A review by phoenix2
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth

3.0

I've read some of the reviews before reading this one, and they mostly talked about this book being racist. Alas, I've alreasy brought it, so I had to read it. And it was good, for me. This was my first Veronica Roth book and I've found her writing style quite intriguing, with interesting technics and entertaining POVs. The characters were nice, and I did liked Cyra. She was a strong female lead and she had a nicely built character development. The romance was so so, though, as, for me, it was kind of quick and had no built up. Aslo, the names, places, ceremonies, languages etc were confusing and tiring as I had to try to remember everything and figure out what is what (though there is a glossary in the end of the book that helps). As for the pain issue, as I never had experianced chronic pain, so I don't really know much about it and so it didn't made much of a difference reading this book. It didn't bothered me and at some level, I get that Cyra felt she deserved pain because that's what she believed since she was little. Was it right to do so? Of course not. But I can't really be objective on this subject, since I don't have sufficient knowledge about it. So, what I'll say, for me, overall, it was an entertaining, interesting book and I will read the second one.