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historyoftape's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I enjoyed how more and more bits and pieces of the characters stories are revealed as time passes on, and how some decisions make more sense in hindsight with the new knowledge I gained. This book also did a really good job at making morally grey characters lovable, and even evil ones likeable. As it says at one point, no amount of loving anyone will make them a better/good person.
All in all I really liked this, even though it is not the genre I usually go for :)
Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Spyware, being monitored by an implantbrilee92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Kidnapping
Minor: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder
katenovah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual content, Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Violence
bookish_hollyx's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder
Minor: Blood
theunfinishedbookshelf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Murder, and Suicide
prairieraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Bullying, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Police brutality, Abandonment, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Violence
abby271's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Child death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Sexual content
hyithia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
- excellent world building
- steady character development
- captivating plot
- effective narration style
- made me think more critically about how technology can be used or misused depending on one's view
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Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Suicide
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
"Poster Girl" follows a young woman named Sonya. Sonya long believed in the Delegation's moto: " WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT". She followed it without question or second thought. But when the Delegation fell, and she is locked up with other important members of the Delegation in the Aperture, she begins to rethink everything. She is given the opportunity to earn her freedom and get out from under their watchful eye. Sonya is tasked with finding a missing girl, a second born to a family who should not have had a second child under the rules of the Delegation. Through her investigation, Sonya uncovers decades old secrets that could destroy her community's reality.
I really liked the idea of this book and the exploration of how surveillance is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. It is easy to feel like wherever you are, technology will find you, and that might not be such a great thing. I also greatly appreciated that this book does not get too techy in explanation. I have a very visceral understanding of technology, so too much detail about the cloud would have really taken be out of the story.
Sonya as a character felt kind of flat to me. I wanted to see her complete her task, but I was never rooting for her. She is flawed and we learn something about her that is heartbreaking, but I never felt super connected to her as a person.
I think Veronica Roth does dystopian well, but this particular story just did not grab me like her others. Perhaps this was too futuristic with technology for me personally? Overall, I felt like this story was fine. I am happy I read it, but I likely will not think much about it.
I will probably pick up Veronica Roth in the future, just maybe not anything set in this world
Graphic: Death, Child death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Death of parent
starrymess's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Child death