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amelianotthepilot's review against another edition
1.0
Yet again this was bad. First off I would not call this a "book 4" it is a spin-off duology about the daughter of the original characters. Second off this daughter, Eadlyn, is so annoying and privileged she is not fun to read. Eadlyn spends the entire book being a type-A ass focused only on work and not understanding her privilege or where any of the other characters are coming from, the world revolves around her at all times and barely anyone puts her in her place. We are now 20 years after the end of the 3rd book, Eadlyn will be the first Queen of Illea and her parents ask her to do a Selection in order to create positive press, however, she sucks and instead generates a bunch of bad press. Overall the story is sorta slow and boring, I think because it's from her perspective instead of the selected boys perspective and she barely talks about the selection somehow. Instead the book focuses on her trying to do political work and desk work and then every once in awhile very clinically doing some selection dates. All the boys seem to blend into each other except for Kyle, the son of two characters from the OG books, Henri, a foreigner who barely speaks English and has a translator with him, and Jack, the boy who attacks her.
The last few chapters of this book are where all the action occurs and someone finally puts her in her place. But also the book consistently mentions how old Maxon and America are but if it's only 20ish years in the future....they're only 40?
I will say I am consistently confused by the world-building. At this point the class system has been slowly dismantled by King Maxon...so now it's just a normal monarchial society...? However the countries named in this series are absolutely wild. We have Illea (all of North America and Central America), Russia (is apparently the same I guess), Italy (also apparently the same), France (also the same), the "German Republic" (I guess Germany took over the rest of Europe... that's... not great), "New Asia" (which is presumed to be all Asian and South Asian countries...????), and Swindland (SwedenXNorwayXFinland...which is also....rough). I have truly so many questions about this world including where the hell is Africa, Australia, and South America and why the hell are there these super countries but also why would new countries be named like the shipname of the old countries... so strange. This is only the beginning of whats wrong with this book and series in general...
The last few chapters of this book are where all the action occurs and someone finally puts her in her place. But also the book consistently mentions how old Maxon and America are but if it's only 20ish years in the future....they're only 40?
I will say I am consistently confused by the world-building. At this point the class system has been slowly dismantled by King Maxon...so now it's just a normal monarchial society...? However the countries named in this series are absolutely wild. We have Illea (all of North America and Central America), Russia (is apparently the same I guess), Italy (also apparently the same), France (also the same), the "German Republic" (I guess Germany took over the rest of Europe... that's... not great), "New Asia" (which is presumed to be all Asian and South Asian countries...????), and Swindland (SwedenXNorwayXFinland...which is also....rough). I have truly so many questions about this world including where the hell is Africa, Australia, and South America and why the hell are there these super countries but also why would new countries be named like the shipname of the old countries... so strange. This is only the beginning of whats wrong with this book and series in general...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
braelynm_22's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
VERY slow. I was waiting for something to happen and it went into detail when it really didn't need to. Other than that, the story was great and I feel like I could really empathize with Eadlyn. Additionally, it tied into the original three books nicely.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Death and Sexual content
There is someone who has been having trouble with having children and there is a little bit of kissing.ishouldbereading's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Abortion, Child death, and Miscarriage
Minor: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
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