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The Rose Society by Marie Lu
5.0

4.5 + 0.5 (for the last page of the book) stars

i feel emotionally drained after i finished this book. wait, actually, no, i want to cry my eyes out until i can't feel anything anymore, reach through the pages of the book and wrap adelina up in the warmest blanket i knit myself , slaps enzo in the face.

i was constantly battling between who's side of the story should i trust: we have stories coming from both sides, each weaving in the line between truths and lies and i love how this book challenged me (and my morals. and possibly psychologically, my psych lecturer will give me a pat at the back for this, i didn't even do as much as thinking during class as i did reading this book)

can we talk about the last chapter, or even the last page of the book? i reread it until the page is wet caused by the sweat of my palm. that whole chapter wrecked me of any emotions i have left at that point, i read the ~200 pages of it in one sitting and now i'm just sitting here trying to think of what to say. now that i've finished it, all my mind could think of is: what was that ending? why is she like this? why is the whole world against me? against adelina? is what she did right? is what the daggers do to her right? did they deserve it? did adelina deserve it?

i swear after this i won't be able to sleep whilst my mind churns with trying to grasp the different kinds of stories i've heard from both sides of the party (i'm still bitter af about the daggers don't touch me)