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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
This was one of the best books I have ever read. Highly recommend.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I had high hopes and this just didn’t meet them! This is my first ever book below 3 ⭐️ It’s only got two because at points it kept me reading and some twists shocked me… some people loved this but I was not one of them. I felt that the constant talk about the MC life was repetitive and we still didn’t get a round up from it. I skim read some of it due to it repeating and the ending is so infuriating
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
The pacing was rough for me. The first third of the book is just the lead-up to the action. Then once we're in the real stuff, everyone is so stupid. First of all, I'm not sure the author knows what a pupil is. Second, you can absolutely drink pool water in an emergency situation come tf on. I later assumed that Daniel was saying not to as pure sabotage, but come ON Caz. I never had a sense of real danger, everything was easily escapable, and there was no good reason for the characters not to just sit down and wait. Sure, that's later explicitly articulated that to the audience-proxy introduced in the last third, but that was telling not shoiwng. There was no *demonstrated* inevitable danger. In fact, there was a lot of telling instead of showing, especially with explaining the dark web and the state of reality tv. This could've been a thrilling commentary on media consumption but instead it was bland. And don't even get me started on the whole body eyeroll that escaped me at the ending.
adventurous
challenging
dark
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
tense
fast-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:
Yes