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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
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
Well, that wrecked me.
[SPOILERS]
As others have said about this book, the dystopia is more of an aesthetic than something that actively shapes the lives of all the characters in the book.
This book was wildly inconsistent and I think it was set up poorly. Her uncle is captured and then killed in a matter of chapters, however that immediately takes out any and all motivation that Wren could carry with her for the rest of the book. She gets roped into joining her military and is held there against her will, but her wildly inconsistent character shows that she might not even mind being part of the Command, as she shows interest in the training and weapons, and the entire time she’s hoping to make friends…with the very people who are there to train to be enemies of the Modified. She’s sleeping in a den of vipers and hoping to build rapport with one of them. Anytime the Modified are brought up or spoken about, Wren just makes a passing comment about how angry she is but we don’t get to see that anger at all. She just lost her uncle and has all but forgotten about him; she doesn’t even seem to feel grief. We don’t see the anger that she’s there against her will. She hardly plots her escape. If I was put into a program against my will that taught me how to eradicate, regulate, enforce, whatever it is the soliders do, my own kind, I would be furious all the time at every little thing. Everyone would be an enemy; every training exercise would be a spit in the face to my own cause. Which Wren doesn’t seem to have. She’s not even important enough to the Uprising to be rescued; the only person she had loyalty to was Jim, and he died in the first few chapters, so everything else about this book now feels pointless. This book lacks depth. It barely even scratches the surface.
As others have said about this book, the dystopia is more of an aesthetic than something that actively shapes the lives of all the characters in the book.
This book was wildly inconsistent and I think it was set up poorly. Her uncle is captured and then killed in a matter of chapters, however that immediately takes out any and all motivation that Wren could carry with her for the rest of the book. She gets roped into joining her military and is held there against her will, but her wildly inconsistent character shows that she might not even mind being part of the Command, as she shows interest in the training and weapons, and the entire time she’s hoping to make friends…with the very people who are there to train to be enemies of the Modified. She’s sleeping in a den of vipers and hoping to build rapport with one of them. Anytime the Modified are brought up or spoken about, Wren just makes a passing comment about how angry she is but we don’t get to see that anger at all. She just lost her uncle and has all but forgotten about him; she doesn’t even seem to feel grief. We don’t see the anger that she’s there against her will. She hardly plots her escape. If I was put into a program against my will that taught me how to eradicate, regulate, enforce, whatever it is the soliders do, my own kind, I would be furious all the time at every little thing. Everyone would be an enemy; every training exercise would be a spit in the face to my own cause. Which Wren doesn’t seem to have. She’s not even important enough to the Uprising to be rescued; the only person she had loyalty to was Jim, and he died in the first few chapters, so everything else about this book now feels pointless. This book lacks depth. It barely even scratches the surface.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Loved this book, it's so good. All the twists got me. Can't wait for the next one.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No