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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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
The waters of Afalia are rising and the rain still isn't stopping. Gloria was just a housemaid when her employer, Madame Suprema, the Head of State, runs off for fear of being blamed for the crisis. Now it's up to Gloria and Timor, the Suprema's husband, to embark on a dangerous path of deception to cover up the Suprema's cowardliness. But Gloria will soon learn that the world of politics is more complicated than she could ever have dreamed and her choices now affect the lives of thousands.
This book was so creative and I loved everything about it! I was skeptical at first whether the author would be able to convincingly pull off having Gloria as the stand-in leader of a country at fifteen but it all worked out really well! I loved how Gloria was so naive to the world of politics. It made her better and worse for the people of Afalia because you could tell she really cared about them but she also approached issues head on instead of looking at the long term affect which could make things worse for the nation in the long run.
The plot was structured in a really fun way and I loved the incorporation of the newspapers. I have to admit I gave up on the anagrams after the second one because they got way to hard. I loved the part they played in the story though! The dogs were a great addition as well and they brought a nice relief when other parts of the story were growing tense. I honestly had no idea where the story was going to end up as I was reading the final chapters and I was starting to get worried that the ending wouldn't feel very complete but the resolution did a good job of leaving me satisfied.
This book also brought to life the issue of fake news and the importance of being on your guard and to not believe everything you read. This was a really good book and it was great to have a chance to chat with the author after reading as I received this from Book Box Club. Happy Reading :)
Buy your copy of The Supreme Lie here⤵️
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Supreme-Lie-by-Geraldine-McCaughrean-author-Keith-Robinson-illustrator/9781474970686?a_aid=josbooks
This book was so creative and I loved everything about it! I was skeptical at first whether the author would be able to convincingly pull off having Gloria as the stand-in leader of a country at fifteen but it all worked out really well! I loved how Gloria was so naive to the world of politics. It made her better and worse for the people of Afalia because you could tell she really cared about them but she also approached issues head on instead of looking at the long term affect which could make things worse for the nation in the long run.
The plot was structured in a really fun way and I loved the incorporation of the newspapers. I have to admit I gave up on the anagrams after the second one because they got way to hard. I loved the part they played in the story though! The dogs were a great addition as well and they brought a nice relief when other parts of the story were growing tense. I honestly had no idea where the story was going to end up as I was reading the final chapters and I was starting to get worried that the ending wouldn't feel very complete but the resolution did a good job of leaving me satisfied.
This book also brought to life the issue of fake news and the importance of being on your guard and to not believe everything you read. This was a really good book and it was great to have a chance to chat with the author after reading as I received this from Book Box Club. Happy Reading :)
Buy your copy of The Supreme Lie here⤵️
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Supreme-Lie-by-Geraldine-McCaughrean-author-Keith-Robinson-illustrator/9781474970686?a_aid=josbooks
This just seemed more like an upper end middle grade book instead of a young adult one? I didn’t see anything that would class this as a teen book and I think the chapters from the dog’s point of view lost me.
(I only realised after buying this that there were dogs on the cover which should have warned me)
I don’t think it’s a bad book though, just not for me right now - I absolutely adored Where the World Ends and this ended up quite different to that writing style.
(I only realised after buying this that there were dogs on the cover which should have warned me)
I don’t think it’s a bad book though, just not for me right now - I absolutely adored Where the World Ends and this ended up quite different to that writing style.
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Genre: Young Adult | Dystopian | Fiction
Release Date: Expected 15th April 2021
The Suprema of Afalia has fled the city. The entire city of Praesto is in imminent danger of flooding and destruction, and now their leader is gone. Left behind is her maid, her husband and her dog - and they may be the only ones who know the situation deeply enough to try and fix it. Convinced by Madame Supremas husband, her maid Gloria agrees to wear the Veil of the Suprema and pose as their leader - the city needs to believe they have a leader if they have any hope of surviving.
Soon, the evacuation begins - pets are rounded up in the streets, the children are sent to safer places, businesses are closed and the politicans continue to do as they always have - lie. For Gloria, the answers are simple - do the right thing for the people. But she hasn't accounted for how just how corrupt and twisted the systems put in place to protect her really are.
This book is technically Young Adult fiction, but The Supreme Lie covers so much that it's almost impossible to categorize. Just a teenager herself, Gloria is forced very quickly into a world she had no idea existed and the fate of everybody is very much in her hands. Her eyes are opened to the horrors and manipulations of the world she lives in and it's up to her to fix it.
As we follow her journey as the new Suprema, we also get a first hand view of the broken city she is trying to protect through the eyes of a dog who lives in it's streets and sees everything. The narration was so uniquely engaging and vivid - each voice so distinct.
Sharply witty, dark and wickedly clever - this was an uncomfortable close examination of human nature and definitely felt a little too real, with thinly veiled parallells to the world we are living in and the fictional world Gloria calls home.
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you to Geraldine McCaughrean and Usbourne Publishing for an ARC in return for an honest review.
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No