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iva_y's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the concept of this book and the whole idea of macro and micro. I think the author was onto something there. The book was action-packed and I really enjoyed how the battles were going on macro and micro level at the same time.
What I had the biggest problem with were the characters. I just don't think they were very interesting. Also, for the first half of the book I kept mixing up some of them. This has never happened to me before and I was really confused. And then I realized, there wasn't proper description of most of the characters at all! Except for "the girl with the tattoo" or "that old guy" I had no idea how the characters looked and reading their names didn't bring an image to my mind. Has anyone had a similar problem? Or did I just miss the descriptions...
What I had the biggest problem with were the characters. I just don't think they were very interesting. Also, for the first half of the book I kept mixing up some of them. This has never happened to me before and I was really confused. And then I realized, there wasn't proper description of most of the characters at all! Except for "the girl with the tattoo" or "that old guy" I had no idea how the characters looked and reading their names didn't bring an image to my mind. Has anyone had a similar problem? Or did I just miss the descriptions...
vespagirl's review against another edition
5.0
creepy but really good, I can't wait for the next one
lein80's review
1.0
The only reason I finished this book is because I hate leaving things unfinished, not because the book was interesting enough for it. All action, no actual story. I didn't feel any bond with the characters, I couldn't like them, but also couldn't care enough about them to hate them. Grant also seems to like adding a lot of gross descriptions for the sake of being gross (at least, I haven't found a reason for it...). Add a dose of ableism (the "deformity = bad guy" trope is old, and taking a cane from someone who needs it to walk and stand because you can use it better in a fight is also absolutely not done) and I can't do anything else than give it one star and stay as far away as I can from any other book of this author.
lblanke724's review against another edition
3.0
Sci-fi fun. Nanobots fighting biots in brains in an attempt to take over world leaders.
jay_the_hippie's review against another edition
4.0
Very interesting technology and uses for nano robots, but I don't quite believe in the biots. Also, that is not an ending. That's like a hook for the next chapter, it just fell off the end of the book instead.
sleatherface's review against another edition
4.0
I can appreciate a young adult book that treats its audience like intelligent humans. This book was scientifically hard to follow at times, but I feel better having a challenge rather than reading a book that is dumbed down in order to pander to its readers. I also enjoyed the moral ambiguity of both sides. The reader isn't 100% sure who the good guys are. I'm definitely reading the next one.
courtney_niiicole's review against another edition
3.0
3.50-75
I'm not sure i want to give this a 4.
Will definitely read the second book though.
I'm not sure i want to give this a 4.
Will definitely read the second book though.
dr_dumpling's review against another edition
4.0
A slightly creepy and disturbing but intense action-packed dystopian, BZRK is thoroughly engaging. The idea of nanotechnology was very well-executed, and despite the multiple POVs, they weren't distracting and the characterization was excellent. The blurred line between good and evil was also thought-provoking and brilliant, and I'm really looking forward to the second book in this series.
babe3's review against another edition
4.0
Michael grant and the awful horrors you inflict on teenagers ❤