In the land of Opium lives an old man named El Patron. The only reason he is still alive is because his old organs are replaced with his clones. Matt, El Patron’s newest clone, is considered a beast among the humans that also live at the estate. Though Opium is a tough place to live, there are always friends to be found. To Matt, Celia, El Patron’s cook, was his mother even though he had been “harvested” out of a cow and Tam Lin was like his father even though he was his body guard for most of the book. Maria was another of Matt’s few but precious friends. Thanks to her, Matt was able to see a future for himself. As the book progresses, Matt learns more his future and with the help of his friends makes an escape to what he hopes is freedom.The House of the Scorpion is a science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer. Science fiction is a genre I enjoy reading periodically, but this is not a book that I will be re-reading anytime soon. At times it was boring and seemed to go on and on but other times I couldn’t wait to turn the page. Nancy Farmer had a very good theme and she wrote about it well. However, if I could change one thing about this book, I would expand the ending because the conclusion happened too quickly.
Rating: 3Q, 4P
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