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rellimreads's review against another edition
DNF ~ I’m pretty sure it’s just that I’m not in the mood for YA at this moment so I’m not rating this.
It’s actually a fairly intriguing concept. I may try to pick it up again at some other point if it’s still in KU.
It’s actually a fairly intriguing concept. I may try to pick it up again at some other point if it’s still in KU.
juniperspolyphony's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ambeesbookishpages's review against another edition
3.0
The full review + more can be found at The Book Bratz
Thank you NetGalley and Skycrape for the eGalley in exchange for an honest review!
I originally started The Rule of One back when I was first approved for it at the beginning of fall but I just was in a weird reading slump and I eventually gave up. From the description of The Rule of One is sounds a lot like the Netflix movie What Happened to Monday which I really enjoyed and had the same concept: the government is controlling population by limiting families to only having one child.
Ava and Mira are twins in the United States of America and because of that they illegal. "One child, one nation." The phrases that haunts them everyday. Alternating day by day the girls play the role of Ava Goodwin the eighteen year old daughter of the man in charge on the one child policy. After one fateful incident everything Ava and Mira spent eighteen years working on and hiding is unraveling and their only option is to run.
I really enjoyed the idea behind The Rule of One. With climate change at its height and the United States in an uproar the one child act seems like the perfect solution to over population, but really it is just another from of oppressing an already oppressed society. But no body plans what happens in the cases of multiples. I found the world to be interesting and I was eager to learn more. I do wish certain things were more clarified and made clearer but I am hoping that that will change in the following book.
I liked Ava and Mira's characters but I feel like there where times I couldn't decipher which POV I was reading from. It began to bleed together. I am not sure if this was purposely done because they are suppose to be exactly the same person and huge chunk of the book is them discovering what makes them unique and their own person.
I did feel bad for Mira at times because she was the "second twin" which is basically the unwanted one. If their mother was caught by the government while she was pregnant she would have been forced to keep Ava and give up Mira. Giving up Mira would have meant Mira would have lived in a labor camp and lived a short painful life. We watch as Mira's guilt eats at her through out the novel and how they guilt fuels her in different ways. Though I liked Ava there was times that I found her rather cold and not sympathetic to her sister. I found her to be self absorbed at times and not putting herself in Mira's shoes. Ava was the twin who was wanted, she had the microchip that made them Ava Goodwin. She got everything that Mira couldn't.
I did find The Rule of One interesting and I wanted to know what was going to happen next, but there was a 20% chunk of the book where I feel like nothing interesting happened. It felt more like filler then parts needed for the plot. This book was rather short too, less than 300 pages so 20% was a rather decent chunk.
Overall I did enjoy The Rule of One and am looking forward to see how the ending of this book is going to play out in the sequel that releases in May.
Thank you NetGalley and Skycrape for the eGalley in exchange for an honest review!
I originally started The Rule of One back when I was first approved for it at the beginning of fall but I just was in a weird reading slump and I eventually gave up. From the description of The Rule of One is sounds a lot like the Netflix movie What Happened to Monday which I really enjoyed and had the same concept: the government is controlling population by limiting families to only having one child.
Ava and Mira are twins in the United States of America and because of that they illegal. "One child, one nation." The phrases that haunts them everyday. Alternating day by day the girls play the role of Ava Goodwin the eighteen year old daughter of the man in charge on the one child policy. After one fateful incident everything Ava and Mira spent eighteen years working on and hiding is unraveling and their only option is to run.
I really enjoyed the idea behind The Rule of One. With climate change at its height and the United States in an uproar the one child act seems like the perfect solution to over population, but really it is just another from of oppressing an already oppressed society. But no body plans what happens in the cases of multiples. I found the world to be interesting and I was eager to learn more. I do wish certain things were more clarified and made clearer but I am hoping that that will change in the following book.
I liked Ava and Mira's characters but I feel like there where times I couldn't decipher which POV I was reading from. It began to bleed together. I am not sure if this was purposely done because they are suppose to be exactly the same person and huge chunk of the book is them discovering what makes them unique and their own person.
I did feel bad for Mira at times because she was the "second twin" which is basically the unwanted one. If their mother was caught by the government while she was pregnant she would have been forced to keep Ava and give up Mira. Giving up Mira would have meant Mira would have lived in a labor camp and lived a short painful life. We watch as Mira's guilt eats at her through out the novel and how they guilt fuels her in different ways. Though I liked Ava there was times that I found her rather cold and not sympathetic to her sister. I found her to be self absorbed at times and not putting herself in Mira's shoes. Ava was the twin who was wanted, she had the microchip that made them Ava Goodwin. She got everything that Mira couldn't.
I did find The Rule of One interesting and I wanted to know what was going to happen next, but there was a 20% chunk of the book where I feel like nothing interesting happened. It felt more like filler then parts needed for the plot. This book was rather short too, less than 300 pages so 20% was a rather decent chunk.
Overall I did enjoy The Rule of One and am looking forward to see how the ending of this book is going to play out in the sequel that releases in May.
nicoleadrianneauthor's review against another edition
2.0
DNF'd at 10%. I'm giving this 2 stars because the concept was good, but the execution is so poor I can't continue. The writing is juvenile, with all showing and no telling, and lacks any semblance of flow or elegance. This isn't a story but a product, and not even a good one. 3 chapters in and not a single thing has made me care about the annoying main characters and their mindless problems. I really wanted to like this, but it's a no from me.
hermoonreads's review against another edition
4.0
The rule of one dictates only one child is allowed per family, which is why twins Ava and Mira trade places each day, because only one can exist.
Despite pretending to play the same person I was happy to see just how different these two sisters are, their shared trauma doesn't mean they react to things the same way.
The initial part of the book felt a little slow, but once we got into the swing of the main plot I really couldn't put it down. The dialog was great, the descriptions vivid, and the entire book was just so well written. I was so happy with how it all ended, and I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series!
Confession, I didn't realise Montana was so far North until I read this, for some reason I always thought it was more central
Despite pretending to play the same person I was happy to see just how different these two sisters are, their shared trauma doesn't mean they react to things the same way.
The initial part of the book felt a little slow, but once we got into the swing of the main plot I really couldn't put it down. The dialog was great, the descriptions vivid, and the entire book was just so well written. I was so happy with how it all ended, and I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series!
Confession, I didn't realise Montana was so far North until I read this, for some reason I always thought it was more central
bexxa12345's review against another edition
5.0
I started and finished this in one day because I could not put it down. 100% would read again
wheel4711's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
lexicon1982's review against another edition
4.0
This is everything a dystopian novel should be! Fast paced, intense, leaves you wanting more and questioning “what if this really happens...this really could happen, what the bleep would I do!?” I cannot wait to read the next book in this series “Rule of Many”.
This will be one of those books people either suspend their reality and really love or be super nit picky at minor discrepancies and hate. But for me this was a winner!
This will be one of those books people either suspend their reality and really love or be super nit picky at minor discrepancies and hate. But for me this was a winner!