For some reason
that I don’t consciously understand I still am reading Starters by Lissa Price. To
my amusement I found a major plot hole.
To
start off the only mentionable development since my last post is that renters
will be able to permanently take over a starter’s body. This led to my realization of a plot hole
that compromises virtually the entire plot of the book. I realized the plot hole when Callie, a teen,
is explaining to a 'ender' how taking another person’s body is murder.
“Oh dear.” Madison
slumped back on the couch. “That sounds so horribly
inhumane.”
“You’re robbing them of the most precious thing-- their lives.” I looked around and
spotted my overnight bag against the wall.
“When you put it that way… it sounds like kidnapping.”
“It’s worse than that.” I picked up my bag. “It’s murder.” (209)
At this point I
realized something else about this book was horribly askew: why was a sixteen
year old explaining death to an elderly person whose lifespan has been extended
to the point where she could be nearly two hundred years old? Shouldn't it be the other way around? In my experience elderly persons seem to have
a pretty good understanding what is murder and what isn’t.
This
book portrays “enders” as immature as soon as they are in a young body. They
suddenly lose their sixty plus years of life experience as soon as they look
like a teen. The character Madison who
is involved with the dialog above is an “ender” who acts as a ditsy, arrogant
teen is a perfect example of how this book ignores the wisdom of the elderly.
Once
one realizes that the elderly renters wouldn’t act as ignorantly as the characters
portrayed you realize that the book’s sinister plot wouldn’t actually
work. Elderly persons know what is right
and what is wrong, and I have never met someone who wants to take away the life
of a child.
