Book Review: Pivot Point By Kasie West

Pivot Point

By Kasie West

Reviewed by Reece

Pivot Point is about a 16 year old girl who lives in a place called “the compound”, a top secret facility only the residents can know about. All the residents can use every part of their brain. Meaning they each have certain abilities, for example: Telepathy, Telekinesis, Mass Manipulation, Mood Manipulator, Memory Eraser, etc. None of that super hero strength, although there is a small amount of people who can run faster than other residents, but that’s the closest they’ve come to what we think of as super hero powers.

The main character Addison’s ability is called Divergence or Divergent (Sounds familiar?). It’s where she can see two paths into her own future; she chooses which ever has the best outcome.

When she comes home from school, her parents give her the news of their upcoming divorce. Addie is devastated. Her parents tell her to choose which parent she wants to live with. Her dad, who is going into the Norm world and away from the compound, meaning a new school and a new life; or her mom where she’ll stay in the compound, with her best friend, and other ability users.

Seems like an easy decision right? Well, just wait till she looks into her future! Go with mom, and have a boyfriend who ends up lying to you (about a lot of things), or her dad in Dallas, Texas – have a wonderful new guy best friend (maybe more) and have someone close to you die.

I LOVED this book. This book is fast paced and full of surprises. Every moment had me guessing.

When I opened this book, I didn’t know what to expect, so I set low expectations. I was able to finish Pivot Point the day I got it.

I thought all the characters were written really well, but my favorites were Addison, Laila (Addie’s BFF) has the Memory Erasing ability, and Trevor, (Addie’s “a little more than” friend) who is a Norm.

One reality, (with her dad) she meets Trevor, who is nothing but honest to her. I love the relationship between her and Trevor. There is some flirting between them but in my opinion it’s SUPER cute.

The other reality (with her mom) was good too, but there was always the feeling that something was up, and the relationship with the boyfriend seems a little forced.

There was a wee bit of violence. Someone is going around killing young girls (you find out why before the end of the book) and that same person was holding a knife to one of Addie’s friend’s throat.

At the VERY beginning of the book, Addie talks about prom. She looks into the future to see if it was worth it going to the prom with this guy named Bobby, it wasn’t. He got a little grabby before she was able to escape and run home, even though it was just a vision, it felt real to her, so it was a pretty traumatic experience for her.

Other than that, I thought the book was great, and everyone should enjoy it!