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fai_aka's review
3.0
Rereading could be both a good and a bad thing. Good because you got to relive the story and reconnect with your favorite characters. Bad because you realized some things you didn't really like that you didn't realize during your first time reading the book.
Rereading this book was both of those things. I missed Jax’s bluntness and her relationship with both Lir and Jace. But I realized that in the beginning of the book, I felt like we were jumping from scene to scene a little bit too fast and some are somewhat random? And Jax and Lir’s relationship move faster than I remembered.
Rereading this book was both of those things. I missed Jax’s bluntness and her relationship with both Lir and Jace. But I realized that in the beginning of the book, I felt like we were jumping from scene to scene a little bit too fast and some are somewhat random? And Jax and Lir’s relationship move faster than I remembered.
vanessa_reads30's review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I enjoyed reading this novel and will read the other books another time.
A reclusive human girl. A disillusioned alien boy. They were never meant to meet...
Jax Mitchell wanted to go looking for her twin brother, who was abducted by aliens, and she happened to come across a green haired alien boy named Lir who decided to help her get into the city to find.
A reclusive human girl. A disillusioned alien boy. They were never meant to meet...
Jax Mitchell wanted to go looking for her twin brother, who was abducted by aliens, and she happened to come across a green haired alien boy named Lir who decided to help her get into the city to find.
bloodborn_reader's review
2.0
Jax is the main reason this is bad
Honestly this story has potential but also it would be 10x better from Flints perspective
Jax isn't a bad character it's that the author puts Jax in problems that make her look stupid and useless.
the story has a really good "don't judge a book by its cover" thing going on with all the secrets and stuff but you want me to believe for even a second that Jax a mess of a person who you haven't shown to make a good decision once in this book is to be trusted?
So yeah good story bad protagonist
Honestly this story has potential but also it would be 10x better from Flints perspective
Jax isn't a bad character it's that the author puts Jax in problems that make her look stupid and useless.
the story has a really good "don't judge a book by its cover" thing going on with all the secrets and stuff but you want me to believe for even a second that Jax a mess of a person who you haven't shown to make a good decision once in this book is to be trusted?
So yeah good story bad protagonist
rooibos's review
2.0
The worldbuilding in this book was pretty great, but the book was just lacking a lot of things I enjoy in books. The romance felt forced and the characters were all underdeveloped and unlikable. I can see how people liked reading Broken Skies, but it just wasn't for me.
lili_darknight's review
4.0
Niečo bolo predvídateľné, niečo bolo prekvapením. Veľa vecí ešte potrebujú vysvetlenie. Ale nakoniec sa z toho vykľulo pomerne dobré a pohodové čítanie, ktorí na konci príjemne prekvapilo.
nikki_daire's review
3.0
I had mixed feelings about this book. The storyline intrigued me and I want to know what is going on with the world, but there was way too much internal monologue going on. There were a bunch of little inconsistancies that bothered me like Jax hating being touched, being wary of all guys except her brother, but then going skinny dipping in front of a guy.
I normally enjoy 1st person present tense, but in this book it felt off. Maybe it was just difficult being in Jax's head.
The story could have been condensed down to make it more interesting - the entire epilogue could have been scraped. Don't think I'll read the next one even though the story was left hanging.
I normally enjoy 1st person present tense, but in this book it felt off. Maybe it was just difficult being in Jax's head.
The story could have been condensed down to make it more interesting - the entire epilogue could have been scraped. Don't think I'll read the next one even though the story was left hanging.
powellki's review
4.0
I love science fiction, the genre of stories has some sort of hold over my heart and provides me with a with an escape to a normally dull day life. Received as an Advanced Reader Copy, this book captivated me. My internet happened to think it a wonderful time to crap out at 12:26 in the morning on Tuesday Night, and being unable to sleep I picked up the book and started reading. Two hours later, my internet still hadn't come back, but I had gone from 30 pages into this wonderful book to over 100 read. In short succession I've finished the book, and I can honestly say I want more.
The story of Jax is a complex one, starting with her discomfort in the town of Bridgelake, Virginia. This town, like a handful of others, is a settlement for the remainders of humanity. Jax, our rather emotionally-fragile heroine, finds like here to be stifling, unwilling to join in on any activities that might make her seem more docile and, as she put it, a sheep. Her plan is simple, escape the town with her twin and make off into the woods again. Problem is, aliens get to to her twin before she can even tell him of her plans to leave. Left behind in his place is Lir, one of the E'rikon who had come to settle on Earth after the collapse. Stuck with a choice of trusting Lir or trying to bust into a city full of E'rikon, Jax makes the choice to demand help from Lir.
Kay's book is a wonderfully captivating story, though I admit at times I was a bit annoyed with Jax and her inability to focus on more than one thing. But that's part of the charm of this book. Kay has managed to make a perfectly believable character of questionable backgrounds (you find out later that Jax is half human, half E'rikon) seem human enough to relate to. Science fiction, while wonderful in everything it does, sometimes takes it too far with even the most human of characters and I applaud Ms. Kay for being able to portray this well.
Throughout the book, Jax grows in her understanding of her life. Her brother, the reader quickly comes to learn, isn't as perfect as Jax believes early on. In fact, he's a bit of an asshole who uses an emotional bond he's realized he shares with his sister through their alien blood to manipulate her for the past year. He's lied to her, and made his bondmate promise to watch over her if something happens to him. Disturbed by this realization, Jax realizes she has to work her way through the events of the past and what's happening around her to survive.
The book is a great story that leaves me wanting more. I'll admit, I was a bit frustrated that Lir didn't escape with Jax at the end, but the fact that she's able to release all of her pent up emotions to Peter (a priest we meet in the book) is a sign of change. I can't wait to see any further books in this series.
The story of Jax is a complex one, starting with her discomfort in the town of Bridgelake, Virginia. This town, like a handful of others, is a settlement for the remainders of humanity. Jax, our rather emotionally-fragile heroine, finds like here to be stifling, unwilling to join in on any activities that might make her seem more docile and, as she put it, a sheep. Her plan is simple, escape the town with her twin and make off into the woods again. Problem is, aliens get to to her twin before she can even tell him of her plans to leave. Left behind in his place is Lir, one of the E'rikon who had come to settle on Earth after the collapse. Stuck with a choice of trusting Lir or trying to bust into a city full of E'rikon, Jax makes the choice to demand help from Lir.
Kay's book is a wonderfully captivating story, though I admit at times I was a bit annoyed with Jax and her inability to focus on more than one thing. But that's part of the charm of this book. Kay has managed to make a perfectly believable character of questionable backgrounds (you find out later that Jax is half human, half E'rikon) seem human enough to relate to. Science fiction, while wonderful in everything it does, sometimes takes it too far with even the most human of characters and I applaud Ms. Kay for being able to portray this well.
Throughout the book, Jax grows in her understanding of her life. Her brother, the reader quickly comes to learn, isn't as perfect as Jax believes early on. In fact, he's a bit of an asshole who uses an emotional bond he's realized he shares with his sister through their alien blood to manipulate her for the past year. He's lied to her, and made his bondmate promise to watch over her if something happens to him. Disturbed by this realization, Jax realizes she has to work her way through the events of the past and what's happening around her to survive.
The book is a great story that leaves me wanting more. I'll admit, I was a bit frustrated that Lir didn't escape with Jax at the end, but the fact that she's able to release all of her pent up emotions to Peter (a priest we meet in the book) is a sign of change. I can't wait to see any further books in this series.
rattletheshelves's review
4.0
I still cannot form coherent sentences, even after a night's sleep, so let me just ask you WHY AREN'T YOU READING IT YET?
Seriously, more people need to know about this gem, it's definitely the best sci-fi/alien book I've ever read.
Seriously, more people need to know about this gem, it's definitely the best sci-fi/alien book I've ever read.
marie_thereadingotter's review
4.0
4.5 stars
Review:
http://pagestoexplore.blogspot.com/2015/01/broken-skies-by-theresa-kay.html
Review:
http://pagestoexplore.blogspot.com/2015/01/broken-skies-by-theresa-kay.html
suzjustsuz's review
3.0
2.75 stars (weak 3)
The book reeled me in, it's true. I wanted to know what was going to happen. I wanted to get questions answered, so it engaged me.
I spent a good deal of the time reading this book being frustrated with it, though. The idea is quite good, but the notion that a teenage girl, who was born in and has spent her entire life on a dystopian earth, could be so damaged by a single traumatic event that she has debilitating panic attacks is just implausible for me. In a dystopian world that is so dog-eat-dog this should have gotten her killed. Survival of the fittest and all that. Yeah, her twin has been looking out for her. I still don't buy it and it was used throughout the book as a plot pacing device so it was very difficult to ignore.
There was also a lot of not talking to each other used for plot pacing, so much that it was unrealistic.
Additional YA tropes included everybody wanting her, everybody taking care of and rescuing her, rebellious foot-stomping, and the inability to think about the task at hand because of obsessing about the hot guy.
It did get interesting toward the end when the long arc started to reveal itself. The character growth of the heroine happened entirely in the epilogue and it was told, not shown.
Also, the entire book was world building and long arc set up. There were almost no resolutions at all in this book, although in fairness the crisis point for the book arc did get resolved. The book ended with more unresolved than resolved, though. Not a cliff hanger, but certainly not a satisfying ending.
In short, it was YA. Had it been written with adult characters perhaps I would have enjoyed it more. It's an intriguing premise.
The book reeled me in, it's true. I wanted to know what was going to happen. I wanted to get questions answered, so it engaged me.
I spent a good deal of the time reading this book being frustrated with it, though. The idea is quite good, but the notion that a teenage girl, who was born in and has spent her entire life on a dystopian earth, could be so damaged by a single traumatic event that she has debilitating panic attacks is just implausible for me. In a dystopian world that is so dog-eat-dog this should have gotten her killed. Survival of the fittest and all that. Yeah, her twin has been looking out for her. I still don't buy it and it was used throughout the book as a plot pacing device so it was very difficult to ignore.
There was also a lot of not talking to each other used for plot pacing, so much that it was unrealistic.
Additional YA tropes included everybody wanting her, everybody taking care of and rescuing her, rebellious foot-stomping, and the inability to think about the task at hand because of obsessing about the hot guy.
It did get interesting toward the end when the long arc started to reveal itself. The character growth of the heroine happened entirely in the epilogue and it was told, not shown.
Also, the entire book was world building and long arc set up. There were almost no resolutions at all in this book, although in fairness the crisis point for the book arc did get resolved. The book ended with more unresolved than resolved, though. Not a cliff hanger, but certainly not a satisfying ending.
In short, it was YA. Had it been written with adult characters perhaps I would have enjoyed it more. It's an intriguing premise.