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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
tense
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If you put the hunger games, divergent, and the selection in a blender you'd end up with the princess trials. A lot of things are predictable, but there's enough things that I haven't figured out yet to make me want to read the next book. It's a really fun read for anyone looking for a YA dystopian
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:
No
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When I say wow, I mean it. Cordelia Castel may not be on your radar yet but she ought to be!
This mix of The Hunger Games, The Selection and Divergent takes any aged reader for a thrilling ride. You fall in love, you want certain death nearly as bad as the characters do and you feel as if you are truly engulfed in the Oasis. This post-apocalyptic/dystopian universe captured me to the point where I could hardly set down my book for more than three seconds!
My thoughts will continue to race with Zea-Mays, Kevon and the fate of Phangloria!
This mix of The Hunger Games, The Selection and Divergent takes any aged reader for a thrilling ride. You fall in love, you want certain death nearly as bad as the characters do and you feel as if you are truly engulfed in the Oasis. This post-apocalyptic/dystopian universe captured me to the point where I could hardly set down my book for more than three seconds!
My thoughts will continue to race with Zea-Mays, Kevon and the fate of Phangloria!
I am so glad I never read or watched Hunger Games, nor did I read The Selection. Lea Maize starts as a Harvester tending crops of tomatoes, which is why I did not immediately catch on to the name. She designs a blowgun to protect the other women with the native hollow grasses that catches the attention of the Red Runners. Although her mother already asked her to consider the Princess Trials (what kid listens to their mom, after a certain age?), her trainer in the Red Runners actually convinces her to try out.
To be honest, for such a bright beginning, I thought Lea would be more resourceful. Instead, she dismisses her own logic to believe that she can instantly turn into a spy, find a hidden tunnel for the Red Runners to infiltrate and take over the castle, and become the heroine she wants to be. Unfortunately, what she does not know can kill her. What she does not know is that this is a George Orwellian place where the media is manipulated to a predetermined outcome, and injected medical devices can not only track you but kill.
While this is bad enough, the other contestants are just as willing to manipulate the system to become the queen....who is live and well, thank you very much.
My worst and most haunting novel of all time was George Orwell's 1984. To see a future that echoes current events leaves me shuddering and awake all night. It pains me to see independent media portrayed as arms of the state, and it pains me to finish the book. But I totally did. The amount of pain, torture, and betrayal Lea goes through just makes me wonder why. She finally realizes that she was manipulated from the start, is still being manipulated, and that she is losing control of reality.
There is some hope. The moms are in control. No, seriously, her own mom seems to be a stalwart at home, that perfect American who became awesome through hard work and a positive attitude. (Her dad is cool, too). Her rebel leader seems like a perfectly evil manipulator, but the rebels are small fry. The queen and her right-hand protector, both strong women, stop the manipulation at key points.
If you can survive the torture, perhaps you too can find the source of water, the source of life....but what good does it do when the entire system is so corrupt? Maybe we will find out in book 2.
To be honest, for such a bright beginning, I thought Lea would be more resourceful. Instead, she dismisses her own logic to believe that she can instantly turn into a spy, find a hidden tunnel for the Red Runners to infiltrate and take over the castle, and become the heroine she wants to be. Unfortunately, what she does not know can kill her. What she does not know is that this is a George Orwellian place where the media is manipulated to a predetermined outcome, and injected medical devices can not only track you but kill.
While this is bad enough, the other contestants are just as willing to manipulate the system to become the queen....who is live and well, thank you very much.
My worst and most haunting novel of all time was George Orwell's 1984. To see a future that echoes current events leaves me shuddering and awake all night. It pains me to see independent media portrayed as arms of the state, and it pains me to finish the book. But I totally did. The amount of pain, torture, and betrayal Lea goes through just makes me wonder why. She finally realizes that she was manipulated from the start, is still being manipulated, and that she is losing control of reality.
There is some hope. The moms are in control. No, seriously, her own mom seems to be a stalwart at home, that perfect American who became awesome through hard work and a positive attitude. (Her dad is cool, too). Her rebel leader seems like a perfectly evil manipulator, but the rebels are small fry. The queen and her right-hand protector, both strong women, stop the manipulation at key points.
If you can survive the torture, perhaps you too can find the source of water, the source of life....but what good does it do when the entire system is so corrupt? Maybe we will find out in book 2.
Love the ideas in this book but the writing just held it back too much. I kept wanting to tell the book no that’s not what’s supposed to happen next, it’s supposed to do this. Would have loved to be the editor of this book.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was a whirlwind.
So I can definitely see why this book is being seen as similar to the Hunger Games. They are both full of multiple young adults competing for a prize. The differences are this one is only girls, and they are all fighting for the hand of the prince.
So slightly difficult to get into. Starts off very confusing, like it wasn’t explained thoroughly enough for me. Even throughout the book I was still questioning the hierarchy of the kingdom.
Once you got past the 50% mark you get more into it. The trials/tests that they have to do seem a little extreme. And the cruelty of some of the girls competing is mind blowing. Overall it is an intriguing storyline so far. I’m still not sure why certain things have happened but hopefully it’s explained more clearly in the next books.
So I can definitely see why this book is being seen as similar to the Hunger Games. They are both full of multiple young adults competing for a prize. The differences are this one is only girls, and they are all fighting for the hand of the prince.
So slightly difficult to get into. Starts off very confusing, like it wasn’t explained thoroughly enough for me. Even throughout the book I was still questioning the hierarchy of the kingdom.
Once you got past the 50% mark you get more into it. The trials/tests that they have to do seem a little extreme. And the cruelty of some of the girls competing is mind blowing. Overall it is an intriguing storyline so far. I’m still not sure why certain things have happened but hopefully it’s explained more clearly in the next books.