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A review by chelsea_not_chels
Deadly Pink by Vivian Vande Velde
2.0
I've only read one of the other two books in this "series," HEIR APPARENT. Between the two, I liked HEIR much better. DEADLY PINK wasn't necessarily bad, but it just seemed somewhat weak. Here's what I didn't like:
-Grace seems like the much more mature and together sister, despite being five years younger than Emily and in a completely different point of her life.
-Emily's characterization was pretty weak overall.
-The plot as to why Emily went into the game was hackneyed, and it was "wrapped up" way too hurriedly in the end, as if the author knew she'd opened a bag of worms she couldn't really close up and went, "Well, that's it" instead of looking at how this should have been fixed as a whole.
-How is this company allowed to exist? It was one thing in HEIR, when the MC was stuck in the game because the equipment had been damaged by rioters; it's another thing entirely when the company engages software that allows AI to keep the players captive in the game if it gets ticked off at them.
What I LIKED about this one is, essentially, one of the things I really liked about HEIR. It's always interesting to see the characters try to game the game, find loopholes, and exploit the game's logic itself. But that on its own isn't enough to carry the book, and with the other weaker elements, I found myself just a tad disappointed here.
-Grace seems like the much more mature and together sister, despite being five years younger than Emily and in a completely different point of her life.
-Emily's characterization was pretty weak overall.
-The plot as to why Emily went into the game was hackneyed, and it was "wrapped up" way too hurriedly in the end, as if the author knew she'd opened a bag of worms she couldn't really close up and went, "Well, that's it" instead of looking at how this should have been fixed as a whole.
-How is this company allowed to exist? It was one thing in HEIR, when the MC was stuck in the game because the equipment had been damaged by rioters; it's another thing entirely when the company engages software that allows AI to keep the players captive in the game if it gets ticked off at them.
What I LIKED about this one is, essentially, one of the things I really liked about HEIR. It's always interesting to see the characters try to game the game, find loopholes, and exploit the game's logic itself. But that on its own isn't enough to carry the book, and with the other weaker elements, I found myself just a tad disappointed here.