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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
2/5
When I first saw this book it had been one of the times I had gone to 2nd and Charles. I always saw it there, around 5 copies, all in hardcover. I kept always forgetting about it because there is a book that is so similar in cover and name that I would get them confused. Now, finally reading the book, I found it to be ok. The plot was decent and I found it tiresome with the lack of action and there wasn't a lot to hang onto for one of the only things that made me push through to finish reading it was the fact that I just wanted to know what would happen.
When I first saw this book it had been one of the times I had gone to 2nd and Charles. I always saw it there, around 5 copies, all in hardcover. I kept always forgetting about it because there is a book that is so similar in cover and name that I would get them confused. Now, finally reading the book, I found it to be ok. The plot was decent and I found it tiresome with the lack of action and there wasn't a lot to hang onto for one of the only things that made me push through to finish reading it was the fact that I just wanted to know what would happen.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
ill never know what happens next but I love a good character development hahajdhhzja im mourning MY lost. no one talk to me im depress
Pretty basic YA scifi. I was genuinely considering giving it 4 stars because the map at the beginning is so cool. It's got a star system and a solar system and a terrestrial map and that always gets me. Plus each location is illustrated which is really cute but none of these things make the story any better. I mean don't get me wrong, it's fun, it just wasn't revolutionary (lol).
Tot 1/3 deel was het nog oké. Maar op een gegeven moment ging het te veel over politiek en allerlei onbekende termen. En ik vond de mix van toekomst vs traditioneel slecht uitgevoerd.
Na een tijdje ging de schrijstijl ook vervelen. En het plot ook. Dan gaat ze naar plaats B, dan weer naar plaats A, C, A, D, A. Iedereen die familie van elkaar was. Een opstand.
Het verhaal kon me niet bekoren. Vanaf hoofdstuk 31 (v/d 38) begonnen met skimmen.
- Ik vond ook het vertelperspectief verschrikkelijk. Vooral bij uiterlijk. Daar had echt beter een alwetende verteller bij kunnen kijken.
Na een tijdje ging de schrijstijl ook vervelen. En het plot ook. Dan gaat ze naar plaats B, dan weer naar plaats A, C, A, D, A. Iedereen die familie van elkaar was. Een opstand.
Het verhaal kon me niet bekoren. Vanaf hoofdstuk 31 (v/d 38) begonnen met skimmen.
- Ik vond ook het vertelperspectief verschrikkelijk. Vooral bij uiterlijk. Daar had echt beter een alwetende verteller bij kunnen kijken.
2.5 rounded up. I was bored for a good portion of the book.
just read it for the second time & it is truly a gem. can not wait for the world to read this!!
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JUST GOT TO READ THE FULL AND ITS THE BEST THING EVERRRR. GREAT ROMANCE. BEAUTIFUL WORLD. GREAT REPRESENTATION. PRE-ORDER IT NOW.
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JUST GOT TO READ THE FULL AND ITS THE BEST THING EVERRRR. GREAT ROMANCE. BEAUTIFUL WORLD. GREAT REPRESENTATION. PRE-ORDER IT NOW.
*no spoilers were harmed in the making of this review*Tha
"blood never dies, blood never forgets"
Hey guys, so I finally finished Mirage (Mirage, #1) by Somaiya Daud. I damn the semester for not allowing me to finish it sooner. If it had, maybe my thoughts and feelings would be different. SO basically, the beginning was really amazing, event he middle of it, but once it started to end, it kind of...just flatlined. BUT, that might be my bias talking for I may hav been impatient to just finish it. But honestly though, I kept waiting for all the bird poop to hit the fan in some big way, or to have some big horror come from their actions and...well. I did not really get what I was expecting, so that kind of soured me a bit. Truly, with the way the book had gone, I was expecting a lot more danger, real, action danger. Like, near death experiences constantly. Instead, the danger was more implied. It was more the threat of danger than actual, danger. Like there was always that "oh no, am going to get caught" looming over her head, but it felt more like a gloomy grey cloud than an electric stormy one about to blow any moment. Seriously, the danger aspect could have been upped tremendously, with everything considered. AND do not even get me started on the way that ended. Everything basically goes to hell for like, no possible reason. Kay??? I was like, wtf, why is this happening. wtf, what you doing, what is happening. it just left me very disorganized. That being said, this book was really cool and I really enjoyed it, for the most part. It had a lot of court intrigue. Talk about a den of vipers. And the whole plot (until the end) was really cool. Seriously, I just loved the whole ordeal of the body double thing. (no, not a spoiler cause it says that in the bookjacket). Amani is just an amazing character, really. She doesnt let her situaitond efine her no matter how much it tries. She is steel, baby. She is steel. I admire her so much. She was so strong in the face of adversity. She would not break, she would not let them break her, no matter how hard they tried. She stuck to her guns and did everything she could to survive. So, I just loved her as a character. Maram on the other hand, gods I have a love hate relation with that woman. At first she is a total beach, a jerk, every bad word and phrase one could say. she is the embodiment of it all, all the cruelty and violence and just ughhh! But....she is just a product of her environment. if she had had a different childhood, maybe things would have turned out differently. She acts the way she does because of how she was raised. But she has emotions, just like everyone else, fear, hope, joy, need for love, trust, and the thing she fears and feels the msot, betrayal. OKAY, now onto the real shining star of this whole goddamt book. IDRIS. OH MY SWEET BABY BOY. LET ME HUG YOU AND TELL YOU EVERYHTING WILL BE ALRIGHT. Gods I love idris so much. He suffered so horribly and continually and ohhhhhhhh, IDRIS. He was so charming and funny and seductive and smart and hot and so,...so sexy. I LOVE HIM. I LOVED the romance in this book. I so shipped it. Even if I sometime wondered whethe the was gonna betray or if something bad would happen. Still, I loved it. The romance was just, so necessary, truly. It added so much richness to the plot, and to the characters. The plot by itself was pretty good, but the romance made it even better. The plot, gods I really liked when Amani had to do her body double thing, it was so fine. And just, it was great. Save for the last bit of the book, that, was not so great. And it makes me not want to read the second book. Alright, I think I prattled on long enough. if you guys have any questions, feel free to comment below. As always, this is all my opinion, feel free to read the book to form your own. Till next time.
"blood never dies, blood never forgets"
Hey guys, so I finally finished Mirage (Mirage, #1) by Somaiya Daud. I damn the semester for not allowing me to finish it sooner. If it had, maybe my thoughts and feelings would be different. SO basically, the beginning was really amazing, event he middle of it, but once it started to end, it kind of...just flatlined. BUT, that might be my bias talking for I may hav been impatient to just finish it. But honestly though, I kept waiting for all the bird poop to hit the fan in some big way, or to have some big horror come from their actions and...well. I did not really get what I was expecting, so that kind of soured me a bit. Truly, with the way the book had gone, I was expecting a lot more danger, real, action danger. Like, near death experiences constantly. Instead, the danger was more implied. It was more the threat of danger than actual, danger. Like there was always that "oh no, am going to get caught" looming over her head, but it felt more like a gloomy grey cloud than an electric stormy one about to blow any moment. Seriously, the danger aspect could have been upped tremendously, with everything considered. AND do not even get me started on the way that ended. Everything basically goes to hell for like, no possible reason. Kay??? I was like, wtf, why is this happening. wtf, what you doing, what is happening. it just left me very disorganized. That being said, this book was really cool and I really enjoyed it, for the most part. It had a lot of court intrigue. Talk about a den of vipers. And the whole plot (until the end) was really cool. Seriously, I just loved the whole ordeal of the body double thing. (no, not a spoiler cause it says that in the bookjacket). Amani is just an amazing character, really. She doesnt let her situaitond efine her no matter how much it tries. She is steel, baby. She is steel. I admire her so much. She was so strong in the face of adversity. She would not break, she would not let them break her, no matter how hard they tried. She stuck to her guns and did everything she could to survive. So, I just loved her as a character. Maram on the other hand, gods I have a love hate relation with that woman. At first she is a total beach, a jerk, every bad word and phrase one could say. she is the embodiment of it all, all the cruelty and violence and just ughhh! But....she is just a product of her environment. if she had had a different childhood, maybe things would have turned out differently. She acts the way she does because of how she was raised. But she has emotions, just like everyone else, fear, hope, joy, need for love, trust, and the thing she fears and feels the msot, betrayal. OKAY, now onto the real shining star of this whole goddamt book. IDRIS. OH MY SWEET BABY BOY. LET ME HUG YOU AND TELL YOU EVERYHTING WILL BE ALRIGHT. Gods I love idris so much. He suffered so horribly and continually and ohhhhhhhh, IDRIS. He was so charming and funny and seductive and smart and hot and so,...so sexy. I LOVE HIM. I LOVED the romance in this book. I so shipped it. Even if I sometime wondered whethe the was gonna betray or if something bad would happen. Still, I loved it. The romance was just, so necessary, truly. It added so much richness to the plot, and to the characters. The plot by itself was pretty good, but the romance made it even better. The plot, gods I really liked when Amani had to do her body double thing, it was so fine. And just, it was great. Save for the last bit of the book, that, was not so great. And it makes me not want to read the second book. Alright, I think I prattled on long enough. if you guys have any questions, feel free to comment below. As always, this is all my opinion, feel free to read the book to form your own. Till next time.
*deep breath*
*opens mouth*
*starts screaming*
HOW GOOD WAS THAT??? I'll edit this when I'm more coherent but I cannot wait for the sequel.
*EDITED*
It has taken me a long time to sit and write out my thoughts on this novel but let’s start with - why did it take me so long to pick it up??? It had been on my TBR since I first heard about it before it came out, and then I picked up a copy a few months after it came out when it was on sale. And then it sat on my shelf for MONTHS until I finally picked it up last month.
And now I see why everyone loves it so much. The writing is amazing. The prose flows well and catches you and draws you in. The characters are well written and built realistically, and they’re all sorts of shades of grey. The romance is believable and full of pining and angst and it hurts so nicely.
Don’t even get me started on the poetry, because that is just gorgeous and I cannot wait to start designing bookmarks around it. I’m going to do that for sure.
The world building is wonderful. There are so many parallels towards South Asia, so many parallels I could draw to the Islamic faith, and I’m not even Muslim, so I probably missed things. The thing that got me most, though? The parallels to colonialism and the centuries of South Asian culture being stripped down and away and taken from us and used for the colonialists own gain and amusement.
I’m in love with everything in this novel and I cannot wait to read more.
*opens mouth*
*starts screaming*
HOW GOOD WAS THAT??? I'll edit this when I'm more coherent but I cannot wait for the sequel.
*EDITED*
It has taken me a long time to sit and write out my thoughts on this novel but let’s start with - why did it take me so long to pick it up??? It had been on my TBR since I first heard about it before it came out, and then I picked up a copy a few months after it came out when it was on sale. And then it sat on my shelf for MONTHS until I finally picked it up last month.
And now I see why everyone loves it so much. The writing is amazing. The prose flows well and catches you and draws you in. The characters are well written and built realistically, and they’re all sorts of shades of grey. The romance is believable and full of pining and angst and it hurts so nicely.
Don’t even get me started on the poetry, because that is just gorgeous and I cannot wait to start designing bookmarks around it. I’m going to do that for sure.
The world building is wonderful. There are so many parallels towards South Asia, so many parallels I could draw to the Islamic faith, and I’m not even Muslim, so I probably missed things. The thing that got me most, though? The parallels to colonialism and the centuries of South Asian culture being stripped down and away and taken from us and used for the colonialists own gain and amusement.
I’m in love with everything in this novel and I cannot wait to read more.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes