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A review by nightxade
Young Terrorists, #1: Pierce The Veil by Amancay Nahuelpan, Matt Pizzolo
2.0
With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is the story of a group of young terrorists, as the title indicates, intent on overthrowing the current questionable political world order. The description is enticing, as is the provocative cover image, but the first volume does not quite offer the promised pay off. Instead, it focuses on a long building up on the characters, with a slowburn of the plot occurring in the background. This isn't necessary a bad thing, however the execution simply did not work well for me in this case. The book is unapologetically filled with sex and violence, with great emphasis on the latter, especially with the focus being on a young woman who has had to claw her way out of prison and now is involved with some kind of fight club. Other young people join the fray through various means. Each of their stories is, superficially, unique and filled with potential, but despite the length of this first volume, we don't get to see enough of them and their purpose within the greater whole. Plus, as mentioned, we don't really get to see much of the greater whole, either. Presumably that will come in the next volume, but I don't care enough about the characters this book tried so hard to build for me to continue on.
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This is the story of a group of young terrorists, as the title indicates, intent on overthrowing the current questionable political world order. The description is enticing, as is the provocative cover image, but the first volume does not quite offer the promised pay off. Instead, it focuses on a long building up on the characters, with a slowburn of the plot occurring in the background. This isn't necessary a bad thing, however the execution simply did not work well for me in this case. The book is unapologetically filled with sex and violence, with great emphasis on the latter, especially with the focus being on a young woman who has had to claw her way out of prison and now is involved with some kind of fight club. Other young people join the fray through various means. Each of their stories is, superficially, unique and filled with potential, but despite the length of this first volume, we don't get to see enough of them and their purpose within the greater whole. Plus, as mentioned, we don't really get to see much of the greater whole, either. Presumably that will come in the next volume, but I don't care enough about the characters this book tried so hard to build for me to continue on.
www.BiblioSanctum.com