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A review by isabelthearcher
The Elite by Kiera Cass
2.0
2 Stars
If I didn’t find the humour in how ridiculous and annoying this book was, I probably would have DNFed after the first few chapters. But somehow this series is addicting despite the low standards of writing and characters, especially America’s non-existent character development even after two books.
☆ What I liked about this book:
The swoon factor of Maxon.
Drama of
People being rude to America because she’s a self-entitled paranoid brat :)
My poor guy Maxon is literally being strung along this entire book. Every three chapters America had a change of heart over: Maxon, Aspen, the Crown, the reaction to, being scared of the rebels, wanting everyone to like her, wanting to go back home. Can you tell how awfully tedious it was?
The hypocrisy was also awful, America gets jealous over Maxon spending time with the other girls …
…
That’s literally the point of the competition. That’s literally what you signed up for…
…
Plus America kept literally make it make sense!
This line that America’s dad said to her when she was scared of Maxon leaving her really summed some of it up for me. “America, honey, he’s the prince. He’s probably been busy passing legislation or something like that.”
America, honey, if you stop changing your mind every three seconds and open up to Maxon and not spread his secrets, maybe this book wouldn’t have to exist. Because there was NO PLOT!
Near the end of the book, as finally things seem better America thinks this. And in this moment I gasped and threw the book across my living room. Because the hypocrisy was too much. I though of Aspen holding me tight and making his promises. Hadn’t I done the very same thing? I could see the wheels turning in Maxon’s head, wondering how literally I meant that. This was one secret I couldn't share. Even if it was all over for me, I couldn’t let Maxon think of me that way.
That was from page 295 of a 323 page book. The character development is literally reversed, negative, moving backwards.
But this entire book was pretty much saved by this one quote, by the beloved King Schreave: “You’re rude, jocular; and the one time you do something serious, it tears at the fabric of our nation. Completely thoughtless. And that’s not even counting your poor posture and gait.” Purrrr, the King is really speaking what everyone wants to say rn.
Awful book with some swoon to not make it disastrous.
Still waiting for a Celeste and America love story.
If I didn’t find the humour in how ridiculous and annoying this book was, I probably would have DNFed after the first few chapters. But somehow this series is addicting despite the low standards of writing and characters, especially America’s non-existent character development even after two books.
☆ What I liked about this book:
The swoon factor of Maxon.
Drama of
Spoiler
MarleePeople being rude to America because she’s a self-entitled paranoid brat :)
My poor guy Maxon is literally being strung along this entire book. Every three chapters America had a change of heart over: Maxon, Aspen, the Crown, the reaction to
Spoiler
MarleeThe hypocrisy was also awful, America gets jealous over Maxon spending time with the other girls …
…
That’s literally the point of the competition. That’s literally what you signed up for…
…
Plus America kept
Spoiler
sneaking around with Aspen, but somehow that was different>This line that America’s dad said to her when she was scared of Maxon leaving her really summed some of it up for me. “America, honey, he’s the prince. He’s probably been busy passing legislation or something like that.”
America, honey, if you stop changing your mind every three seconds and open up to Maxon and not spread his secrets, maybe this book wouldn’t have to exist. Because there was NO PLOT!
Near the end of the book, as finally things seem better America thinks this. And in this moment I gasped and threw the book across my living room. Because the hypocrisy was too much. I though of Aspen holding me tight and making his promises. Hadn’t I done the very same thing? I could see the wheels turning in Maxon’s head, wondering how literally I meant that. This was one secret I couldn't share. Even if it was all over for me, I couldn’t let Maxon think of me that way.
That was from page 295 of a 323 page book. The character development is literally reversed, negative, moving backwards.
But this entire book was pretty much saved by this one quote, by the beloved King Schreave: “You’re rude, jocular; and the one time you do something serious, it tears at the fabric of our nation. Completely thoughtless. And that’s not even counting your poor posture and gait.” Purrrr, the King is really speaking what everyone wants to say rn.
Awful book with some swoon to not make it disastrous.
Still waiting for a Celeste and America love story.