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A review by librovert
The Roar by Emma Clayton
4.0
Audiobook comments at the end
I want to preface this by saying that the book is aimed for kids in grades 5-8 and it definitely felt more juvenile than young adult. There are explanations that are repeated throughout the book to facilitate the young reader and the prose definitely has a juvenile feel to it. If that's not something you like this probably isn't the book for you and you should move on.
That said, I really enjoyed The Roar. The world that Clayton created, though it did draw from some generic dystopian tropes, was unique and well-developed. Her characters are believable and had me rooting for them from the start. In addition to all that, I was never quite sure what was going to happen next. I had my ideas and most of them were close - but I was never 100% dead on.
My only complaint was that the pacing wasn't consistent. There are definitely some points in the book that seem to drag out for an unnecessary amount of time that I felt could have been shortened up a bit.
The sequel, The Whisper, was recently released and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of it. I get the feeling this will be a series to be read together as there are some major cliff hangers and some loose subplots that need tying up!
Audio: I thought Jane Collingwood was an excellent narrator. She had a great range of voices for the characters and the right amounts of emotion.
I want to preface this by saying that the book is aimed for kids in grades 5-8 and it definitely felt more juvenile than young adult. There are explanations that are repeated throughout the book to facilitate the young reader and the prose definitely has a juvenile feel to it. If that's not something you like this probably isn't the book for you and you should move on.
That said, I really enjoyed The Roar. The world that Clayton created, though it did draw from some generic dystopian tropes, was unique and well-developed. Her characters are believable and had me rooting for them from the start. In addition to all that, I was never quite sure what was going to happen next. I had my ideas and most of them were close - but I was never 100% dead on.
My only complaint was that the pacing wasn't consistent. There are definitely some points in the book that seem to drag out for an unnecessary amount of time that I felt could have been shortened up a bit.
The sequel, The Whisper, was recently released and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of it. I get the feeling this will be a series to be read together as there are some major cliff hangers and some loose subplots that need tying up!
Audio: I thought Jane Collingwood was an excellent narrator. She had a great range of voices for the characters and the right amounts of emotion.