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unicornstamped3's review
2.0
An interesting concept, with so much potential to get into the nitty gritty of something quite sinister, but fell short in many ways.
A ruined world, caused by climate change
An reliance on a controlling minority to shape the future, at the cost of many
A mysterious opposition trying to fight 'the good fight'
Over crowding, severe penalties for infractions and death outside 'the walls'
Yet with that, the story is essentially a love triangle situation, that constantly gets in the way of telling a decent story. The decision making that is supposed to impact the children's morales and ethics, gets rail roaded by Noa bouncing between two teenage boys, as death sweeps around them.
Noa, impressively racks up quite the kill count when all is said and done. Sure, she doesn't do any killing, but her actions (and sometimes lack of) result in dozens upon dozens of deaths to her name.
Raf sees minimal character development over three books and I'm not still not sure why he's smitten with Noa, while Jack does have some growth, but he's so unlikable across the first two books that it's hard to care much about his development in the third.
The ending is very rushed, and the lack of world building means there's just a big push to get the story done, that does it a disservice as a finisher.
The trilogy absolutely needed an editor to go through with the author and clean up the writing. It's written from the perspective of Noa, but also through her Noas language and voice. I'd imagine this makes it appeal more to a younger audience, it just makes it hard to read from someone older.
A ruined world, caused by climate change
An reliance on a controlling minority to shape the future, at the cost of many
A mysterious opposition trying to fight 'the good fight'
Over crowding, severe penalties for infractions and death outside 'the walls'
Yet with that, the story is essentially a love triangle situation, that constantly gets in the way of telling a decent story. The decision making that is supposed to impact the children's morales and ethics, gets rail roaded by Noa bouncing between two teenage boys, as death sweeps around them.
Noa, impressively racks up quite the kill count when all is said and done. Sure, she doesn't do any killing, but her actions (and sometimes lack of) result in dozens upon dozens of deaths to her name.
Raf sees minimal character development over three books and I'm not still not sure why he's smitten with Noa, while Jack does have some growth, but he's so unlikable across the first two books that it's hard to care much about his development in the third.
The ending is very rushed, and the lack of world building means there's just a big push to get the story done, that does it a disservice as a finisher.
The trilogy absolutely needed an editor to go through with the author and clean up the writing. It's written from the perspective of Noa, but also through her Noas language and voice. I'd imagine this makes it appeal more to a younger audience, it just makes it hard to read from someone older.
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