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averisimilartale 's review for:
The Barcode Tattoo
by Suzanne Weyn
I didn’t enjoy reading this book.
As a dystopian book, bad things are almost always expected to happen to the main character—it’s what spurs them into action to defeat the evil government that’s taken over. So many bad things happen to the main character in this book. Her dad died by suicide. Her mother burned to death. She loses her house and her life. The nice elderly couple who rescued her died. Her first boyfriend turned out to be a spy.
Maybe it was the lack of emotions overall that bothered me. I was told that Kayla was sad, but then she seemed to move on rather quickly. And her happiness was also told. She fell in love with two guys during the book, but the relationships were one-dimensional and felt super forced. So overall, the book was horrible thing happening after the next, the tone hopeless. Not enjoyable.
Also, during the first few days of Kayla reaching the final resistance hideaway, she EMAILS HER FRIEND (who doesn’t play hardly any role in the book at this point). And then they have to call a meeting saying that their headquarters are now compromised because of said email. It made me really dislike the main character.
And that ending with the “I’m like a bird, I only fly away” song lyric? I couldn’t take it seriously.
I would’ve DNF’d this book 50 pages in if I hadn’t been reading it for a reading challenge.
As a dystopian book, bad things are almost always expected to happen to the main character—it’s what spurs them into action to defeat the evil government that’s taken over. So many bad things happen to the main character in this book. Her dad died by suicide. Her mother burned to death. She loses her house and her life. The nice elderly couple who rescued her died. Her first boyfriend turned out to be a spy.
Maybe it was the lack of emotions overall that bothered me. I was told that Kayla was sad, but then she seemed to move on rather quickly. And her happiness was also told. She fell in love with two guys during the book, but the relationships were one-dimensional and felt super forced. So overall, the book was horrible thing happening after the next, the tone hopeless. Not enjoyable.
Also, during the first few days of Kayla reaching the final resistance hideaway, she EMAILS HER FRIEND (who doesn’t play hardly any role in the book at this point). And then they have to call a meeting saying that their headquarters are now compromised because of said email. It made me really dislike the main character.
And that ending with the “I’m like a bird, I only fly away” song lyric? I couldn’t take it seriously.
I would’ve DNF’d this book 50 pages in if I hadn’t been reading it for a reading challenge.