Do It; Judge the Book By Its Cover

If you like books, especially pretty books, then please keep reading, because this post is all about a pretty book titled The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee! Here you'll find my wonderful review of the experience I had with this novel--spoiler alert: it was great, you need to buy this book, but please keep reading to find out why.

First, let me admit that I bought this book simply because it was gorgeous. Yeah, yeah, "Don't judge a book by it's cover" blah blah blah. I always judge books by their covers, and so should you! Good books have intriguing covers. It's a fact. Now, I don't recommend extending this beyond literature into the metaphorical region of the world. Only judge literal books by their covers.

I mean, look at this book cover!

I want to shake the hand of this graphic designer. Because I literally saw an add for this a few months ago, was drawn to the title and this cover, and immediately preordered it on Amazon. Well done, marketing team. Well done. 

Now, after you buy this book for it's cover, (and because you read this exclamatory review) you'll open it up to find that the inside is even better than the outside. You'll read Katharine McGee's super engaging story about futuristic New York City inside the GIANT, 1000 STORY TOWER WITH A CAPITAL T. Please imagine 1000 stories right now, and realize how extremely vast this is. The Tower is a city in itself, with city blocks, shopping districts, streets, churches, schools, simulated environments and weather, and of course, thousands and thousands of people's homes. And you guessed it, the higher in the Tower you live, the richer you are. 

The story is told through the different points of view of teenagers living in the Tower. We have Avery, who lives in the only apartment on the thousandth floor and was genetically designed to be "perfect"; Leda, Avery's best friend recently returned from rehab for drug addiction; Eris, an upper floor girl whose entire world is turned upside down after a DNA test reveals a daunting secret; Rylin, an orphan from the 32nd floor who struggles to make ends meet for her and her younger sister; and Watt, a tech smart boy with an illegal quantum computer imbedded in his head that gives him information on virtually anything he desires. 

The secrets and lies of all these characters and their mutual acquaintances soon catch up to them, with everyone finally converging on the top of the Tower. Jealousy, deception, secrets, drugs, alcohol, and assumptions create a confusing web that everyone gets tangled in--but the web isn't strong enough to catch the unfortunate person who is pushed to their death from the top of the tower when things get out of control.  

Who falls? And who pushes?! OH MY GOSH YOU HAVE TO READ IT TO FIND OUT! 

Please, read this book. I need someone to talk about it with. If you liked The Luxe, or Gossip Girl, I think you'll be like me and agree that this has the same kind of vibe! If you didn't like either of those, pretend you didn't just read that sentence and read The Thousandth Floor anyways because I told you to. 

Come on, aren't you curious? These kid's don't have phones--they have contacts that scroll their social media feeds and messages in front of their eyeballs! There are super fast jet trains that take you under the Atlantic to Paris in a few hours! Someone falls off of a two and a half mile high tower! 

Katharine McGee will transport you straight to the Tower in all its futuristic glory if only you read The Thousandth Floor. I read it simply because its cover was appealing, so you have no excuses because you've seen the cover and read this raving and curiosity inducing review!

Book Woman OUT. 

P.S. Please try to fathom the vastness of the Tower: 

And here is yet another gorgeous cover screaming "READ ME IM PRETTY!"