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shetland_pone 's review for:
Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good until somewhere around 60-70% when the plot changes. It does pick up again towards the end though.
As someone who suffers from chronic pain, I'm not sure how I feel about the depiction of Cyra's condition. Although I can understand the in-book interpretation of her disorder as a "gift", I do hope that Roth does not view it that way in reality. My pain has not made me stronger or a better person. My pain actually prevents me from bettering myself in many cases.
Another thing to consider is the accusations of racism. The supposed good guys are mainly pale skinned and the bad guys are described as having extremely mixed bloodlines. I don't know how I feel about it. Cyra has brown skin and she's a good guy. Ryzek has light skin and he's a bad guy. Both of them are Shotet. I'd like to say that we've moved on enough as a society for race not to matter in fiction, but with racism still being such a prevalent issue in our world, it's impossible to separate it from the media we consume.
I think Akos is a Noavek and Cyra is not. That way he will die in service to himself.
As someone who suffers from chronic pain, I'm not sure how I feel about the depiction of Cyra's condition. Although I can understand the in-book interpretation of her disorder as a "gift", I do hope that Roth does not view it that way in reality. My pain has not made me stronger or a better person. My pain actually prevents me from bettering myself in many cases.
Another thing to consider is the accusations of racism. The supposed good guys are mainly pale skinned and the bad guys are described as having extremely mixed bloodlines. I don't know how I feel about it. Cyra has brown skin and she's a good guy. Ryzek has light skin and he's a bad guy. Both of them are Shotet. I'd like to say that we've moved on enough as a society for race not to matter in fiction, but with racism still being such a prevalent issue in our world, it's impossible to separate it from the media we consume.