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A review by charlottecharwoods
XVI by Julia Karr
2.0
Okay so the book wasn't horrendous but it wasn't good. I only got it because the books at my library that day were limited and I like dystopian novels... usually.
This one just was very messy. I felt like Nina was writing from the perspective of a 10 year old. The romance in it was very silly. It was quite predictable most of it and the concept wasn't anything new really. Whenever you thought there might be a twist or turn it turned out fine. 'Oh now Dee is missing" a bit of worrying in between "oh no she was just at a friends"!! I liked Sal but his and Nina's relationship was all over the place. I think the biggest problem with the book was I didn't like Nina's 'voice' I guess and the plot was all over the place and everything either dragged out or happened all at once. It just didn't flow nicely like The Hunger Games, Divergent and other dystopians novels have, heck like any good novel does. I felt like I was waiting and waiting for something BIG to happen but it didn't. I just wanted it to be over in the end. Sandy's death was quite unexpected and did move me which I was surprised by. The way Nina grieved was a bit odd (for her mother). Yeah I just didn't really like this book. I didn't hate it or anything but it could have been so much more and it wasn't. I guess I was disappointed.
This one just was very messy. I felt like Nina was writing from the perspective of a 10 year old. The romance in it was very silly. It was quite predictable most of it and the concept wasn't anything new really. Whenever you thought there might be a twist or turn it turned out fine. 'Oh now Dee is missing" a bit of worrying in between "oh no she was just at a friends"!! I liked Sal but his and Nina's relationship was all over the place. I think the biggest problem with the book was I didn't like Nina's 'voice' I guess and the plot was all over the place and everything either dragged out or happened all at once. It just didn't flow nicely like The Hunger Games, Divergent and other dystopians novels have, heck like any good novel does. I felt like I was waiting and waiting for something BIG to happen but it didn't. I just wanted it to be over in the end. Sandy's death was quite unexpected and did move me which I was surprised by. The way Nina grieved was a bit odd (for her mother). Yeah I just didn't really like this book. I didn't hate it or anything but it could have been so much more and it wasn't. I guess I was disappointed.