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sampauwels's review against another edition
medium-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? It's complicated
0.25
yara_adorablebooks's review against another edition
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ambeesbookishpages's review against another edition
4.0
The full review + more can be found at The Book Bratz
Thoughts before Reading:
I love Megan Shepherd's writing (and not just because we have the same last name) but her writing is dark, mysterious and drags me right in. I was super excited when I heard news of The Cage, and couldn't wait to start it. Sadly, I didn't get to start it until after Christmas. I was really excited to see how this all was going to play out!
Characters:
Cora: A majority of the chapters are Cora, but they do change as the story continues on. Initially I felt bad for Cora. We learn that she has been in juvie for the last eighteen months, and longs for her life to go back to normal. As the story went on, it was easy to see that Cora was the only one seeing through the mind games that the Kindred were putting them through. She has a few quirks that irritated me, but as I whole she was really the only character (Besides Cassian that I liked!)
Lucky: Lucky and Cora have a history together that they don't know about. Lucky is the reason that Cora was imprisoned anyway. After the death of his mother and racked with grief he attempted to shoot Cora's father (A senator) but his guards caught him and offered him a deal. Initally I really liked Lucky, and shipped him and Cora together pretty hard. But as more things were revealed my taste for that ship lessened as well as my liking of him.
Rolf: I.HATE.ROLF. Seriously. I hate know it alls and he is the biggest one of all time. Pretty quick in the book he develops feelings for Nok. Her is overly protective, jealous and quick to turn everyone against Cora. He actually wants to stay in the cage.
Nok: I hated her more then Rolf (It depends) She knew how to manipulate men and she had Rolf wrapped around her finger and then Leon. Siding with Rolf she blamed Cora for much of the unfairness among the group, and that Cora was overall a bad person. I had very little pity for Nok (For her past yes, but as far as the cage goes no.)
Leon: I don't have much to say for him. He was just there. My heart broke for some of his chapters, but there wasn't much I felt towards him. I hope he makes a reappearance in the next book though. His end was very open ended.
World Building:
I think Shepherd did a pretty good job with creating the biosphere, there are multiple locations in one, that are geographically impossible. But besides the biosphere she created several new and interesting life forms (The Kindred being one of them) that aren't as "pleasant" as the Kindred. The Kindred were really well developed and you learn a lot about them through out The Cage. We learn minor details about the other alien species, but that was just a taste. I can't wait to find out more in the next books!
Romance:
Originally I shipped Lucy and Cora but that quickly changed. It is easy to see that in Cassian's and Cora's interactions that he does care about her (On some level) At first Cora hates Cassian but as time goes on she develops and attraction towards him. It was slow burn romance, and not much of anything until the end of the book. But I hope their relationship continues on in the next book. I really do like them together.
Thoughts after Reading:
I was really impressed with The Cage and I am excited for the next book. The ending wasn't as much as a cliffhanger as I expected it to be. But there is still a lot of curiosity with what is going to happen next.
Thoughts before Reading:
I love Megan Shepherd's writing (and not just because we have the same last name) but her writing is dark, mysterious and drags me right in. I was super excited when I heard news of The Cage, and couldn't wait to start it. Sadly, I didn't get to start it until after Christmas. I was really excited to see how this all was going to play out!
Characters:
Cora: A majority of the chapters are Cora, but they do change as the story continues on. Initially I felt bad for Cora. We learn that she has been in juvie for the last eighteen months, and longs for her life to go back to normal. As the story went on, it was easy to see that Cora was the only one seeing through the mind games that the Kindred were putting them through. She has a few quirks that irritated me, but as I whole she was really the only character (Besides Cassian that I liked!)
Lucky: Lucky and Cora have a history together that they don't know about. Lucky is the reason that Cora was imprisoned anyway. After the death of his mother and racked with grief he attempted to shoot Cora's father (A senator) but his guards caught him and offered him a deal. Initally I really liked Lucky, and shipped him and Cora together pretty hard. But as more things were revealed my taste for that ship lessened as well as my liking of him.
Rolf: I.HATE.ROLF. Seriously. I hate know it alls and he is the biggest one of all time. Pretty quick in the book he develops feelings for Nok. Her is overly protective, jealous and quick to turn everyone against Cora. He actually wants to stay in the cage.
Nok: I hated her more then Rolf (It depends) She knew how to manipulate men and she had Rolf wrapped around her finger and then Leon. Siding with Rolf she blamed Cora for much of the unfairness among the group, and that Cora was overall a bad person. I had very little pity for Nok (For her past yes, but as far as the cage goes no.)
Leon: I don't have much to say for him. He was just there. My heart broke for some of his chapters, but there wasn't much I felt towards him. I hope he makes a reappearance in the next book though. His end was very open ended.
World Building:
I think Shepherd did a pretty good job with creating the biosphere, there are multiple locations in one, that are geographically impossible. But besides the biosphere she created several new and interesting life forms (The Kindred being one of them) that aren't as "pleasant" as the Kindred. The Kindred were really well developed and you learn a lot about them through out The Cage. We learn minor details about the other alien species, but that was just a taste. I can't wait to find out more in the next books!
Romance:
Originally I shipped Lucy and Cora but that quickly changed. It is easy to see that in Cassian's and Cora's interactions that he does care about her (On some level) At first Cora hates Cassian but as time goes on she develops and attraction towards him. It was slow burn romance, and not much of anything until the end of the book. But I hope their relationship continues on in the next book. I really do like them together.
I was really impressed with The Cage and I am excited for the next book. The ending wasn't as much as a cliffhanger as I expected it to be. But there is still a lot of curiosity with what is going to happen next.
cabbage_patch's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? It's complicated
2.0
karleighreads's review against another edition
4.0
Rating - 3.5
Take a seat children, I have a story to tell.
I am going to try and do my review in a different format this time. Might be a little easier for me.
So I picked this book up a couple days before the release, I do believe my local bookstore was getting sick of me. I was honestly stocking the store for when they got their deliveries and asking if they had it in yet. The Cage was one of my highly anticipated books of 2015.
The Good
- Cassian or "The Caretaker" I loved him throughout this whole book. His character was awesome.
- The setting/cage was so interesting, how all those different areas all mixed in together and how they melded and bent to cause everyone to always end up where they started.
- the idea of the book was unique and interesting
- the writing was beautiful, I flew through this book.
- ah the romance that built between Cora and Cassian. So much swooning.
- THAT TWIST, THAT GASP-TACULAR TWIST
Now the dreaded bad parts
- Everyone who had a POV in the book. Seriously, what the crap was Megan thinking with these characters. We have one very jealous, abusive type, one who sleeps with everyone and CORA OMG COULD YOU EVER LET CASSIAN SAY ANYTHING. I was so sick of the way that Cora would just CUT Cassian off every time he wanted to tell her the truth or anything. I wanted to slap her and be like CORA STFU AND LET THE MAN/ALIEN SPEAK DAMNIT!!!
- The escape plan or lack thereof. What was she going to do when she found the fail safe, really stupid Cora.
- Rolf and Nok, ridiculous. that is all
- REPRODUCE, if you have read this you know the ending WTF DID REPRODUCING HAVE TO DO WITH IT?!
- the puzzles and tokens, again what was the point?
- was the tundra not cold? A tiny summer dress and bare feet and not dying of hypothermia?
- WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO KISS?! Ok that is just something that made me upset haha
Overall I enjoyed the book, I did. I will be continuing on and I will probably be counting down the days too. I devoured this book and even with some tiny hiccups I couldn't stop reading it to figure out what was happening. I love Cassian.. need more Cassian. Can we have a book with Raffe from Angel Fall and Cassian.. Omg can I be in this book. *swoon*
Take a seat children, I have a story to tell.
I am going to try and do my review in a different format this time. Might be a little easier for me.
So I picked this book up a couple days before the release, I do believe my local bookstore was getting sick of me. I was honestly stocking the store for when they got their deliveries and asking if they had it in yet. The Cage was one of my highly anticipated books of 2015.
The Good
- Cassian or "The Caretaker" I loved him throughout this whole book. His character was awesome.
- The setting/cage was so interesting, how all those different areas all mixed in together and how they melded and bent to cause everyone to always end up where they started.
- the idea of the book was unique and interesting
- the writing was beautiful, I flew through this book.
- ah the romance that built between Cora and Cassian. So much swooning.
- THAT TWIST, THAT GASP-TACULAR TWIST
Now the dreaded bad parts
- Everyone who had a POV in the book. Seriously, what the crap was Megan thinking with these characters. We have one very jealous, abusive type, one who sleeps with everyone and CORA OMG COULD YOU EVER LET CASSIAN SAY ANYTHING. I was so sick of the way that Cora would just CUT Cassian off every time he wanted to tell her the truth or anything. I wanted to slap her and be like CORA STFU AND LET THE MAN/ALIEN SPEAK DAMNIT!!!
- The escape plan or lack thereof. What was she going to do when she found the fail safe, really stupid Cora.
- Rolf and Nok, ridiculous. that is all
- REPRODUCE, if you have read this you know the ending WTF DID REPRODUCING HAVE TO DO WITH IT?!
- the puzzles and tokens, again what was the point?
- was the tundra not cold? A tiny summer dress and bare feet and not dying of hypothermia?
- WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO KISS?! Ok that is just something that made me upset haha
Overall I enjoyed the book, I did. I will be continuing on and I will probably be counting down the days too. I devoured this book and even with some tiny hiccups I couldn't stop reading it to figure out what was happening. I love Cassian.. need more Cassian. Can we have a book with Raffe from Angel Fall and Cassian.. Omg can I be in this book. *swoon*
ansl's review against another edition
3.0
Best oké, leest snel weg. Alleen vind ik het raar dat de Nederlandse versie op de kaft spreekt over 'de Kindred', terwijl ze in het boek zelf spreken over 'de Verwanten'. Is niet erg logisch :p.
whatsthalireading's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75