly allow Enders to temporarily inhabit their bodies via a neurochip implanted by the Body Bank. Sixteen-year-old Callie was one such Starter, but is startled to awaken in the mansion of a rich Ender after her neurochip malfunctions. Callie initially relishes the chance to live out a lavish lifestyle where she wants for nothing and is dating the grandson of a Senator, but soon discovers that her renter has dark and dangerous plans that Callie wants no part of.
Reception
Reception for Starters has been positive, with the Los Angeles Times calling it "well executed". Publishers Weekly also praised the book, but criticized the audiobook narrator's voices for the female characters as "melodramatic".