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bookph1le's review against another edition
2.0
I can't help but feel like, for all the Erudite factor into this book, the end result was very illogical. Full review to come once I've marinated on this book a bit.
Full review:
Oh, Insurgent. How you've disappointed me. While I didn't much care for Dauntless in the first book, I did like how it examined the idea of a society divided into factions based on a person's nature. It was an intriguing concept and it really allowed for a lot of room for Roth to explore and make some insightful commentary on human nature. Which she did do. Four's stance on the Dauntless made me want to cheer. He was clearly someone who got it, and the ending of Divergent made me eager to find out what would happen when the insight spread. Alas, it did not spread. Spoilers to follow.
First off, I just want to rant about Dauntless. Though I thought all of the factions in this book exhibited very questionable judgement, Dauntless fails on all counts. I can buy that some of them were loyal to Eric and thought the Erudite plan was nifty. Fine. But, people, they used mind control on you! I simply cannot buy the idea that more of the Dauntless wouldn't have defected, especially since it seems to me that this kind of control should be contrary to their very nature. Yet, no matter what happens to them throughout the course of Insurgent, the Dauntless insist on being impractical to the point of lacking a sense of self-preservation. This really drove me straight up the wall. They came across as exactly what Four/Tobias more or less said they were: a bunch of adrenaline junkies who can't manage to squeeze two brain cells together in order to have a rational thought. And Tris is really no exception.
As for Tris, I really liked her and really sympathized with her in Divergent. I could understand wanting to break free of a constrictive role, wanting to embrace a more exciting way of life. In this book, she simply seems to have a death wish. For all the Tris is supposed to be Divergent, she is blindly Dauntless for the vast majority of this book. She never really stops to question her actions and decide if the choices she's making are really good ones. What's more, she keeps things from Tobias and then gets angry when he has a problem with it. I get that you're afraid he'll judge you and cast you aside, I get that you're angry that he's keeping things from you, but how can you expect him to be up front when you refuse to be honest? I'm not excusing Tobias's actions, because I really thought he treated Tris like an infant for a good portion of the book, but it's like she expected him to adhere to a higher standard than she adhered to herself. That's not cool. Why, then, is she surprised when he won't really listen to what she has to say, and when he questions her judgement?
The whole nature of their relationship in this book was annoying to me. What do these two people like about one another? The attraction was clear and made sense in Divergent, here it doesn't. It almost feels like they're together because that's where they plot left them, not because they really want to be together. This is not an equitable relationship: neither party is honest with the other and they both adamantly refuse to talk through their problems. As much as I liked Tobias in Divergent, I didn't much like him here, though I was more sympathetic to him than I was to Tris. By the end of the book, Tris just seemed like a self-destructing idiot.
I also really disliked the characterizations of the other factions. Amity's passivity is totally inexplicable, as is Candor's. We're talking about a situation where two factions teamed up and slaughtered all but a handful of people from another faction and Candor and Amity don't see any reason to be concerned? I get that Roth was maybe making a statement about human nature here and, while I do get people tend to sink into denial rather than face danger, people also have a sense of self-preservation that is remarkably lacking here. The other thing I could not get past was the question of what good is Candor? The other factions all had a purpose, but Candor seemed completely superfluous, which ruined me belief in the world Roth has created.
Lastly, I was extremely uncomfortable with the treatment of the factionless, and I hope this is something that's going to be further developed in the last book. It made me shake my head to think that the factions couldn't grasp the fact that the people they exploited and condemned to a life of mere subsistence might choose to rise up against them. Gee, how unexpected!
All in all, this book felt like so much filler. I had the sense that I was on a world tour of the Divergent/Insurgent universe, and that didn't do the book any favors. Tris and Tobias bounce from one place to another with no real purpose, and it isn't until the end of the book that a key plot point is revealed. I do want to finish the series because of that plot point, but it was too late in Insurgent for it to save the book for me. Honestly, I suspect that, when all is said and done, Insurgent could be cut out completely and the real meat of the story could be told solely in Divergent and the third book.
Full review:
Oh, Insurgent. How you've disappointed me. While I didn't much care for Dauntless in the first book, I did like how it examined the idea of a society divided into factions based on a person's nature. It was an intriguing concept and it really allowed for a lot of room for Roth to explore and make some insightful commentary on human nature. Which she did do. Four's stance on the Dauntless made me want to cheer. He was clearly someone who got it, and the ending of Divergent made me eager to find out what would happen when the insight spread. Alas, it did not spread. Spoilers to follow.
First off, I just want to rant about Dauntless. Though I thought all of the factions in this book exhibited very questionable judgement, Dauntless fails on all counts. I can buy that some of them were loyal to Eric and thought the Erudite plan was nifty. Fine. But, people, they used mind control on you! I simply cannot buy the idea that more of the Dauntless wouldn't have defected, especially since it seems to me that this kind of control should be contrary to their very nature. Yet, no matter what happens to them throughout the course of Insurgent, the Dauntless insist on being impractical to the point of lacking a sense of self-preservation. This really drove me straight up the wall. They came across as exactly what Four/Tobias more or less said they were: a bunch of adrenaline junkies who can't manage to squeeze two brain cells together in order to have a rational thought. And Tris is really no exception.
As for Tris, I really liked her and really sympathized with her in Divergent. I could understand wanting to break free of a constrictive role, wanting to embrace a more exciting way of life. In this book, she simply seems to have a death wish. For all the Tris is supposed to be Divergent, she is blindly Dauntless for the vast majority of this book. She never really stops to question her actions and decide if the choices she's making are really good ones. What's more, she keeps things from Tobias and then gets angry when he has a problem with it. I get that you're afraid he'll judge you and cast you aside, I get that you're angry that he's keeping things from you, but how can you expect him to be up front when you refuse to be honest? I'm not excusing Tobias's actions, because I really thought he treated Tris like an infant for a good portion of the book, but it's like she expected him to adhere to a higher standard than she adhered to herself. That's not cool. Why, then, is she surprised when he won't really listen to what she has to say, and when he questions her judgement?
The whole nature of their relationship in this book was annoying to me. What do these two people like about one another? The attraction was clear and made sense in Divergent, here it doesn't. It almost feels like they're together because that's where they plot left them, not because they really want to be together. This is not an equitable relationship: neither party is honest with the other and they both adamantly refuse to talk through their problems. As much as I liked Tobias in Divergent, I didn't much like him here, though I was more sympathetic to him than I was to Tris. By the end of the book, Tris just seemed like a self-destructing idiot.
I also really disliked the characterizations of the other factions. Amity's passivity is totally inexplicable, as is Candor's. We're talking about a situation where two factions teamed up and slaughtered all but a handful of people from another faction and Candor and Amity don't see any reason to be concerned? I get that Roth was maybe making a statement about human nature here and, while I do get people tend to sink into denial rather than face danger, people also have a sense of self-preservation that is remarkably lacking here. The other thing I could not get past was the question of what good is Candor? The other factions all had a purpose, but Candor seemed completely superfluous, which ruined me belief in the world Roth has created.
Lastly, I was extremely uncomfortable with the treatment of the factionless, and I hope this is something that's going to be further developed in the last book. It made me shake my head to think that the factions couldn't grasp the fact that the people they exploited and condemned to a life of mere subsistence might choose to rise up against them. Gee, how unexpected!
All in all, this book felt like so much filler. I had the sense that I was on a world tour of the Divergent/Insurgent universe, and that didn't do the book any favors. Tris and Tobias bounce from one place to another with no real purpose, and it isn't until the end of the book that a key plot point is revealed. I do want to finish the series because of that plot point, but it was too late in Insurgent for it to save the book for me. Honestly, I suspect that, when all is said and done, Insurgent could be cut out completely and the real meat of the story could be told solely in Divergent and the third book.
robinhood2000's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyed the aspect of the factions in the divergent series, Good characters, Nice message. Looking forward to rereading it again soon.
1jessicabearx's review against another edition
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? No
3.5
This was such a different vibe to the first book.
Again I love the characters and the character arcs were beautifully written. However Tris spent most of the time trying and failing to achieve the same small goals so that was frustrating.
I always look forward to the cute romantic moments and was disappointed because there wasn’t much focus on that for this book but I guess that was understandable given the circumstances.
There were some mad plot twists though, so very page turning in places because woah was NOT expecting that.
Straight onto Allegiant because that last chapter was crazy.
Again I love the characters and the character arcs were beautifully written. However Tris spent most of the time trying and failing to achieve the same small goals so that was frustrating.
I always look forward to the cute romantic moments and was disappointed because there wasn’t much focus on that for this book but I guess that was understandable given the circumstances.
There were some mad plot twists though, so very page turning in places because woah was NOT expecting that.
Straight onto Allegiant because that last chapter was crazy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Classism, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
wafaasher's review against another edition
5.0
This is not a proper review. I've just written down my thoughts on the book.
Sidenote: I bet the last one is gonna be called "Convergent".
Insurgent is an action-packed book which made me feel so many emotions at once that I had to take breaks to relieve myself from the emotional conflict I was facing. It's an amazingly written book, with the perfect amount of action, humour, suspense, romance, world building and character development.
BASICALLY, IT WAS MINDBLOWINGLY AWESOME.
I LOVED ITTTTT I LOVED IT I LOVEDDDD ITTTT.
Usually, the sequel to a riveting book is not as good but I liked Insurgent even more than Divergent.. If that's humanly possible. Also, I LOVED the ending and it has left me with so many burning questions! AAAAAAAAAH
I decided it's easier to type in points rather than paragraphs as this way, everything I say doesn't have to be coherent and flow together nicely. I am writing my thoughts here, not an essay, so, sorry. It might contain some spoilers so read at your own risk. (Yes, I took notes while reading. Problem?)
- What does insurgent mean in relation to the story, I wonder.. Is it something like being Divergent..? O.o Or does it just mean being mutinous and has no different meaning?
- Eric...Why did he have to die? Even if he were an asshole, I didn't want him to die. :/
- Oh lol. Fail ^
- What does Jeanine want, power or information?
- If information, then what information? I NEED TO KNOW. and damnit, she already got the information! Aaaaaa
- Why isn't Marcus telling Tris about it? Ugh so frustrating
- lol. Tris under peace serum overdosage is so cute and hilarious! I want more of chapters like that! :3
- No no no, don't fight pleaseeeeeeee
- It's actually hurting me to see Four and Tris like that. Please noooo
- Zeke- I knew you wouldn't betray usssssss <3
- That thing with Four's father? Don't know how I exactly feel about it.
- I'm going to beat Marcus up too if he doesn't tell Tris about the information.
- DAMN IT. STOP HIDING THINGS FROM EACH OTHER, TRIS AND TOBIAS OR I AM GOING TO BEAT YOU TWO AS WELL!
- No, you can't say that Tobias. You love her. NOO OHGOD WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO MEEEEE
- “He touches his forehead to mine and closes his eyes. “I believe you’re still in there,” he says against my mouth. “Come back." " .. Whyyyyy. THE FEEELLSSSSSSS AAAAHHHRHEH. Kill me already.
- WHY AREN'T THEY FUSSING ABOUT THE LONG TERM SIMULATION THING? Jeanine is probably going to mind control the shit out of them when they least expect it.
- Jeanine, please kill yourself.
- “On the other hand, one thing Candor knows that Dauntless does not is how not to get carried away”
Ahahaha. Dauntless sometimes remind me of wild, uncivilized animals thirsty for blood and revenge...Maybe that's exactly what they are.
- Actually, I don't care if the sick pig (Eric) dies. DIE DIE DIE
- No, I didn't want him to die.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT ANYMOREEEEEEEE UGH
- “We don’t need you as an ally,” says Tori. “We’re Dauntless”
Tell me I'm not crazy for loving Dauntless as much as I do. Please.
- Four is kind of infuriating me due to his hypocritical behavior. Ugh. No, I love him. JUST GO BACK TO NORMAL BOTH OF YOU.
- Yes, I most definitely am in love with Dauntless, “not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free”.
- Where is Caleb? I miss him.
- Christina.. Aww <3
- The warning... Marlene.... I..speechless..
- TOLD YOU JEANINE WOULD MIND CONTROL THE SHIT OUT OF YOU. YOU SHOULD'VE LISTENED TO ME!!!!!
- Okay I have to admit,mi actually thought Christina would kill Tris when she woke her up in the middle of the night and took her to the roof and shot. Im a very suspicious reader.
- Four.. Four four four :'( AND TRIS DON'T SACRIFICE YOURSELF. OMG. THIS IS MORE OF AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER THAN THE FIRST ONE!!!
- Tris.. :'( I love you.
- Everything would be so uncomplicated if Peter turns out to be nice and shoots Jeanine. If only...
-“What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too.” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me.”
Oh my god. THE FEEEELSSSS
- YES, BEATRICE. MOCK THAT BITCH.
- I have a feeling Peter will do something noble and ditch the evil side. I just feel it.
- What a fail, Jeanine. You'll have to do better than that. ;)
- How does she know about Tris's factions..?
- “jealously guarded by the Candor” God. She has the audacity to say that? KILL HER NOW PLEASE.
- CALEB? WHAT. NO THIS CAN'T BE TRUE!!
- Peter, DO SOMETHING YOU COWARD.
- OMFG. I TAKE THAT BACK. PETER I KNEW YOU HAD SOME GOOD LEFT INSIDE YOU!
- Well, he didn't really do that because he still had "good left inside him". But he did way more than what I expected from that asshole of a brother.
- FEEL SO NICE, WARM AND HAPPY INSIDEEEEEE YAYAYAY
- Not quite sure how I feel about Evelyn. I thought she just wanted to use Tobias but that opinion of mine is slightly wavering now. Not sure about it anymore.
- WTF MARCUS? I am more confused than ever. PLACED HERE? By who? For what? Gosh. What's outside the fence? WHY DIDN'T JEANINE WANT YOU TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO? WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO EXACTLY? Tell me tell me tell me
- okay, I don't like Evelyn.
- I think I'm going to die of curiosity. TELL ME EVERYTHING I WANT- wait, scratch that- NEED TO KNOW. UGHHGHHSJSJ I really wish I would find out but that would mean the end of this book. And I don't want to finish it cause the third one's not even out yet! :(
- What are you doing, Tris? You're practically fighting along the Erudite. This does not sound like a good plan..
- Okay, no. Not really. UGH REALLY CONFUSED! What is gonna happen?
- Fernando.... Whyyyyyy ://
- You stupid stupid girl. How are you gonna survive without a weapon?!?!
-“Tried, and failed, because you love me!” had me crying.
-Will someone please tell me what the mission or the purpose is?!?!?
- oh my god. People dying every effing second- I can't begin to explain how bad I feel for Tris.
- JEANINE DEAD. YES YES YES. BUT SHIT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOW?!?
-“Christina,” I say. “The factionless have all the guns.”
A chill ran through my spine at this. Like, bro, shit just got real here.
* a few minutes after I finished the book and am not sitting on my bed with an open mouth*
OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD.
VERONICA ROTH, I WANT TO KISS YOU AND KILL YOU SIMULTANEOUSLY. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?
- I was expecting more chapters. My hunger for this book is NOT sated. I want moreee I want more I want more. Please.
-I FINALLY KNOW THE MISSION AND PURPOSE BUT SHITSHIT.
And Edith Prior? Holyshit. Mind blown.
- OMYGOD HOW AM I GOING TO LIVE NOWWWWW? I NEED THE LAST PART NOW. RIGHT NOWWWWWWWWWW.
P.S. I find it pretty amazing how the people are aware of the world around them and it plays a huge role in the plot. In many other dystopian books, it's like," Yeah we live here. No one else except us in this world. Hell yeah." But the end.. And how it tells us about the mission and all is so well written and well thought of. Veronica must be an Erudite cause she sure as hell is as smart as one!!
<3
Sidenote: I bet the last one is gonna be called "Convergent".
Insurgent is an action-packed book which made me feel so many emotions at once that I had to take breaks to relieve myself from the emotional conflict I was facing. It's an amazingly written book, with the perfect amount of action, humour, suspense, romance, world building and character development.
BASICALLY, IT WAS MINDBLOWINGLY AWESOME.
I LOVED ITTTTT I LOVED IT I LOVEDDDD ITTTT.
Usually, the sequel to a riveting book is not as good but I liked Insurgent even more than Divergent.. If that's humanly possible. Also, I LOVED the ending and it has left me with so many burning questions! AAAAAAAAAH
I decided it's easier to type in points rather than paragraphs as this way, everything I say doesn't have to be coherent and flow together nicely. I am writing my thoughts here, not an essay, so, sorry. It might contain some spoilers so read at your own risk. (Yes, I took notes while reading. Problem?)
- What does insurgent mean in relation to the story, I wonder.. Is it something like being Divergent..? O.o Or does it just mean being mutinous and has no different meaning?
- Eric...Why did he have to die? Even if he were an asshole, I didn't want him to die. :/
- Oh lol. Fail ^
- What does Jeanine want, power or information?
- If information, then what information? I NEED TO KNOW. and damnit, she already got the information! Aaaaaa
- Why isn't Marcus telling Tris about it? Ugh so frustrating
- lol. Tris under peace serum overdosage is so cute and hilarious! I want more of chapters like that! :3
- No no no, don't fight pleaseeeeeeee
- It's actually hurting me to see Four and Tris like that. Please noooo
- Zeke- I knew you wouldn't betray usssssss <3
- That thing with Four's father? Don't know how I exactly feel about it.
- I'm going to beat Marcus up too if he doesn't tell Tris about the information.
- DAMN IT. STOP HIDING THINGS FROM EACH OTHER, TRIS AND TOBIAS OR I AM GOING TO BEAT YOU TWO AS WELL!
- No, you can't say that Tobias. You love her. NOO OHGOD WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO MEEEEE
- “He touches his forehead to mine and closes his eyes. “I believe you’re still in there,” he says against my mouth. “Come back." " .. Whyyyyy. THE FEEELLSSSSSSS AAAAHHHRHEH. Kill me already.
- WHY AREN'T THEY FUSSING ABOUT THE LONG TERM SIMULATION THING? Jeanine is probably going to mind control the shit out of them when they least expect it.
- Jeanine, please kill yourself.
- “On the other hand, one thing Candor knows that Dauntless does not is how not to get carried away”
Ahahaha. Dauntless sometimes remind me of wild, uncivilized animals thirsty for blood and revenge...Maybe that's exactly what they are.
- Actually, I don't care if the sick pig (Eric) dies. DIE DIE DIE
- No, I didn't want him to die.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT ANYMOREEEEEEEE UGH
- “We don’t need you as an ally,” says Tori. “We’re Dauntless”
Tell me I'm not crazy for loving Dauntless as much as I do. Please.
- Four is kind of infuriating me due to his hypocritical behavior. Ugh. No, I love him. JUST GO BACK TO NORMAL BOTH OF YOU.
- Yes, I most definitely am in love with Dauntless, “not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free”.
- Where is Caleb? I miss him.
- Christina.. Aww <3
- The warning... Marlene.... I..speechless..
- TOLD YOU JEANINE WOULD MIND CONTROL THE SHIT OUT OF YOU. YOU SHOULD'VE LISTENED TO ME!!!!!
- Okay I have to admit,mi actually thought Christina would kill Tris when she woke her up in the middle of the night and took her to the roof and shot. Im a very suspicious reader.
- Four.. Four four four :'( AND TRIS DON'T SACRIFICE YOURSELF. OMG. THIS IS MORE OF AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER THAN THE FIRST ONE!!!
- Tris.. :'( I love you.
- Everything would be so uncomplicated if Peter turns out to be nice and shoots Jeanine. If only...
-“What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too.” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me.”
Oh my god. THE FEEEELSSSS
- YES, BEATRICE. MOCK THAT BITCH.
- I have a feeling Peter will do something noble and ditch the evil side. I just feel it.
- What a fail, Jeanine. You'll have to do better than that. ;)
- How does she know about Tris's factions..?
- “jealously guarded by the Candor” God. She has the audacity to say that? KILL HER NOW PLEASE.
- CALEB? WHAT. NO THIS CAN'T BE TRUE!!
- Peter, DO SOMETHING YOU COWARD.
- OMFG. I TAKE THAT BACK. PETER I KNEW YOU HAD SOME GOOD LEFT INSIDE YOU!
- Well, he didn't really do that because he still had "good left inside him". But he did way more than what I expected from that asshole of a brother.
- FEEL SO NICE, WARM AND HAPPY INSIDEEEEEE YAYAYAY
- Not quite sure how I feel about Evelyn. I thought she just wanted to use Tobias but that opinion of mine is slightly wavering now. Not sure about it anymore.
- WTF MARCUS? I am more confused than ever. PLACED HERE? By who? For what? Gosh. What's outside the fence? WHY DIDN'T JEANINE WANT YOU TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO? WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO EXACTLY? Tell me tell me tell me
- okay, I don't like Evelyn.
- I think I'm going to die of curiosity. TELL ME EVERYTHING I WANT- wait, scratch that- NEED TO KNOW. UGHHGHHSJSJ I really wish I would find out but that would mean the end of this book. And I don't want to finish it cause the third one's not even out yet! :(
- What are you doing, Tris? You're practically fighting along the Erudite. This does not sound like a good plan..
- Okay, no. Not really. UGH REALLY CONFUSED! What is gonna happen?
- Fernando.... Whyyyyyy ://
- You stupid stupid girl. How are you gonna survive without a weapon?!?!
-“Tried, and failed, because you love me!” had me crying.
-Will someone please tell me what the mission or the purpose is?!?!?
- oh my god. People dying every effing second- I can't begin to explain how bad I feel for Tris.
- JEANINE DEAD. YES YES YES. BUT SHIT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOW?!?
-“Christina,” I say. “The factionless have all the guns.”
A chill ran through my spine at this. Like, bro, shit just got real here.
* a few minutes after I finished the book and am not sitting on my bed with an open mouth*
OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD.
VERONICA ROTH, I WANT TO KISS YOU AND KILL YOU SIMULTANEOUSLY. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?
- I was expecting more chapters. My hunger for this book is NOT sated. I want moreee I want more I want more. Please.
-I FINALLY KNOW THE MISSION AND PURPOSE BUT SHITSHIT.
And Edith Prior? Holyshit. Mind blown.
- OMYGOD HOW AM I GOING TO LIVE NOWWWWW? I NEED THE LAST PART NOW. RIGHT NOWWWWWWWWWW.
P.S. I find it pretty amazing how the people are aware of the world around them and it plays a huge role in the plot. In many other dystopian books, it's like," Yeah we live here. No one else except us in this world. Hell yeah." But the end.. And how it tells us about the mission and all is so well written and well thought of. Veronica must be an Erudite cause she sure as hell is as smart as one!!
<3
kayexplores's review against another edition
5.0
Even better than the first! Great plot & likable characters, thank god the third comes out in only a few more months...
jennrocca's review against another edition
3.0
Argh! I just reread this whole book. Apparently it made so little impression on me the first time that I had to do the whole thing over. I didn't realize it until Iw as nearly done. The basic premise is typical dystopia and OK but the "relationship" with Four is maddeningly inane. I'll still probably read the last one just to tie it al together, but I skimmed sections of this one (and I very rarely do that).
gabriela_dreams's review against another edition
1.0
pur si simplu nu am reusit sa termin cartea aceasta. am abandonat-o pe ultima suta de metri, mai aveam cred 100 de pagini din ea. Nu mi-a placut si nici nu vreau sa termin seria, trebuie sa fiu sincera cu mine si realista. Nu trebuie sa imi pierd timpul cu o carte care nu imi place
themadhouse1996's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
bbailey23's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Was very good in the beginning, but about more than half way in I was at a period where it was all kinda confusing and very slow, but it immediately picked back up during like the last 200 hundred pages.