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prashiie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- 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
3.5
“Not wanting the crown means you're probably the best person to have it.”
The Selection is coming to an end and it’s finally time for Maxon to decide who is going to be the One. Even when she decides to let go of Aspen, America still doesn’t understand Maxon and makes it unnecessarily complicated. As if the king not liking America didn’t make it complicated enough for her. The king finds new ways to hurt America’s image, but her reaction to it only inspires the public and makes them love her more. And it was so good to see that the four remaining girls started to bond more, very wholesome. We even find out that Celeste has a heart, can you imagine!
The Northern rebels had a slightly bigger part in this book and we learn more about their motives and their allies. Overall, I enjoyed the book, but I have to admit the ending felt very abrupt. It just felt very anti-climatic.
Very close to the end, Maxon finds out about America and Aspen. He had his doubts before, but trusted her too much to let it influence him. But when he finds out his gut feeling was right all along, he is heartbroken. Then, the southern rebels attack and kill Celeste, just when she starts acting like a human being. At the same time, Maxon gets wounded and this near-dead experience makes him realise how much America meant to him. This makes him forgive her. No need to talk about it, no need to even know if the affair is still going on. The king also died during the attack, very convenient as that also solved a big problem. They were now free to marry each other and to change the country, just like that… The book ends with their marriage and we only get a glimpse of the changes that are waiting for Illéa.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent and Violence
Minor: Grief, Blood, and Vomit
kanthereader'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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Hate crime
Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility
becca_w_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Medical content, Torture, War, Blood, Body horror, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Child abuse, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Miscarriage, Murder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Terminal illness
ellasommers's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Physical abuse
maethereader's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Grief
kaadee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-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? Yes
4.0
Okay, so now that I’m truly done with the first 3 books (which I basically consider the series) I’ll give my full, TRUE review.
I hate America. She is one of the worst characters I’ve honestly read in a book. God, younger me was so enthralled with the series that I barely even gave notice to the actual way she acts. She’s selfish, a liar, and mostly does things for self gain. There are some moments I enjoy her, but the most part I don’t. In my other reviews, I have a basic review but didn’t dive in depth. Im telling you now, I’ve really hated America since the beginning of the series. She cheats on Maxon throughout the whole thing, she lies to him about the most basic things, while he is absolutely devoted to her. Ugh, imagine having a puppy dog man who follows you around while cheat with other men. I don’t even blame Aspen, it’s America’s fault. She strung them both along for the whole series. I hate her.
The plot was okay. I didn’t love it as much as I once did. This book is better than all the others, very fast pace, goes into a lot of the world building (kinda, the world building overall sucks so bad, so the tiny scraps of good I will take, okay?) it just felt very basic. I feel like the author has a very bland writing style. In general, I would recommend it.
I love Maxon so much he’s literally a perfect boyfriend. I am team Maxon 100% but only if I end up with Maxon and America leaves or something. lmfao.
Some problems I have with it is the terrible, terrible depictions of classism and castes. It just feels like a watered down version, a badly thought out version of the real thing. Literally take one second to look at real politics and your whole plot would change, for real.
I hate America. She is one of the worst characters I’ve honestly read in a book. God, younger me was so enthralled with the series that I barely even gave notice to the actual way she acts. She’s selfish, a liar, and mostly does things for self gain. There are some moments I enjoy her, but the most part I don’t. In my other reviews, I have a basic review but didn’t dive in depth. Im telling you now, I’ve really hated America since the beginning of the series. She cheats on Maxon throughout the whole thing, she lies to him about the most basic things, while he is absolutely devoted to her. Ugh, imagine having a puppy dog man who follows you around while cheat with other men. I don’t even blame Aspen, it’s America’s fault. She strung them both along for the whole series. I hate her.
The plot was okay. I didn’t love it as much as I once did. This book is better than all the others, very fast pace, goes into a lot of the world building (kinda, the world building overall sucks so bad, so the tiny scraps of good I will take, okay?) it just felt very basic. I feel like the author has a very bland writing style. In general, I would recommend it.
I love Maxon so much he’s literally a perfect boyfriend. I am team Maxon 100% but only if I end up with Maxon and America leaves or something. lmfao.
Some problems I have with it is the terrible, terrible depictions of classism and castes. It just feels like a watered down version, a badly thought out version of the real thing. Literally take one second to look at real politics and your whole plot would change, for real.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism
Minor: Death of parent, Death, War, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence
hollymileham's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
probs the best of the series so far however i feel like these 3 books could have either been combined into 1 or have expanded sm more on the rebellion side of things rather than the blandest love triangle ever
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Gun violence
Moderate: War
rainerasnic's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Blood
bookswstella's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved it!!
I hate Kiera Cass for killing America’s father, the Queen, Anne, I never thought in the beginning of the series that I would be upset that Celeste got killed but I am because in the end, I kind of liked her.
I cried during the whole epilogue but the books was so good and I didn’t want it to end😭😭 Just when I had stopped crying I starter’s crying again over something. I cried when everyone but Celeste were there, but the thing that made me cry the most was when Aspen was escorting her to the alter😭😭
I still love the characters, I did get very angry at both Maxon and America several times because both of them has such a temperament, especially in the end were Maxon was really really cold to America just because she had talked with Aspen (maybe a little bit more intimate that normal but not so much that Maxon should not marry America) and then three seconds later when he was about to die and all of that he told her he couldn’t live without her and that he loved her. But I know, moodswings.
I was never worried “for real” because the book is about America and Maxon so it is obvious that they will end up together<3
I hate Kiera Cass for killing America’s father, the Queen, Anne, I never thought in the beginning of the series that I would be upset that Celeste got killed but I am because in the end, I kind of liked her.
I cried during the whole epilogue but the books was so good and I didn’t want it to end😭😭 Just when I had stopped crying I starter’s crying again over something. I cried when everyone but Celeste were there, but the thing that made me cry the most was when Aspen was escorting her to the alter😭😭
I still love the characters, I did get very angry at both Maxon and America several times because both of them has such a temperament, especially in the end were Maxon was really really cold to America just because she had talked with Aspen (maybe a little bit more intimate that normal but not so much that Maxon should not marry America) and then three seconds later when he was about to die and all of that he told her he couldn’t live without her and that he loved her. But I know, moodswings.
I was never worried “for real” because the book is about America and Maxon so it is obvious that they will end up together<3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Medical trauma
s_baker_19's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Classism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, War, and Murder