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Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh

9 reviews

mabs_grace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Mackintosh makes it really easy to hate all the characters for most of the book. I both read the physical book and listened to the audiobook of this story; I have to admit that I probably would have DNF’d this one if I didn’t have to audiobook.

I really hated Calla pretty well until she gave birth. The fact that she constantly acknowledged that she knew that drinking and smoking is dangerous while pregnant, but stamped down her guilt by saying that her blue ticket destined her to be a bad mother so there was nothing she could do. Really made me angry, but I think that was Mackintosh’s goal.

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This book was much more sexual than I though it was going to be. I thought Calla would have been more of a heroine like Katniss is the Hunger Game, but that was absolutely not the case.

The society created in this novel was interesting in how it reflects modern day society. Highlighting and building off of the most sexist forms of oppression that exist. Though I appreciated how sexuality was so not an issue.

the sexuality of all of the characters was never explicitly stated nor was there any sexual confusion/enlightenment; the characters just seemed to “fuck” whom every they wanted to, man or woman.

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callmeamelia's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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jbry44's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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britt_zonnebloempit's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Let's start with the quotation marks. Or lack thereof. They exist for a reason - please use them!

Another issue I have is the lack of world building. There is a lottery, okay! But why? What part of the world is this set in? Is it even in this world or is it somewhere else entirely. Until the cabin I had a hard time imagining anything about Calla'a surroundings.

I just wish there was more to the world. I want more of a background as to why this lottery exists! What happened to put this into the world? What is going on? Where the hell on earth are they?

I was going to give this 1 star, but then they reached the hospital after Nova was born and it turned out Marisol had betrayed her - a plot twist I didn't see coming. The only reason it was worth more than 1 star.

Calla was extremely unlovable. It read like the brain of a fourteen year old misunderstood teenager who feels like the whole world is against them. You're a grown woman, please act like it.
Unfortunately, Calla wasn't the only unlovable character. Marisol, Lila, Therese and Valerie were all equally unlovable, much like Calla's friend in the beginning whose name ove forgotten. The men are especially unlovable, but maybe that's just because they're not even allowed to have full names. Hard to feel anything for someone referred to as "R" or "Doctor A." (See? Quotation marks are helpful!)

She goes through all the trouble of running away so she can have the baby she so desperately wants, but then, when she's close to the border and has a chance, she gets caught. In the hospital Marisol lets her see Nova and Calla decides to GIVE the baby she's done all this for away to a woman who betrayed her? IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE.

The whole book makes no sense, when I really think about it. It was honestly a waste of my time and I'm almost sorry I read it.

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tamaraepps's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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nataliebeech's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really enjoyed this book and her writing, but feel like it’s so disappointing you never get an explanation of why the tickets came about? In other dystopian fiction you understand the reasons for the dystopia, and this book it was just not explained at all. Also not explained why the girls have to go through this period of survival as teenagers, why they are separated from their parents in this way. I understand it’s an allegory but also it felt a bit lazy and strange not to explain why. I enjoyed it a lot still but feel a bit robbed…

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eeenou's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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mheiling's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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margotnelson's review

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I started this book on a whim, and was a little slow getting into it, mainly because the narrator is not especially likeable as a character. However, as the story went on, I wanted to know what would happen and how it would end. It was a quick and intense read, and a subsection of the dystopian genre that I hadn't yet dived into but had potential to be really interesting. Descriptions of the logic of this world felt glossed over in a way that didn't serve the story (i.e. Is the ticketing system just in this one country? Why was it implemented in the first place?) and made for an unsatisfying ending.

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