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A review by dilchh
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
2.0
Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.
Okay, to be fair, I’m not saying this book is a copycat of some other book. I’m merely saying that after what seems to be such a promising series, judging from the first installment, the second book into the series felt incredibly boring as it feels like it is using all the formula that exist within the YA dystopian novel with strong female heroine as its main character. Here we have the female heroine, with extraordinary talent, strong, the voice (or the face) of revolution, that for some reasons I could not fathom still have the time to be stuck in a loop of love.
Look, I’m not saying just because you’re in the middle of a revolution then you can’t find the time to be in love. Go be in love all you want for all I care. But, must it be an important matter into the story? And what’s with the “sleeping together arrangement”? Yes, I get that you may suffer from PTSD and it really is hard to share one own’s dark experience with others who don’t understand, but what’s the whole point of raising the issue about sleeping together? Does it have any relevance whatsoever to the story? Nope.
Also, whatever happened to you, Mare?
The constant complaining and your stream of words are just boring to its very core. I couldn’t handle it. I was missing that exhilarating feeling that was so very apparent from Red Queen. Where was it? Because I couldn’t find it within Glass Sword. Mare exhaust me to the core. Oh and don’t get me started with the streamline of new characters that to me seems like a bonus. So many characters, and so little depth to them. Oh God!
But, all is not lost. About the last eight chapters in the book, I felt like finally it picked itself up. I still find Mare’s voice in Glass Sword irritating, but thankfully the plot thickens and oh boy I am on the edge of my seat…… only to be disappointed all over again with the last two chapters.
Come on! I get that the last few chapters are supposed to built up the whole hype for the next book, but boy oh boy, it was (again) predictable as it felt like it uses the same formula of YA dystopian novel in general. Gosh! Where is my Red Queen? I want her back!
Okay, to be fair, I’m not saying this book is a copycat of some other book. I’m merely saying that after what seems to be such a promising series, judging from the first installment, the second book into the series felt incredibly boring as it feels like it is using all the formula that exist within the YA dystopian novel with strong female heroine as its main character. Here we have the female heroine, with extraordinary talent, strong, the voice (or the face) of revolution, that for some reasons I could not fathom still have the time to be stuck in a loop of love.
Look, I’m not saying just because you’re in the middle of a revolution then you can’t find the time to be in love. Go be in love all you want for all I care. But, must it be an important matter into the story? And what’s with the “sleeping together arrangement”? Yes, I get that you may suffer from PTSD and it really is hard to share one own’s dark experience with others who don’t understand, but what’s the whole point of raising the issue about sleeping together? Does it have any relevance whatsoever to the story? Nope.
Also, whatever happened to you, Mare?
The constant complaining and your stream of words are just boring to its very core. I couldn’t handle it. I was missing that exhilarating feeling that was so very apparent from Red Queen. Where was it? Because I couldn’t find it within Glass Sword. Mare exhaust me to the core. Oh and don’t get me started with the streamline of new characters that to me seems like a bonus. So many characters, and so little depth to them. Oh God!
But, all is not lost. About the last eight chapters in the book, I felt like finally it picked itself up. I still find Mare’s voice in Glass Sword irritating, but thankfully the plot thickens and oh boy I am on the edge of my seat…… only to be disappointed all over again with the last two chapters.
Come on! I get that the last few chapters are supposed to built up the whole hype for the next book, but boy oh boy, it was (again) predictable as it felt like it uses the same formula of YA dystopian novel in general. Gosh! Where is my Red Queen? I want her back!