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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Bloody damn, what an amazing book. Futuristic sci-fi meets barbaric Hunger Games.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Wow... I had zero expectations and this book was amazing. Now I want to read the whole series.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Look. The world building was sparse. The description lacking. The narration questionable at times (the first person narration didn’t feel like a deliberate choice by a skilled writer, and it pulled me out of the story several times). However, despite my many gripes with the writing of this book, I had an absolute blast. The fast pacing, short sentences and plot-packed pages meant I simply couldn’t put it down. I also think the writing improved somewhat in the second half of the book - I’m excited to pick up the next one.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If Pierce had written a fantasy novel and not a sci fi novel, this would have been perfect. I’m not a science nerd but I also know that the mars science is just not there. And I think that’s okay, there’s a suspension of belief that works because our main character’s family’s family has been enslaved for longer than we can imagine. BUT having just come off a nonfiction book about how unlikely it is to even get one person to mars. I simply cannot imagine sendings “mining colonies” and then literally terraforming mars without them knowing. I digress. This book is fun as fuck and gave hunger games but with craftier game masters, smarter contestants, and Darrow is a character you hate to love. He’s kind of annoying in all the right ways, lovable in all of the other ways and I can’t be helped with an enemy x lovers storyline to boot.
Pierces writing is a little shoddy for the first half of the book but then it takes off and when you get it you get it. It’s worth it.
Pierces writing is a little shoddy for the first half of the book but then it takes off and when you get it you get it. It’s worth it.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No