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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
I liked the first book better. Took a few chapters to get into this one. I didn’t really like the new characters, but Im just waiting to see what happens with the jumping back and forth. Who is her daddy and why is it such a big secret? Is her guard unfaithful? Where is the Bible book old man? Will hopefully find out in next book. 3.5
I shared with a friend--to whom I'd been advocating book 1 enthusiastically--that the things I loved about the first novel were overshadowed in book 2 by what I feel to be digressions into a YA Lit checklist of "issues."
Dystopia ✔️
Misogyny and patriarchy ✔️
Religious ideologues ✔️
Torture ✔️
Rape ✔️
Cutting ✔️
Body image ✔️
First-time sex ✔️
Abuse ✔️
Reproductive rights ✔️
Political totalitarianism ✔️
In many ways this novel's B-plot harkens back to Atwood's Handmaid's Tale. This B-plot strives to explain how we came to this place in the history of the Tearling. Although I rarely find any dystopia that includes this level of backstory, and I admire the author's thoughtful rendering of this history, I found it far less intriguing than the society already developed in book 1. Sometimes how we got to where we are is less interesting than what comes next. It was also a shock to realize that Kelsea's world wasn't a realm apart from us, but futuristic instead.
I so intended to love this book, but find myself disappointed in this instalment. Hopefully a book 3 will be more centred in the Tearling and with the characters from book 1 that I am interested in.
Dystopia ✔️
Misogyny and patriarchy ✔️
Religious ideologues ✔️
Torture ✔️
Rape ✔️
Cutting ✔️
Body image ✔️
First-time sex ✔️
Abuse ✔️
Reproductive rights ✔️
Political totalitarianism ✔️
In many ways this novel's B-plot harkens back to Atwood's Handmaid's Tale. This B-plot strives to explain how we came to this place in the history of the Tearling. Although I rarely find any dystopia that includes this level of backstory, and I admire the author's thoughtful rendering of this history, I found it far less intriguing than the society already developed in book 1. Sometimes how we got to where we are is less interesting than what comes next. It was also a shock to realize that Kelsea's world wasn't a realm apart from us, but futuristic instead.
I so intended to love this book, but find myself disappointed in this instalment. Hopefully a book 3 will be more centred in the Tearling and with the characters from book 1 that I am interested in.
Went in a direction I never saw coming... What a treat!
Such a great book! I can't wait to read the next one! (Full review: https://orbitingpluto.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/the-invasion-of-the-tearling-erika-johansen/?preview_id=943&preview_nonce=56a653196d)
Me ha dejado con ganas de seguir leyendo la trilogía y comprobar que pasa con Kelsea y Lily.
The thing is this series is good. But high-key the best pages are always the last 120, and that would be fine if the books weren’t 500 pages long. U feel me?
adventurous
dark
mysterious
This was a fantastic follow up to the first book. While Queen of the Tearling was pretty squarely fantasy with hints of a larger reveal about the world to come, this second book takes a solid turn into the realm of science fantasy.
The book focuses more on the changes Kelsea is undergoing and her struggle to maintain her compassion in the face of her developing power. Even as she learns more about the price of such strength, she yearns to exercise it.
The dual storylines flesh out one of the mysteries of the first book, giving more insight about The Crossing and the people who tried to bring their vision of a better world to fruition. Kelsea's seemingly insurmountable problem is how to bring that vision back to life in her own Kingdom.
This book is joining the first one on my favourites 2017 shelf.
The book focuses more on the changes Kelsea is undergoing and her struggle to maintain her compassion in the face of her developing power. Even as she learns more about the price of such strength, she yearns to exercise it.
The dual storylines flesh out one of the mysteries of the first book, giving more insight about The Crossing and the people who tried to bring their vision of a better world to fruition. Kelsea's seemingly insurmountable problem is how to bring that vision back to life in her own Kingdom.
This book is joining the first one on my favourites 2017 shelf.
The first half was boring. The second half was exciting, but didn't make a lot of sense.
I liked The Queen of the Tearling, but I will admit that I found the beginning of this novel slow going as I wasn't too happy with the trajectory of Kelsea's characterization. For someone leading a country on the precipice of total annihilation, she is extraordinarily selfish. However, once Johansen introduces the parallel story, I was all in. As Kelsea starts to see more of Lily's (brutal) life at the end of the world before, some of the answers a reader really needs start to come into view. I'm in for the final installment, though I hope that Kelsea's arc begins to right itself.