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A review by arishna_anjenna
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
I am pissed that I picked up another popular booktok book that was essentially just a copy of the hunger games. This one had much stronger hunger games influences then most, to the point I was baffled the author was getting away with it. I will say, there is a reason these books are popular. I like this kind of plot, and if you do too, I think you will enjoy this book—if you don’t mind a predictable plot and the same love interest from the last twenty popular booktok fantasy novels.
Though, I should also mention the writing on this was less fluid than I consider adequate. While I did enjoy reading this hunger games fanfiction, I couldn’t overlook how the dialogue made me cringe and the descriptions were just….lacking. It was like the author just slapped a bunch of popular descriptive words together and hoped it worked.
Despite my enraged attitude towards this book upon completion, I did read it in one day and I did enjoy it (because I’m a w**re for these plots), even though it was incredibly predictable.
This premise has a a lot of promise for at least semi-original story but it did not deliver.
Though, I should also mention the writing on this was less fluid than I consider adequate. While I did enjoy reading this hunger games fanfiction, I couldn’t overlook how the dialogue made me cringe and the descriptions were just….lacking. It was like the author just slapped a bunch of popular descriptive words together and hoped it worked.
Despite my enraged attitude towards this book upon completion, I did read it in one day and I did enjoy it (because I’m a w**re for these plots), even though it was incredibly predictable.
This premise has a a lot of promise for at least semi-original story but it did not deliver.