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These Broken Stars
by Amie Kaufman
I feel like I've seen this cover a lot, and I randomly decided to read this book one day. Because of the cover, which is really cool. Also, I finished Hunted by Meagan Spooner recently, and I really liked it, so I wanted to check out some of her other books. This seemed like a good choice, and it really was!
I liked it, and the planet they land on is really creepy and deserted. I thought Lilac and Tarver were an interesting pairing, and while she was lucky to have crashed on a random planet with Tarver, he probably wished he was with someone else. At least for a while, but Lilac does prove herself. I found Lilac to be much more interesting than Tarver, and there were times where I wanted more of Lilac and less of Tarver. He was a lot more bland than I would have liked.
Something I thought was interesting was how everything was wrapped up pretty well. I mean, this is the first book in a trilogy, so it's not the last we've heard of this world. But it makes me wonder what's going to happen in the next two books. Part of me feels like their story is over, which makes me especially curious as to how their story will play out in the next book. I was not expecting their story to be so resolved at the end of the book, I really wasn't. Maybe Tarver will be less bland in the books to come.
The planet they crash on is super-weird, and the fact that it was essentially abandoned was also weird. I wanted to know more about why people were sent there, and what their life was like on that planet before things went bad. Why would Lilac's dad be involved with setting up on life on this planet? So he could have more power and control? That seems likely, considering Lilac's monologue at the end of the book, but I'm still curious about what's really going on with him. I have the feeling he's up to something, and that something is not good.
My Rating: 4 stars. I really liked These Broken Stars, and I think it's a good read-alike for Across The Universe by Beth Revis.
I liked it, and the planet they land on is really creepy and deserted. I thought Lilac and Tarver were an interesting pairing, and while she was lucky to have crashed on a random planet with Tarver, he probably wished he was with someone else. At least for a while, but Lilac does prove herself. I found Lilac to be much more interesting than Tarver, and there were times where I wanted more of Lilac and less of Tarver. He was a lot more bland than I would have liked.
Something I thought was interesting was how everything was wrapped up pretty well. I mean, this is the first book in a trilogy, so it's not the last we've heard of this world. But it makes me wonder what's going to happen in the next two books. Part of me feels like their story is over, which makes me especially curious as to how their story will play out in the next book. I was not expecting their story to be so resolved at the end of the book, I really wasn't. Maybe Tarver will be less bland in the books to come.
The planet they crash on is super-weird, and the fact that it was essentially abandoned was also weird. I wanted to know more about why people were sent there, and what their life was like on that planet before things went bad. Why would Lilac's dad be involved with setting up on life on this planet? So he could have more power and control? That seems likely, considering Lilac's monologue at the end of the book, but I'm still curious about what's really going on with him. I have the feeling he's up to something, and that something is not good.
My Rating: 4 stars. I really liked These Broken Stars, and I think it's a good read-alike for Across The Universe by Beth Revis.