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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I just don't know with this one. Parts of the story I really enjoyed and other parts that left me confused. The gifts are an interesting concept but I disliked how Cyra's gift was portrayed. Originally the story was about survival and then it morphed into something strange.
Very good, but you have to get through the first few chapters to really get into the story. There is a lot of flashback and time jumping in th begining.
I will start off by saying that this is much better than Divergent (I couldn't even get halfway through Insurgent) however I feel like Veronica Roth's writing is still problematic in a few ways. My main issue with Divergent was the world building, I just found the factions to be ridiculous and the society to be borderline nonsensical and could never get past it. The world building in Carve the Mark is better but still felt like it wasn't fully fleshed out, leaving me with a million questions about the different countries, cultures, and the current gifts even after I finished the book. It just all felt a bit muddled. I also was really thrown off by and did not understand the choice to make one POV first person and the other POV third person. It was just awkward and strange and even with the swapping it sometimes felt like Akos and Cyra's voices weren't distinct enough from one another. Overall? It was okay. Not great, not terrible. We'll see how the next one goes.
I listened to the audiobook while working and started off having a hard time following the world she created. Overall I enjoyed the story, but didn’t realize it was a series so the ending up was a bit of a disappointment until I realized that
I gave Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth a 4 Star Rating.
This book came highly recommended to me and having read Roth's previous work I knew I had to at least give it a go. I enjoyed a lot of things about this book but there were a couple of things I found not as great.
The first thing I found that I didn't enjoy about this book was the name bombarding at the beginning. We are very quickly introduced to 5 or so characters (two of which are the parents but were referred as their names and not Mum / Dad) and I found it did take me a long time to work out who was who in relation to one of our main Characters, Akos. Even when he was taken, I still found it hard to understand what was going on. However, once into Crya's POV things became a lot easier to understand.
The only thing I found I didn't enjoy with the book was sometimes becoming lost with what was going on, especially when the Renegades became a huge part of the plot. I sometimes felt we were being told un-necessary descriptions of what certain characters were doing.
As a whole, I really enjoyed CTM. The relationship between Akos and Cyra was slow burning, gentle and really fruitful. The book went at a pretty steady pace which meant I didn't feel rushed or like I needed to catch up. The plot was jam-packed with action and there were times when I couldn't read fast enough to see what was going to happen next!
The world building was one thing I loved the most. Each planet and area was completely different from each other and I can only hope that Roth takes us further into different planets and areas to explore more of our world!
This book came highly recommended to me and having read Roth's previous work I knew I had to at least give it a go. I enjoyed a lot of things about this book but there were a couple of things I found not as great.
The first thing I found that I didn't enjoy about this book was the name bombarding at the beginning. We are very quickly introduced to 5 or so characters (two of which are the parents but were referred as their names and not Mum / Dad) and I found it did take me a long time to work out who was who in relation to one of our main Characters, Akos. Even when he was taken, I still found it hard to understand what was going on. However, once into Crya's POV things became a lot easier to understand.
The only thing I found I didn't enjoy with the book was sometimes becoming lost with what was going on, especially when the Renegades became a huge part of the plot. I sometimes felt we were being told un-necessary descriptions of what certain characters were doing.
As a whole, I really enjoyed CTM. The relationship between Akos and Cyra was slow burning, gentle and really fruitful. The book went at a pretty steady pace which meant I didn't feel rushed or like I needed to catch up. The plot was jam-packed with action and there were times when I couldn't read fast enough to see what was going to happen next!
The world building was one thing I loved the most. Each planet and area was completely different from each other and I can only hope that Roth takes us further into different planets and areas to explore more of our world!
Took me a good while to get into this one, but I got there eventually. At first the different planets and solar system and everything took me out of the story but once I got used to them and all the terms I was able to immerse myself in the story of the characters. Aside from the fact that it gave me weird dreams about my husband having a currentgift where he could feel all my feelings extra strong and he couldn't handle it (!) this was a good read. Looking forward to the sequel.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
I listened to this book for one specific reason.😅 It was alright, might try the sequel one day.
I found this book very hard to get into at first, I described it to my colleague as "very sci-fi" with unusual names and ice planets and hover vehicles but I persevered and managed to get past those things and find the story. I found myself rooting for Akos & Cyra and wondering if one of them would die - the last time Ms Roth wrote a book from two peoples perspective one of them certainly did die. The end was a little abrupt but I can see there is still some mileage in the story so I will most likely read the next one and I thank my Good Reads news letter for alerting me to this one and the very efficient Dudley Library system for letting me get a hold of it quickly.
I enjoyed the basic storyline of this, but I acknowledge that some aspects are problematic. Cyra is a great character, as is the Chancellor, and I'd like to read more about them.
adventurous
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes