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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i wanted to like this so much. obnoxious rich teens being stupid and obnoxious but in a crazy tower 100 years in the future? excellent. and i had a really fun silly time with McGee's American Royals series, so i thought this would be so much fun! BUT. you had to make your two characters in your central romance (which is treated as totally the right thing and the truest of loves) BROTHER AND SISTER??? i don't care if he's adopted. you were raised together. barf. you're gross. katharine mcgee you will answer for your crimes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Incest, Alcohol
Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship
Minor: Biphobia, Sexual assault
Compulsively readable and gently futuristic, Katherine McGee pulls off an impressive feat: keeping teenagers from getting on my nerves!
The first book in The Thousandth Floor trilogy introduces New York, 100 years into the future, a more modern and clever place with extended convenience that falls short of space-aged. This very realistic, common sense world-building could almost lull you into complacency. But sharp minds will find it sets the stage for a totally engaging story.
Avery Fuller is the richest of the rich, her family the sole inhabitants of the 1000th floor of what’s essentially the Empire State Building. Smack in the middle of NYC, it’s now a whole city unto itself. And Avery is it’s somewhat reluctant socialite princess. But this isn’t just her story.
The events of The Thousandth Floor churn like a teen soap opera. Crushes happen, families fall apart, wealth and social status rise and fall. But Magee manages to strip out the greedy, catty vein of poison so common among realistic fiction. That in itself is a wonder. Instead of being Pretty Little Liars or Gossip Girl, The Thousandth Floor eschews the reality show vibe and actually tells a layered, thought-provoking and very satisfying story.
There’s bad-girl Leda, whose life is teetering atop a drug problem spiral. Life of the party Eris, whose life comes apart in a big, scary way. Avery is denied the only thing she cannot have. Whiz kid Watt is dangerously gaming the system. Struggling poor girl Rylin crosses a path that could lead her up-Tower, but what will she have to leave below?
Usually, money is the root of a plot’s evil, whether the writer intends it or not. Magee makes it one of many issues, and context for all. Only strong, truly sympathetic characters could pull this off. The Thousandth Floor is more likeable than any story about obscenely rich kids has a right to be – and more than I can imagine any such kids actually being.
The book ends with the same flashback from page one: a girl falling from the Tower. Once I knew who, and how and why, I was already reaching for the next installment.
The first book in The Thousandth Floor trilogy introduces New York, 100 years into the future, a more modern and clever place with extended convenience that falls short of space-aged. This very realistic, common sense world-building could almost lull you into complacency. But sharp minds will find it sets the stage for a totally engaging story.
Avery Fuller is the richest of the rich, her family the sole inhabitants of the 1000th floor of what’s essentially the Empire State Building. Smack in the middle of NYC, it’s now a whole city unto itself. And Avery is it’s somewhat reluctant socialite princess. But this isn’t just her story.
The events of The Thousandth Floor churn like a teen soap opera. Crushes happen, families fall apart, wealth and social status rise and fall. But Magee manages to strip out the greedy, catty vein of poison so common among realistic fiction. That in itself is a wonder. Instead of being Pretty Little Liars or Gossip Girl, The Thousandth Floor eschews the reality show vibe and actually tells a layered, thought-provoking and very satisfying story.
There’s bad-girl Leda, whose life is teetering atop a drug problem spiral. Life of the party Eris, whose life comes apart in a big, scary way. Avery is denied the only thing she cannot have. Whiz kid Watt is dangerously gaming the system. Struggling poor girl Rylin crosses a path that could lead her up-Tower, but what will she have to leave below?
Usually, money is the root of a plot’s evil, whether the writer intends it or not. Magee makes it one of many issues, and context for all. Only strong, truly sympathetic characters could pull this off. The Thousandth Floor is more likeable than any story about obscenely rich kids has a right to be – and more than I can imagine any such kids actually being.
The book ends with the same flashback from page one: a girl falling from the Tower. Once I knew who, and how and why, I was already reaching for the next installment.
3,5
No estuvo mal, poco a poco vas viendo cómo las tramas de todos los personajes se acaban relacionando y eso mola. Aun así, he tardado bastante en leerlo, había algo que no me enganchaba del todo.
Leeré los siguientes, tengo esperanza en ellos.
No estuvo mal, poco a poco vas viendo cómo las tramas de todos los personajes se acaban relacionando y eso mola. Aun así, he tardado bastante en leerlo, había algo que no me enganchaba del todo.
Leeré los siguientes, tengo esperanza en ellos.
If you like the occasional gossip girl teen drama then read it
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Eine totale Überraschung. Pretty Little Liars meets Gossip Girl in einer Zukunftswelt, die wahnsinnig toll designed und durchdacht ist.
This book has taken me a little under a year to finish. I don't know if it was because the plot was easily predictable or because I felt uncomfortable reading it. One thing I do know: there are better uses of your time than reading this book.