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A review by philyra91
XVI by Julia Karr
2.0
I'm still not sure about how I feel towards XVI. On one hand, it definitely was an interesting dystopian premise and the story's not too bad. But on the other, my attention wasn't really captured. The book does seem kinda made of cliches.
Nina Oberon is different from all the other teens her age. She doesn't want to be sixteen, or a sex-teen. I don't know how her world was constructed but it made it seem like Nina was the ONLY one who felt this way, when I'm sure there must have been other teens like her. If it's true that there were 'rebels', then surely these rebels would have taught their own daughters to not be sucked into Media's lies.
Sal's a passable hero but I didn't like how they felt in love so fast; like most of the other YA novels around. He just didn't have that spark that I had hoped for.
The idea's pretty cool but the execution's flawed. Sure hope the sequel improves.
Nina Oberon is different from all the other teens her age. She doesn't want to be sixteen, or a sex-teen. I don't know how her world was constructed but it made it seem like Nina was the ONLY one who felt this way, when I'm sure there must have been other teens like her. If it's true that there were 'rebels', then surely these rebels would have taught their own daughters to not be sucked into Media's lies.
Sal's a passable hero but I didn't like how they felt in love so fast; like most of the other YA novels around. He just didn't have that spark that I had hoped for.
The idea's pretty cool but the execution's flawed. Sure hope the sequel improves.