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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I fell in love with this book and ended up reading it in a day. That's all I have to say.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Quick and Dirty: It was innocent, fresh, and the characters likeable. A dystopian romance that focused more on the romance than the dystopian society. A perfect Beach Book.
Full Review:
I saw this book cover pop on on Amazon a couple of months ago and immediately wanted to get my hands on a copy. After all, who doesn’t want that dress? I really try to be the “don’t judge a book by its cover” type…but seriously…the dress.
After I got the book in the mail yesterday, I read some of the first impression reviews over at Goodreads and I was quite surprised at the number of low ratings and the incredibly unfavorable reviews that are right at the top (from those that admit to not actually reading it but I digress…). I plowed ahead with the book anyway and was soon lost in its pages.
As has become so popular lately with young adult books, it is another dystopian romance. These things are a dime a dozen these days and I haven’t liked many of them. They all feel cliched and shallow and if I read one more “I LOOOOOOOVED him SO MUCH after only knowing him for 12 seconds that I decided to leave my family/go to war/lead a revolution/become a vampire/etc” insta-love story, I might start throwing books. What about romance? What about courtship? I cannot be so old that the getting-to-know you aspect of falling in love is that out of style. Perhaps that is why I liked this book. At its heart, The Selection is a sweet little love story that feels genuine. It was incredibly refreshing to see the main character deal with heartbreak and healing in a realistic way.
If you are looking for the next action-packed Hunger Games, you won’t find it here and that is a good thing. There is some political tension as the royal family is the target of those who are displaced by society but it is appropriate that it takes a bit of a back seat in this story. I suspect the politics will begin to play a heavier role in the next book in the trilogy but, for now, focusing on the characters and their development is what made this book shine among the other young adult novels that have come out over the last few years.
The Selection has already been picked up by the CW as a potential new show. Some of the actors have already been chosen and I suspect the show will be visually stunning if they do justice to the settings in the book.
Full Review:
I saw this book cover pop on on Amazon a couple of months ago and immediately wanted to get my hands on a copy. After all, who doesn’t want that dress? I really try to be the “don’t judge a book by its cover” type…but seriously…the dress.
After I got the book in the mail yesterday, I read some of the first impression reviews over at Goodreads and I was quite surprised at the number of low ratings and the incredibly unfavorable reviews that are right at the top (from those that admit to not actually reading it but I digress…). I plowed ahead with the book anyway and was soon lost in its pages.
As has become so popular lately with young adult books, it is another dystopian romance. These things are a dime a dozen these days and I haven’t liked many of them. They all feel cliched and shallow and if I read one more “I LOOOOOOOVED him SO MUCH after only knowing him for 12 seconds that I decided to leave my family/go to war/lead a revolution/become a vampire/etc” insta-love story, I might start throwing books. What about romance? What about courtship? I cannot be so old that the getting-to-know you aspect of falling in love is that out of style. Perhaps that is why I liked this book. At its heart, The Selection is a sweet little love story that feels genuine. It was incredibly refreshing to see the main character deal with heartbreak and healing in a realistic way.
If you are looking for the next action-packed Hunger Games, you won’t find it here and that is a good thing. There is some political tension as the royal family is the target of those who are displaced by society but it is appropriate that it takes a bit of a back seat in this story. I suspect the politics will begin to play a heavier role in the next book in the trilogy but, for now, focusing on the characters and their development is what made this book shine among the other young adult novels that have come out over the last few years.
The Selection has already been picked up by the CW as a potential new show. Some of the actors have already been chosen and I suspect the show will be visually stunning if they do justice to the settings in the book.
Definitely needs to be on the bookshelf. The whole series reminds you what fangirling is like in a well-written, and fantastic book. 4 stars! A YA must-read.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Este es un libro que consigue atraparte desde la primera pagina y te da a conocer un nuevo punto de vista de las historias de princesas.
Con unos personajes inolvadables y bastante humanos, es una novela que no te dejara indiferentw
Con unos personajes inolvadables y bastante humanos, es una novela que no te dejara indiferentw
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
