The Killables by Gemma Malley

The Killables by Gemma Malley

This book sounds really depressing but it's really not. It's amazing! Of course it's another dystopia but I'd love to see in made into a film. I really love dystopians but surprisingly I haven't read one like this before. 

"Evil must be identified"

As I read this book, I thought it expressed the extremes that everyone prejudges religion to be about- when it's not. The book is about this city where they believe they have eradicated evil. In order to eradicate evil, they believe it is a physical part of the brain that everyone has removed when entering the city. In reality this seems unrealistic and impossible to be able to remove an evil part of your brain but in this book, it becomes realistic. 

Within the city there are rules and regulations which enforce being virtuous and morally good. But what is good? Goodness is subjective and what is good for one person may not e good for another. The people are good because they fear what would happen if they were not and banished from the city. 

The system is graded in terms of how virtuous a person is (helps with my Ethics revision). A is the best whereas D is the worst. However, K is the worst of the worst which is the "Killables." The "Killables" are those who cannot be ridden of evil and are therefore taken out of society. Despite this, no one knows where they go or what happens to them. What they do know is that they're never seen again. 

Evie, the main character, has grown up in the walls on the city and has had an arranged marriage set up for her with a boy called Lucas. However, Evie has been friends with Lucas' brother Raffy since they were young and they have fallen in love. Despite the rules and regulations, Evie and Raffy meet every night in a tree but will they ever get caught? 

Evie also keeps on having a weird dream which she fears is the evil trying to enter her body. She fears that people may find this out and she'll lose her job and become a K. Both her parents and The Brother (the King like being in the city) are worried but reassure her it is ok if she can ignore these thoughts.

This is a really interesting book and I definitely recommend it!