Reviews

The Disasters by M.K. England

holocene10's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition

2.0

2/5

I really don’t know what my say is in this book. I read this book was the authors first book ever to be published. That made me sceptic about liking the book in the beginning. Nax was a character that in a way, confused me. Like everything else about the book. I found it hard to read because it felt like the book was so long when it was only 352 pages. The good thing about this plot is that the author didn’t pile the romance on the plot. What the author did pile on was all the cursing. Oh my gosh there was so much cursing in this book. I’m pretty sure the cursing in this book would take up a full page.

anita81's review against another edition

2.0

Maybe 2.5

issa_her's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

lifeinthebooklane's review

4.0

Unlike some reviewers I enjoyed this book. It reminded me of those 80s and 90s kid's adventure films where a misfit bunch of teenagers save the day. It was a little cheesy and required some suspension of disbelief but was still great fun to read. The characters were likeable, the writing good and the plot rattled along at a cracking pace that kept me turning pages to find out what happened next. It wasn't very gritty or challenging but, as a YA story, it had plenty of depth.

As a debut book, this was very impressive, I would certainly read more books by this author.

laurafd's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

ckcombsdotcom's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

5.0

ina_else's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-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

3.5

danileighta's review against another edition

3.0

This was a really fast-paced read with fun characters. The story involved hacking and space travel, so you can't really go wrong there. What I appreciated less was the forced feel of the diversity. Please don't read that wrong! We need more diverse books! It just felt, at times, like the author was straining to make every character hold an identity that is traditionally underrepresented. I was really glad England was being aware and making the choice to represent these identities, but it did not feel natural and that left a feeling of falseness.

Overall, I really liked this book and would recommend it to YA folks, especially, but it was notable, for me, in its disingenuousness.

windstormtale's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75