Exactly the book I wanted to read right now, and a marvelous follow-up to Alice In Wonderland.Review to follow.
TW // Fatphobia/sizeism & e4 STARS
Exactly the book I wanted to read right now, and a marvelous follow-up to Alice In Wonderland.Review to follow.
TW // Fatphobia/sizeism & eating disorders (MC likes to eat, but her mother calls her name based on size and stops her from eating multiple times), otherwise mild mental parent abuse. CW // Death (moderate), mentions of "undergarments" (mild)...more
The writing is SOOOOOOOO dry. I mean, it’s parched. It’s thirsty. It’s dead. (There a gazillion things wrong with this book.
It’s basic. It’s cliche.
The writing is SOOOOOOOO dry. I mean, it’s parched. It’s thirsty. It’s dead. (Save for the very few, well-placed but still quite unoriginal declarations of romantic feelings). but you get it. It’s done. Kaput.
The political intrigue, world building, the whole caste system… it was kinda interesting, but the more and more I think about it, the more and more that this book is like Hunger Games. With a MUCH better ending (IMHO), but to be fair this book failed much more at “political intrigue” and so it didn’t even try to go to the lengths that HG did.
Anyways…All the girls are kindaunbearablein this book. That does resolve in the later books, but it took some pain to get there.
America is nice sometimes because I tend to like “fiery girls who are protective of their family”, but she was bogged down by her annoying, self-pitying tendencies.
The entire plot of this series revolves around America “unsure of her feelings.” She must choose between one of two boys in the LoVE tRiAngLe— and, as all love triangles go,the choice was clear of which boy she should choose from the very beginning.
BUT LISTEN…. When I read this book years ago, I was 12ish years old.And I was obsessed.Granted, it was probably the first *official* romance book I’ve ever read… but I clearly remember how real, and deliciously banter-y, and and swoon-y and sweet the relationship was in this book.
And..that boy,(view spoiler)[Maxon(hide spoiler)](it’s not rlly a spoiler, we all know it, but just to be safe),boy do I love that boy.He’s my book boyfriend and I want to marry him.
THE CONCLUSION? No, I’m not blind. This book is by NO MEANS a masterpiece. And it is for sure much more appealing to fresh young tweens just beginning to dip their toes in YA. But you might just find it to be an easy escape into a sweet and fun and emotional, but well-ending romance story (plus: just know The One is the best book in the trilogy:))....more
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