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Snowglobe

Soyoung Park

3.67 AVERAGE

booksmellz's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the breath snatching cold. Outside Snowglobe, citizens must face the icy wasteland to get to their jobs at the power plant to produce the energy Snowglobe needs - in return, they have twenty-four hour reality television programming streamed directly from the domed city.

Chobahm lives for the time she gets to watch her favorite shows - especially Goh Around, starring Goh Haeri, Snowglobe’s star and future weather girl. It turns out, her favorite star is the key to getting Chobahm out of her frozen life and into the warmth of Snowglobe. Because Haeri is dead, and Chobahm looks exactly like her.

But life inside Snowglobe is nothing like Chobahm has thought it was - reality is a lie, and it seems like it take forever to reach any truth.

There were some crazy plot twists in this novel that kept me interested. I'm pretty sure it would be a spectacular K-Drama, because it totally reads like one, but some of the plot twists were way out there.

I’m not sure where I saw the comparison, but I originally picked this up because it said The Hunger Games meets The Squid Games. I do not agree with that comparison after reading this though. If the argument of the televised portion would be the connection to The Hunger Games - it’s just reality TV? And as for Squid Games it’s not a game of life, death, or money.

Overall, this is a fast pace, twist and turn filled young adult read. There’s a second book coming out soon that I’m sure I will also read.

*Thank you Delacorte Press and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

bibliomich's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Snowglobe started out *so* strong; the premise was tremendously compelling. For the first quarter of the book it very much felt like a Black-Mirror-meets-The-Hunger-Games narrative, and I was immediately invested. Unfortunately, as soon as the character enters Snowglobe, the entire tone of the book shifted and while some of the dystopian elements were still there, a lot of the suspense was missing. The pacing was inconsistent and the world building was confusing, and as other reviewers have noted, this led to all kinds of plot holes and inconsistencies. I still think some of my middle grade students might enjoy this one, although I would be more inclined to recommend series by Marissa Meyer or Suzanne Collins. I'm still going to read the sequel to Snowglobe, and I'm hoping to get some clarity and answers to questions I had when finishing the first book.

Thank you to Delacorte Press and NetGalley for my advanced copy.

aishacarstairs's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Okay so this was definitely something!. The first half was honestly so boring and hard to get through i gen thought id hate this book. I just couldn’t get into it at first, but after the 50% mark the plot picked up and it just got sm better. I loved the turn the plot took and how everything was set up that by the end everything came together, theres still loose ends that need to be figured in the second book but holy fuck this was so enjoyable to read. Chobahm our mc was a very nice character to read and follow with. How she handled everything that stupid director cha put her through and stood her ground like i loved her sm man.😭😭 I feel so bad for everything Haeri had to go through like man just kill director Cha already i cant do this SHES SO I HATE HER AND HER STUPID OLD DAD FOR WHAT HE DID TO MIRYU FUCK THEM BOTH!! idk how i feel abt Bonwhe i dont hate him but i dont like him either… hes just there ig. special mention for Hyang and Miryu CUZ I KNEW THEY HAD SMTHING GOING ON!! like i felt the lesbian energy the moment Chobahm mentioned Miryu in passing and Hyang starting asking her questions abt her like… sigh i love them and i need more of them. im excited to read the second book when it comes out and see how everything wraps up.!

welpidk's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

snazzjazz's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The premise of this book is very interesting. Kind of like The Island + Mickey 17 + Snowpiercer vibes
I will say, the audiobook was tough for me only because I think I would have benefitted from being able to read and differentiate everyone's names.
I enjoyed it nonetheless.