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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I thought this wasn't going to hit me that hard since the whole premise of it is people dying/killing each other, but damn. Take my heart and stomp all over it, why don't you?
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
Fast-paced, action-packed, and surprisingly thought-provoking. I was really impressed by how well the author could distinguish a cast of characters that was numerous and on the surface, pretty similar - 40+ ninth-graders from the same class. But he was able to get you to care about many of them in just a few paragraphs, and each of them had at least a few pages of story.
The action scenes were well described and there were some very anime-like fight scenes between some of the characters, which were fun to read. There was plenty of violence but I thought the way the author depicted the dystopian / fascist government from the perspective of the students within the battle was really well done - as a reader you learned a lot about the world the author has set this story in without it being explicitly told to you.
I think there were some parts that were a little bit sentimental - not that that's a bad thing, but just that the characters seemed more like characters rather than real people during those scenes.
The edition I read had an author's note at the end which I really liked - lots of insight about how the story came to be and why certain details were included or not included in the story.
The action scenes were well described and there were some very anime-like fight scenes between some of the characters, which were fun to read. There was plenty of violence but I thought the way the author depicted the dystopian / fascist government from the perspective of the students within the battle was really well done - as a reader you learned a lot about the world the author has set this story in without it being explicitly told to you.
I think there were some parts that were a little bit sentimental - not that that's a bad thing, but just that the characters seemed more like characters rather than real people during those scenes.
The edition I read had an author's note at the end which I really liked - lots of insight about how the story came to be and why certain details were included or not included in the story.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated