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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Good premise but not well executed unfortunately.
Not my cup of tea not a fan of the writing style but was interested in the subject
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
First off there are some things that you just have to accept in this world:
1. EVERY country somehow managed to agree to a plan to reduce the world's population. I honestly find it kind of hard to believe that they all actually agreed and something came of this.
2. Britain (now The Society), announces their plan, which is to require new babies born to have someone die and sacrifice their life. They make this announcement at 6:30pm and people have until midnight to register their fetus. Yes, most of those further along probably should have already done so, but there are of course going to be a bunch that haven't, or just recently learned of their pregnancy. So, of course the website will crash.
2a. They've been talking to all the other countries for WEEKS now, and you want me to believe that this didn't leak before, that no one knew this was coming?!
Now to the review. Mae and Pasha are both crappy and I never once felt like I should support them in their endeavor. Mae doesn't speak up and Pasha just talks right over her, never really listening to her concerns. Mae is already questioning if she wants this baby but Pasha is immediately all on board, not a care at all about Mae's worries. Pasha also.
Mae also has this big secret about her family and her past that she won't share with Pasha. We do learn what it is and the end, but how it was delivered I had to reread those pages 5 times just to figure out what actual secret it was. She never says it, Pasha just knows once he figures it out. Which was poorly done in my opinion.
We spend almost the entire book in Mae's head. We learn about how she had a bad childhood with neglectful parents. We hear about this no less than 100 times. This author is all about the tell don't show, but I really wish we would have been SHOWN more.
I wanted to stop reading it about 1/3 through, but pushed through, then again at 60% because so little actually happens! They're going from county to county, Mae is worried, Pasha says it's all be fine. Wash, rinse, repeat. They also hate on Nan, Pasha's grandma, who did more for the two of them then anyone else. They don't believe her about her past, and are generally dismissive the whole time.
2.5 stars rounded down.
Thanks to BookSierns for the ARC.
1. EVERY country somehow managed to agree to a plan to reduce the world's population. I honestly find it kind of hard to believe that they all actually agreed and something came of this.
2. Britain (now The Society), announces their plan, which is to require new babies born to have someone die and sacrifice their life. They make this announcement at 6:30pm and people have until midnight to register their fetus. Yes, most of those further along probably should have already done so, but there are of course going to be a bunch that haven't, or just recently learned of their pregnancy. So, of course the website will crash.
2a. They've been talking to all the other countries for WEEKS now, and you want me to believe that this didn't leak before, that no one knew this was coming?!
Now to the review. Mae and Pasha are both crappy and I never once felt like I should support them in their endeavor. Mae doesn't speak up and Pasha just talks right over her, never really listening to her concerns. Mae is already questioning if she wants this baby but Pasha is immediately all on board, not a care at all about Mae's worries. Pasha also
Spoiler
illegally gave his sperm to his brother and sister in law for them to have a baby, WIHTOUT telling Mae. Are you kidding me, who does that. And taking a bunch of money out of their savings without discussing it, was also stupidMae also has this big secret about her family and her past that she won't share with Pasha. We do learn what it is and the end, but how it was delivered I had to reread those pages 5 times just to figure out what actual secret it was. She never says it, Pasha just knows once he figures it out. Which was poorly done in my opinion.
We spend almost the entire book in Mae's head. We learn about how she had a bad childhood with neglectful parents. We hear about this no less than 100 times. This author is all about the tell don't show, but I really wish we would have been SHOWN more.
I wanted to stop reading it about 1/3 through, but pushed through, then again at 60% because so little actually happens! They're going from county to county, Mae is worried, Pasha says it's all be fine. Wash, rinse, repeat. They also hate on Nan, Pasha's grandma, who did more for the two of them then anyone else. They don't believe her about her past, and are generally dismissive the whole time.
2.5 stars rounded down.
Thanks to BookSierns for the ARC.
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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
Set in a dystopian future, an engaging perspective, unsettling idea but well done. I've enjoyed and will be reading more of her books
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
fast-paced
It was boring…..a lot of nothing was happening. Just the main character being dodgy about her past and hating on her loving boyfriend….. society going to shit with these new laws was the only highlight.
I skipped to the end to see what happens. But it was very predictable….
The premise was great but the execution was lost
I skipped to the end to see what happens. But it was very predictable….
The premise was great but the execution was lost