Reviews

Osiris by E.J. Swift

desert_side_notched's review

adventurous

4.25

eloiseinparis's review

2.0

Typical of dystopian novel's the rich are insanely so, pampered beyond belief, and refuse to change. While the poor live in squalor are lucky to live to see age 40. I like the idea that this story takes place on a man made island in Alaska. It was original built to be a UN like city, but because the world fell apart became a twisted kingdom. The lead character's aren't so great. Vikram is a bit to naive for some one who is from the slums and done jail time in a horrific place. Adalaide is a typical spoilt princess, changing her name in protest of her family yet she still lives on their dime and remains a socialite not an activist of any kind. I never felt endeared to them, never really cared what happened to them. never felt for their losses. The book is 400 pages and hardly anything happens. The first hundred pages seem to simply describe how crappy life is in Osiris. We got it, clearly, please stop reiterating what we already understand and move on. The mystery of Axel and the outside world were revealed but blandly. If this had been 200-240 pages it would have been really good. And while I don't really care about the leads, I do wonder what happens to Osiris and if there still is a world outside of it, so I will probably read the next book in the trilogy.

noragracereads's review

2.0

DNF at page 25

Maybe my attention span is terrible right now but there is absolutely nothing interesting about this book to keep me going. I instantly disliked the main female protagonist "Adelaide," who has no personality. The two points of view (Adelaide and Vikram) are indistinguishable. The world building makes little sense. I feel like I've read this book before. Ok. I didn't read enough of it to say anything more. :/

dashie's review

3.0

I think I was too stupid for this book