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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I really struggled to get into this. It didn't pick up for me until the halfway point and even then it wasn't enough for me to really enjoy it.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
tense
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:
Yes
A complicated epic fantasy set in another world by the author of the popular Divergent series. I enjoyed it, though I'm not a big fan of epic fantasies - those who are will like it even more! Here's my full review:
http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2017/10/teenya-review-carve-mark.html
http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2017/10/teenya-review-carve-mark.html
adventurous
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I wasn't feeling the sci-fi element. Also, the narrator was 14, and I didn't love listening to a little boy's internal monologue. Hopefully he ages up in later chapters, but I'm not feeling it. Return to the library for now. Maybe I'd read at a different point.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sigh. this was a tough one to star. how fast i got through the first 70% of the book, how long it took the remaining 30%... i was really into the worldbuilding and the intriguing way of the marks and the way cyra and akos grew closer, that when they finally confessed to themselves they liked the other, it just fell so flat. and at the same time the storyline had so much going on that that just felt mushed in together as if 'oh right let's sprinkle this in here and there as well'.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was a good classic YA sci-fi. I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narration, but it wasn’t anything special. I can probably go without reading book 2, because it feels a bit predictable. Good book for the classroom library.
Ugh this book was tedious. It was flat and moved like molasses. In fact I could sum up the entire plot in 5 sentences...not 500 pages. And the names!!! I felt like every proper noun she grabbed a handful of scrabble tiles and created a name. Also can't forget the ridiculous insta love. Combined with the racist, ableism, and self harm undertones that many other reviewers have mentioned in more knowledgeable ways than I could, this book is a HARD PASS. Sorry Veronica at least we will always have Divergent.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes