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mugglemom 's review for:
The Gender Game
by Bella Forrest
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For me, there were too many plot holes, feeble characters (she’s smart enough for difficult circumstances and utterly nonsensical for simple/obvious situations) and what sounded like a promising story premise but it just turned into a mini dumpster fire.
It was fast pace with odd encounters so holding my attention was not a problem. This book probably will be most appreciated by a certain age group – 8-14yrs and could undoubtedly fill a teacher’s discussion planner for months – many aspects of stereotyping to scrutinize. But it’s nowhere close to being intelligent enough or filling in holes that Hunger Games or Divergent leave on readers – don’t believe the “marketing” on the book jacket!
Gender game – one naturally wonders about romance…forget about it. The book has plenty of violence (homicide, cage fighting, near rape…) but gives the reader an absurdly clumsy romance!?
World building - ?? They ride motorcycles, fly helicopters, track people, yet, use landline phones and rowboats? Zero points. But there’s a forest that is deadly but I guess the sequel unlocks that mystery.
The ending was definitely easy to see coming and was intended to boggle the reader's mind as to wonder if you/I could really stomach to foray into the sequel. I’m tempted because nothing makes sense but a part of me is curious to see how bad the book could be. It’s the proverbial roadside wreck/rubbernecking ploy.
For me, there were too many plot holes, feeble characters (she’s smart enough for difficult circumstances and utterly nonsensical for simple/obvious situations) and what sounded like a promising story premise but it just turned into a mini dumpster fire.
It was fast pace with odd encounters so holding my attention was not a problem. This book probably will be most appreciated by a certain age group – 8-14yrs and could undoubtedly fill a teacher’s discussion planner for months – many aspects of stereotyping to scrutinize. But it’s nowhere close to being intelligent enough or filling in holes that Hunger Games or Divergent leave on readers – don’t believe the “marketing” on the book jacket!
Gender game – one naturally wonders about romance…forget about it. The book has plenty of violence (homicide, cage fighting, near rape…) but gives the reader an absurdly clumsy romance!?
World building - ?? They ride motorcycles, fly helicopters, track people, yet, use landline phones and rowboats? Zero points. But there’s a forest that is deadly but I guess the sequel unlocks that mystery.
The ending was definitely easy to see coming and was intended to boggle the reader's mind as to wonder if you/I could really stomach to foray into the sequel. I’m tempted because nothing makes sense but a part of me is curious to see how bad the book could be. It’s the proverbial roadside wreck/rubbernecking ploy.