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aprilbooksandwine's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
hayleybeale's review against another edition
4.0
Fast-paced scifi action pageturner - I felt it was tighter and more coherent than Blackout. See my full review here.
leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
applesodaperson's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.75
pieshypie's review against another edition
2.0
I thought there would be more explanation in this book, but no. I still have no idea of the why behind everything.
sofiasanden's review against another edition
3.0
Aubrey 17, Jack 17, Josie 18, Cressy 15, Rich 15, Tabatha, Alec 19, Sasha, Theodor,
bookworm_630's review against another edition
2.0
Have you ever started reading a book and wished you hadn't but just couldn't put it down? I have, and this was the book. I really wanted to like it! It's got all the right elements-action: check! conflict: check! teens doing great things to pull adults butts out of the fire: check! a pinch of romance: check! Unfortunately, all of these things weren't enough to compensate for the lack of depth, lack of emotion, and lack of descriptive language.
I didn't realize just how much I hate "info dumps"-bunches of information the author wants the reader to know to move the story forward but doesn't want to take the time to let it develop within the story, so they just dump it out on a page as background info or have a character, say one with super sensitive hearing?, inform his team all about what the army has planned for them and what's going on in the war because he's just happened to hear all the conversations taking place everywhere on the base.
And descriptions? I know I said this before, but, really? Two books now and I still have no idea what Jack or Aubrey look like. No picture of them at all. Another character-Rich-this is the description we get of him: "Little guy. Fifteen. Black. You'd recognize him". That's it. Nothing else, and he plays a large part in this book!
The plot was tighter here, not so scattered, and easier to follow. The distracting random blog posts are gone. There is something happening on every page. There isn't any lack of action! Alec is still hanging around, sowing his brand of discontent and confusion behind American lines. You know, I kept hoping it would get better, that I would start caring about the characters and the places that were getting blown up. But I never did. Maybe you will, though, so...don't take my word for it. :)
I didn't realize just how much I hate "info dumps"-bunches of information the author wants the reader to know to move the story forward but doesn't want to take the time to let it develop within the story, so they just dump it out on a page as background info or have a character, say one with super sensitive hearing?, inform his team all about what the army has planned for them and what's going on in the war because he's just happened to hear all the conversations taking place everywhere on the base.
And descriptions? I know I said this before, but, really? Two books now and I still have no idea what Jack or Aubrey look like. No picture of them at all. Another character-Rich-this is the description we get of him: "Little guy. Fifteen. Black. You'd recognize him". That's it. Nothing else, and he plays a large part in this book!
The plot was tighter here, not so scattered, and easier to follow. The distracting random blog posts are gone. There is something happening on every page. There isn't any lack of action! Alec is still hanging around, sowing his brand of discontent and confusion behind American lines. You know, I kept hoping it would get better, that I would start caring about the characters and the places that were getting blown up. But I never did. Maybe you will, though, so...don't take my word for it. :)
caroline_furbay's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
skundrik87's review against another edition
4.0
I really like that this is one of the few books of this genre where some of the protagonists are actually fighting alongside the government. That does not happen much, so it makes it very novel. That being said, they do not ever resolve the main premise of the book: what is a government supposed to do when it suddenly has a section of its population develop superpowers. We know what happens to our protagonists, but not the other thousands of kids in the testing facilities.