BTS: The Breaking
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"As he was strapped down to the table once again, he could only hope that he would die."
➥ Title: The Breaking
➥ Author: -Tigress-
➥ Characters: BTS (Jungkook centric)
➥ Genres: action, alternate universe
➥ Ratings: PG-13
➥ Status: completed (11 chapters)
Jungkook has lived a typical, happy life; he has great friends, a wonderful family, and is about to have the best 16th birthday ever. But then he fails the testing and finds that he has what the government calls the Breaking, and now he belongs to them.
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This story is about a country where there is no such thing as freedom. The sytems, the government, the required worship, the fear. Add in the fact that when one turns sixteen, they must submit to government testing. What are they looking for? It's simple, really.
They want to know if you have the Breaking. They are afraid of those born with the genetic ability to do supernatural things, the ability to break their system and their rule. They want to control those with abilities and force them into servitude for their country.
Once one is found with the Breaking, their life as they knew it is over. Their family strikes their names from the records, they lose all human rights, and they are released into the state's care. They go through tests and torture, all to see what they can do. And once they are fully studied, they are left in their cells to die, too weak and broken to carry on.
But now, the Broken will begin to challenge the system, use their abilities to crack the system. And one day they may even cause the Breaking everyone fears. But for today, they've had enough.
It is time for the Broken to rise.
macchiato-'s note:
Okay, firstly I’d have to thank my dear Michael for handing this certain review assignment to me. Like how I told –Tigress-, I have come across The Breaking many times before in some review shops’ featured lists and have been tempted to read the story since forever, but I got no time to spare. A few weeks ago, though, Michael actually asked me to review the sequel of The Breaking and I was like so hyped to finally read the whole thing. Both stories did not disappoint me.
(+): The Breaking that features BTS (nowadays known as my current obsession) is a story that feeds me enough actions and dramas in a concurrent time. I am no big fan of both genres but, surely, the author managed to balance and merge them into something so pleasurable to read. The Rising, on the other hand, is a sequel that deserves more attention despite it being incomplete. It introduces new characters which includes C-Clown. I know nothing about the group (at first I even thought that the new main lead “Maru” was an OC LOL) but –Tigress- just knocked the characterizations down and brought the plot to its . The idea might not seem so original (I surely have encountered numbers of stories like this before) but –Tigress- proved me that she could approach the stories in her own way. Perfect grammatical skills (I tell you she got full points in term of grammar in the review) and vivid descriptions as well!
(-): Well, according to the review that I wrote her, the only aspect that puts me off though not entirely is the typos lol. Other than that, she’s great. The Breaking is indeed a very good read. The Rising might have just started but it’s already filling me up with unexpected twists and surprises, so do make sure you give them a try!
hey, just updated the list with a mark-centric one. will add more soon, stay tuned!
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