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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Inertia 5 tars
The Spinners 4 stars
Hearkn 3 stars
Vim and Vigor 4 stars
Armored Ones 3 stars
The Transformanionist 3 stars
The Spinners 4 stars
Hearkn 3 stars
Vim and Vigor 4 stars
Armored Ones 3 stars
The Transformanionist 3 stars
Honestly couldn’t even finish the book. Just when things would kind of get interesting the story would end or switch perspectives. And one of the stories sounds a lot like The Host. Disappointed since I enjoy her other work.
I’m not a sci-Fi fan but I really liked most of these stories.
This was a good collection of stories. It reminded me how much I enjoy Veronica Roth’s writing. Each one is it’s own story but some seem to overlap in the same worlds and some definitely do not. She makes you cate about each character in a very short span of time, which takes skills I think. Would recommend to anyone who liked Divergent etc but even to those who did not. None of these are like Divergent or it’s world and her skill with creating worlds is truly fun.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I must say the illustrations in this anthology is superb! It gives the stories a little something extra.
Inertia
Inertia
I'm carried in a straight line toward you
A force I can't resist; don't want to resist
Carried straight toward you
I've forgotten how easy it is to fall into the worlds [a:Roth|4039811|Veronica Roth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544540525p2/4039811.jpg] creates.
This short story just again prove why I fell in love with her writing.
The concept in Inertia of being able to have a last visitation where you can share your greatest memories - is something so out of the box and different you can't help but like it.
Combining this great, different idea with something so profound as depression and bringing fourth this short compelling story proves how talented [a:Roth|4039811|Veronica Roth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544540525p2/4039811.jpg] is.
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The Spinners
"That was where the Spinners had come in, because you didn't get to decide to be born, or when or how long you lived, or when you died. You had to leave that up to the women with the thread."
No, thank you! I did not like anything about this story. I was even hard pressed to find an okay quote to represent it.
1. Aliens should be done extremely well for me to like it.
2. I did not connect to any character in this story
3. O, what story??? It felt more like a sequence in a greater story... I kept waiting... for anything...
BUT alas, nothing came to help me like this one.
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Hearken
Everyone had a death song, no matter how young or healthy they were, and everyone had a life song, even when they were dying. Everyone was both dying and living at the same time.
I didn’t want this one to end.
This might not be the safest dystopian world to live in, but I want to live there anyway. With the condition that I must be a Hearken!
I would read a novel about this world, heck I would read a series about it.
I loved everything about it!
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Vim and Vigor
She brought it because she thought it might feel good to remember Amy. And terrible. She knew it would feel terrible to remember too, but sometimes good and terrible could coexist, right? The same way you could be happy and sad at the same time.
This felt like bad fan-fic. Just some jumble of words. For which I didn’t care much.
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Armored Ones
I knew, then, that I could do what needed to be done.
While I can't see a connection - other than the Kereseth character - between the first and second part of this story, I can say I enjoyed both. Specially the second part.
I belive this is short stories base on [b:Carve the Mark|30117284|Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)|Veronica Roth|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462467867l/30117284._SY75_.jpg|44736077]; which I have not read yet. But if this is anything to go on I really need to priorities them.
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The Transformationist
Everything is on a clock in this universe, everything must grow to adulthood. And reaching that point is no always pleasant.
Gut-wrenchingly cruel. I would have like to see Otho get himself out of this through some good character building and not just fall in love. It was a short-cut I did not appreciate.
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Inertia
Inertia
I'm carried in a straight line toward you
A force I can't resist; don't want to resist
Carried straight toward you
I've forgotten how easy it is to fall into the worlds [a:Roth|4039811|Veronica Roth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544540525p2/4039811.jpg] creates.
This short story just again prove why I fell in love with her writing.
The concept in Inertia of being able to have a last visitation where you can share your greatest memories - is something so out of the box and different you can't help but like it.
Combining this great, different idea with something so profound as depression and bringing fourth this short compelling story proves how talented [a:Roth|4039811|Veronica Roth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544540525p2/4039811.jpg] is.
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The Spinners
"That was where the Spinners had come in, because you didn't get to decide to be born, or when or how long you lived, or when you died. You had to leave that up to the women with the thread."
No, thank you! I did not like anything about this story. I was even hard pressed to find an okay quote to represent it.
1. Aliens should be done extremely well for me to like it.
2. I did not connect to any character in this story
3. O, what story??? It felt more like a sequence in a greater story... I kept waiting... for anything...
BUT alas, nothing came to help me like this one.
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Hearken
Everyone had a death song, no matter how young or healthy they were, and everyone had a life song, even when they were dying. Everyone was both dying and living at the same time.
I didn’t want this one to end.
This might not be the safest dystopian world to live in, but I want to live there anyway. With the condition that I must be a Hearken!
I would read a novel about this world, heck I would read a series about it.
I loved everything about it!
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Vim and Vigor
She brought it because she thought it might feel good to remember Amy. And terrible. She knew it would feel terrible to remember too, but sometimes good and terrible could coexist, right? The same way you could be happy and sad at the same time.
This felt like bad fan-fic. Just some jumble of words. For which I didn’t care much.
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Armored Ones
I knew, then, that I could do what needed to be done.
While I can't see a connection - other than the Kereseth character - between the first and second part of this story, I can say I enjoyed both. Specially the second part.
I belive this is short stories base on [b:Carve the Mark|30117284|Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)|Veronica Roth|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462467867l/30117284._SY75_.jpg|44736077]; which I have not read yet. But if this is anything to go on I really need to priorities them.
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The Transformationist
Everything is on a clock in this universe, everything must grow to adulthood. And reaching that point is no always pleasant.
Gut-wrenchingly cruel. I would have like to see Otho get himself out of this through some good character building and not just fall in love. It was a short-cut I did not appreciate.
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Bestselling Divergent and Carve the Mark author Veronica Roth delivers a stunning collection of novella-length stories set in the future, illustrated with startling black-and-white artwork.
I really enjoy Veronica Roth's books, they always grip me straight away, have great characters and a good plot. This collection of short stories didn't disappoint and having two short stories linked to 'Carve the Mark' was a real bonus.
I really enjoy Veronica Roth's books, they always grip me straight away, have great characters and a good plot. This collection of short stories didn't disappoint and having two short stories linked to 'Carve the Mark' was a real bonus.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
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:
Complicated
The best part of this book was the cover.
The stories were basic and quite frankly bland. I was bored beyond belief and couldn't wait to be done.
The first star is because it is a book with words. The second star is because I like Veronica Roth.
The stories were basic and quite frankly bland. I was bored beyond belief and couldn't wait to be done.
The first star is because it is a book with words. The second star is because I like Veronica Roth.