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bookishmadness's review against another edition
4.0
What I Thought: While We Run was a a great sequel and an equally as great end to the series. This time, the story is told from Abdi's point of view - and we pick up after Tegan and Abdi have been with SADU for a while, pawns in their little game. After being tortured and spouting lies to rich people, both Abdi and Tegan are close to giving up, when they get rescued by a band of people called "Save Tegan".
While We Run was very different to the first book, and I found it a lot darker, which was difficult to handle. Our duo got themselves into tight spots in the first book, but this was different. Their entire being was changed, and it put a huge impact on the story.
Despite this, I did like how the story went. There were several twists and turns, none of which I really saw coming. This added to the intensity of the book and I couldn't really put it down! So if you have read the first book, you definitely need to get to this one!
**Sorry for the short review - I wasn't sure how to write my feelings without giving too much away.
The Good: Healey managed to end the book in a way I certainly didn't expect. It wasn't "perfect" but it fit the setting perfectly.
The Bad: Abdi and Tegan went through a lot, but Tegan seemed to deal with everything a lot better. A lot of it depressed me, especially when it was brought up over and over throughout the story.
Rating: 4 stars
While We Run was very different to the first book, and I found it a lot darker, which was difficult to handle. Our duo got themselves into tight spots in the first book, but this was different. Their entire being was changed, and it put a huge impact on the story.
Despite this, I did like how the story went. There were several twists and turns, none of which I really saw coming. This added to the intensity of the book and I couldn't really put it down! So if you have read the first book, you definitely need to get to this one!
**Sorry for the short review - I wasn't sure how to write my feelings without giving too much away.
The Good: Healey managed to end the book in a way I certainly didn't expect. It wasn't "perfect" but it fit the setting perfectly.
The Bad: Abdi and Tegan went through a lot, but Tegan seemed to deal with everything a lot better. A lot of it depressed me, especially when it was brought up over and over throughout the story.
Rating: 4 stars
megatsunami's review against another edition
4.0
Started off a little clunky (or maybe it's just that I hate torture scenes?) but then got going and (I thought) was actually better than the first, more nuanced and complex in its politics.
claire_melanie's review against another edition
3.0
Changing narrators was clever and mostly this was a good sequel but the end was so stupid i felt disappointed.
jessicohen15's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
3.0
This just took me forever to read I kept forgetting to pick it up.
roheenaaah's review against another edition
4.0
Some parts got a little confusing, but overall, the book was amazing! It’s not everyday that we come across a good book set in Australia, in particular, a dystopian and it discusses many themes and issues! It was interesting to read the story from Abdi’s point of view, to understand how he feels about Tegan and the government and the Ark Project.
pollyroth's review against another edition
3.0
The writing's a lot better than When We Wake
Abdi his highly unlikable until the last 75 pages.
World building is interesting, but needs more background. I'm not really sure what this giant refugee problem stems from.
Abdi his highly unlikable until the last 75 pages.
World building is interesting, but needs more background. I'm not really sure what this giant refugee problem stems from.
lazygal's review against another edition
3.0
A good continuation of When We Wake but again, somehow it just missed. This time we have a different POV, that of Abdi (the "thirdie" Teeg falls in love with in book one), which does help. What doesn't help is that at times I got serious Hunger Games-type flashbacks, particularly the tour the two are forced to do to promote the Ark Project. There are more action sequences here, less world and character building, and that doesn't help the book either.
Did I buy the world built? Sometimes. The lack of resources, the anti-immigrant stance, the desire to figure out how to solve those problems all made it feel real, as did the dichotomy between rich and poor. The technology of the 2100s didn't feel so far removed from what we have now, another sign of good world building. So if you loved the first book, this won't disappoint. But if you were hoping for something more...
ARC provided by publisher.
Did I buy the world built? Sometimes. The lack of resources, the anti-immigrant stance, the desire to figure out how to solve those problems all made it feel real, as did the dichotomy between rich and poor. The technology of the 2100s didn't feel so far removed from what we have now, another sign of good world building. So if you loved the first book, this won't disappoint. But if you were hoping for something more...
ARC provided by publisher.
snazel's review against another edition
5.0
This is a really good book, and together with the prequel it makes an even better set. Thought provoking in the way SF is supposed to be, and ethically complex. It's a really good book.