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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
I love the premise of this book, and the characters were easy to get attached to, but the ending felt rushed to me. I'm still pretty confused about how the ending was possible and also what happened? But definitely going to read book #2!
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
medium-paced
I loved this book. There were so many twists and turns, and it did great characters and world building for a stand alone. Will definitely recommend and will probably buy this book to reread.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Veronica Roth writes some really great strong female leads. I love the fact that sometimes she makes them hard to like and even unapologetically hard to love.
Sloane, strong, flawed, scarred, coming from a tough family life, still reeling from her battles and interactions with the Dark One finds herself going through the motions of normal life as much as possible, to the point that she is carried away on a tide of pretend normalcy.
Matt, THE Chosen one, is the designated leader of the group of five Chosen Ones. He is Sloane’s live in boyfriend, the diplomat in the group that trades on his demeanor and celebrity.
Esther, Insta influencer who left the group to care for her sick mother after the defeat of the Dark One doesn’t really bring much to the story other than fashion sense.
Inez, has a very, very small role in the story, to the point that she is entirely forgettable.
Albie, Sloane’s one true friend, was captured with Sloane and tortured at the hands of the Dark One, returned to normalcy with a drug addiction. The story begins in earnest once Albie takes his own life but his entanglement with Sloan and the Dark One continues to be revealed throughout.
Sloane can see that there is more to their story than they have been told by their handlers and is becoming more disenchanted the more she learns. Even thought everything she learns through her FOIA requests sickens her and yet, she can't stop reading them.
When a rift in dimensions sends the heroes into a parallel dimension, they find that those of them that are left have to battle another Dark One in order to save this dimension.
The identity of the supposed Dark One was immediately clear to me, the Chosen One in the new dimension was incredibly likable, as were his friends.
The pacing was a little slow and plodding at points. There is great setup for additional books in the series, holes to be filled both in the backstories of the characters, the ancillary happenings and the future.
Had the story been told in the 1st person or dueling 1st person perspectives, it would have added some depth to the story.
Overall, a good read, some great characters, some good witty repartee but a few less characters and some tighter pacing would have made this great.
3.5 Stars.
Sloane, strong, flawed, scarred, coming from a tough family life, still reeling from her battles and interactions with the Dark One finds herself going through the motions of normal life as much as possible, to the point that she is carried away on a tide of pretend normalcy.
Matt, THE Chosen one, is the designated leader of the group of five Chosen Ones. He is Sloane’s live in boyfriend, the diplomat in the group that trades on his demeanor and celebrity.
Esther, Insta influencer who left the group to care for her sick mother after the defeat of the Dark One doesn’t really bring much to the story other than fashion sense.
Inez, has a very, very small role in the story, to the point that she is entirely forgettable.
Albie, Sloane’s one true friend, was captured with Sloane and tortured at the hands of the Dark One, returned to normalcy with a drug addiction. The story begins in earnest once Albie takes his own life but his entanglement with Sloan and the Dark One continues to be revealed throughout.
Sloane can see that there is more to their story than they have been told by their handlers and is becoming more disenchanted the more she learns. Even thought everything she learns through her FOIA requests sickens her and yet, she can't stop reading them.
When a rift in dimensions sends the heroes into a parallel dimension, they find that those of them that are left have to battle another Dark One in order to save this dimension.
The identity of the supposed Dark One was immediately clear to me, the Chosen One in the new dimension was incredibly likable, as were his friends.
The pacing was a little slow and plodding at points. There is great setup for additional books in the series, holes to be filled both in the backstories of the characters, the ancillary happenings and the future.
Had the story been told in the 1st person or dueling 1st person perspectives, it would have added some depth to the story.
Overall, a good read, some great characters, some good witty repartee but a few less characters and some tighter pacing would have made this great.
3.5 Stars.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There’s no denying that the author is a wonderful writer with a lot of skill at crafting characters and plotting. I thought the premise of this was great and knowing Roth is not one to shy away from difficult choices narratively, expected big things. I’m afraid the pace of this was what made it such a difficult read. I don’t mind slow pace at all, but with such a downbeat tone, it made it hard to want to continue sometimes and the interruptions to the characters story with reports & news articles made that even harder.
There’s no denying that the author is a wonderful writer with a lot of skill at crafting characters and plotting. I thought the premise of this was great and knowing Roth is not one to shy away from difficult choices narratively, expected big things. I’m afraid the pace of this was what made it such a difficult read. I don’t mind slow pace at all, but with such a downbeat tone, it made it hard to want to continue sometimes and the interruptions to the characters story with reports & news articles made that even harder.