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alexa_10505's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying and Classism
Moderate: War and Physical abuse
Minor: Miscarriage and Death
hollymileham's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
i would like to punch celeste
Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, and War
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Miscarriage
braelynm_22's review against another edition
- 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
Maxon is becoming much better with crying girls tho lol
Minor: Blood, Classism, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and War
Many of the things that are triggering are only briefly mentioned or talked about, but not in depth.gothmiku'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
Graphic: Classism, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: War and Misogyny
Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility
lisa_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I mean Maxon is mostly great and I understand his decisions. America on the other hand got more and more annoying and I can't identify with her at all anymore. I'm almost hoping Kris will win.
These books are clearly a fantasy. The female reader is supposed to see themselves as America and feel the rush of being so loved by two people. That did not however work for me. I don't understand what anyone sees in America. It is constantly stated how bland and inadequate she is but still everyone absolutely loves her. Her actions are so ridiculous and over exaggerated. Maxon keeps telling her how much he cares about her and then he looks at someone else once and she immediately assumes the worst. She really doesn't trust in his words.
I will still be reading the next book in the series because as annoyed as I was it was still great entertainment. I am invested in the characters and their relationships even though I don't particularly like them.
The whole book is quite patriotic and I just wish we got to see more of the rebels. They show up every few chapters to destroy stuff and steal books and that's it. For a moment I was actually hoping they would kidnap America and she would then join them. That would have at least brought a bit of excitement into the story. I feel like a lot of plot points have been set up and very under explained. The series has the potential if an amazing finally but I'm worried the author will go in the more simple direction and just leave a lot of stuff unexplained.
Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Body horror, Infidelity, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Misogyny and Miscarriage
nina17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Torture
Moderate: War
sudatot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War
Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent
Minor: Miscarriage
asthxte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Death, Miscarriage, and Blood
trintrin's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
But it's the delving deeper into history part which had my interest. Like Illéa's diary and the rebels looking for it, Gregory Illéa turning out to be a jerk who forced his daughter to marry an old prince just so that he could be a king, inventing the caste system to place his loyal followed higher and his enemies lower, yada yada. Kinda cool, I wanna see where this goes.
Now as for the characters, a good majority of them are flat to a t. America was more annoying in this one, and I did not like her jumping back and forth with the two love interests. Poor Marlee, though, I liked her. Maxon's scars just made me hate Clarkson even more.
Aaand it ended in the cliff-hanger, so guess I'll binge the next one too
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: War, Violence, Death, and Miscarriage
lizaleoma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and War