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enbylievable's review
2.0
A story about 100 incredibly disregulated teenagers from a neocapitalist space colony who are sent to Earth to see if it's safe after a mass-death event. The main character, Clarke, has a love interest named Wells, who: purposefully commits a crime in order to be sent to Earth with Clarke in order to "watch over her,"; does this after effectively sentencing her parents to death and herself to exile; expedites this Earth voyage by intentionally sabotaging an airlock on the ship which puts into motion the 2nd mass-death event the human race will experience /just/ so that he can have her sent to Earth instead of being executed; and somehow after doing all of this, feels incredibly entitled to and jealous of her attention. This book doesn't really send a great message to young readers who are learning about how to court someone they like.
ggeniyy's review
2.0
ХВАЗПДВЩЗВВЗВЗАЗАЩВЗ Я ТАК ОРАЛА. ЧТО ЭТО ЗА ФАНФИК. ПОЧЕМУ ОНИ НЕ ВЫЖИВАЮТ А ОБИЖАЮТСЯ ДРУГ НА ДРУГА. ладно мб потому что им по 17. А ЕЩЁ УГАРАЛА КАК БЛИН КАЖДАЯ АБСОЛЮТНО КАЖДАЯ ГЛАВА ЗАКАНЧИВАЕТСЯ ТЕМ КАК ГЕРОЙ ГОВОРИТ ЧТО НИЧТО НЕ СМОЖЕТ УСПОКОИТЬ ЕГО РАЗБИТОЕ СЕРДЦЕ ЭТО ТАКОЙ ОР. ну походу дальше читать не буду. сериал оказался лучше ЛОЛ
nikki52010's review
3.0
3 1/2 stars.
This is another one that was partially ruined by watching the show first. The books were good, don't get me wrong. It's just compared to the TV show there wasn't near as much action. I like that there are certain characters in the book, that somehow got cut from the show. I guess their story line wasn't enough for the show, but it's like I am getting something a little extra by reading about them in the book.
I will continue with books two and three in the future!
This is another one that was partially ruined by watching the show first. The books were good, don't get me wrong. It's just compared to the TV show there wasn't near as much action. I like that there are certain characters in the book, that somehow got cut from the show. I guess their story line wasn't enough for the show, but it's like I am getting something a little extra by reading about them in the book.
I will continue with books two and three in the future!
suedas_books's review against another edition
4.0
I honestly don’t know why I give this four instead of five stars but somehow five stars doesn’t feel right.
I loved this book. The pace. The characters. The setting.
Absolutely in love with Bellamy and would absolutely die for Glass‘s relationship :,)
You have two different settings here that are separate from each other but both are really catchy and interesting.
In total there are Four pov‘s all from really different characters.
All of them trying to survive and help their beloved ones.
Honestly I’m too tired to go to much into detail but this book was a great start of a promising series and I can’t wait to keep reading. :)
I loved this book. The pace. The characters. The setting.
Absolutely in love with Bellamy and would absolutely die for Glass‘s relationship :,)
You have two different settings here that are separate from each other but both are really catchy and interesting.
In total there are Four pov‘s all from really different characters.
All of them trying to survive and help their beloved ones.
Honestly I’m too tired to go to much into detail but this book was a great start of a promising series and I can’t wait to keep reading. :)
kenedi's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
hollyvirginia's review against another edition
adventurous
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? Yes
3.75
eliz33's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
merilizabeth's review
3.0
Was not as bad as the first reviews I stumbled across. I sort of liked it, because I am currently watching the series, but I do not recall all what happened in the first ones. I do have a temptation to watch the series all over again, but also I do wanted to know how it is different from the show. Okay, enough about the reasons behind why, but the book was sort of good anyways and besides that there wouldnt be a show if it werent for the books to begin with.
Too short to be very excited about what is next, but definately gonna give a shot to the second part.
I do not consider reading this book was a waste of time. And I must admit I did miss some of the characters from the series here.
Too short to be very excited about what is next, but definately gonna give a shot to the second part.
I do not consider reading this book was a waste of time. And I must admit I did miss some of the characters from the series here.
hesterpauline's review
1.0
I dislike giving books such a low rating, but this one certainly deserves it. I want to start with saying that it had potential and if the focus was less on the romance and more on the events that took place it would have been better. I am super tired of love triangles and I wish I had known that this book includes one before reading it.
-Glass is a character I didn’t particularly care about, the whole ‘I am not going to tell my partner something to protect them’ spiel is also annoying and overdone. The whole ‘I am going to suffer alone’ plot is also weak and honestly if she had been honest and told her boyfriend what was going on it would have been a lot easier.
-Bellamy is doing everything to protect his sister which is nice but honestly the fact that he couldn’t face the fact that she made mistakes and fucked up at times was really hard to read. I get it to an extent but not fully. I did not really care for him either.
-Clarke is a bit more complicated as there is not much to say about her. She is clever and empathetic, she wants to help which is nice but she was unable to open her mouth and tell Wells off. Maybe she is too nice (?) I don’t know honestly, she is maybe the one character that did not annoy me completely so that’s that.
-Wells, oh Wells... he is one of the three most annoying characters that I had the displeasure of reading about, the other two being Jacob from Twilight and Quentin from The Magicians. And like the other two Wells is thinking with what is in his pants rather than being a rational and respectful human being. He is unable to see his own flaws and understand why Clarke is not happy to see him... he betrayed her, his girlfriend and expects her to be happy to see him and get back with him because he goes down to earth for her (?????). Thalia , Clarke’s best friend, and obviously a member of Wells’ Fanclub,has nothing better to do but to tell Clarke that Wells coming to earth for her is the most romantic thing a boy could ever do(?). If that’s romantic I don’t want it. He is pissed because Clarke is kissing someone who is not him, when he is the one who destroyed their relationship and managed to not only endanger her but everyone else. He assumes that because she no longer looks at him with disgust he can ‘make her love him again’. He apparently has no idea what boundaries are. I really wanted to skip his chapters but I sadly didn’t.
All in all don’t read it. I probably won’t read the other books in the series. If I could give it less than one star I would.
-Glass is a character I didn’t particularly care about, the whole ‘I am not going to tell my partner something to protect them’ spiel is also annoying and overdone. The whole ‘I am going to suffer alone’ plot is also weak and honestly if she had been honest and told her boyfriend what was going on it would have been a lot easier.
-Bellamy is doing everything to protect his sister which is nice but honestly the fact that he couldn’t face the fact that she made mistakes and fucked up at times was really hard to read. I get it to an extent but not fully. I did not really care for him either.
-Clarke is a bit more complicated as there is not much to say about her. She is clever and empathetic, she wants to help which is nice but she was unable to open her mouth and tell Wells off. Maybe she is too nice (?) I don’t know honestly, she is maybe the one character that did not annoy me completely so that’s that.
-Wells, oh Wells... he is one of the three most annoying characters that I had the displeasure of reading about, the other two being Jacob from Twilight and Quentin from The Magicians. And like the other two Wells is thinking with what is in his pants rather than being a rational and respectful human being. He is unable to see his own flaws and understand why Clarke is not happy to see him... he betrayed her, his girlfriend and expects her to be happy to see him and get back with him because he goes down to earth for her (?????). Thalia , Clarke’s best friend, and obviously a member of Wells’ Fanclub,has nothing better to do but to tell Clarke that Wells coming to earth for her is the most romantic thing a boy could ever do(?). If that’s romantic I don’t want it. He is pissed because Clarke is kissing someone who is not him, when he is the one who destroyed their relationship and managed to not only endanger her but everyone else. He assumes that because she no longer looks at him with disgust he can ‘make her love him again’. He apparently has no idea what boundaries are. I really wanted to skip his chapters but I sadly didn’t.
All in all don’t read it. I probably won’t read the other books in the series. If I could give it less than one star I would.