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mcannon24 's review for:
Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
i liked the story overall, but the way it was executed was a bit iffy at some points.
for one, it was slow at first, and then the plot sped up all at once towards the end. i think there was too much time/pages spent on the rising action.
secondly, cyras current gift confused me. i guess it was more the current shadows part of it—like what are they? what do they do? is it just her emotional tell?
the beginning of akos and cyras relationship also seemed forced at first, but i definitely liked more it as the story went on.
and maybe it was just super late at night and i was tired and wasn’t paying attention, but Akos waking up in that hospital back home was VERY random. i had no idea how he got there, but maybe that was the point because he didn’t know either. cyra kinda explained later, but i was still confused.
i also thought revealing the fact that Yma chick was involved with the renegades was kind of random. Cyra visited her to ask her to poison Ryzek and all that, and i understand that she was the only person close enough and that he wouldn’t suspect but i was still confused.
overall, not the greatest book i’ve ever read, but the second half was enjoyable.
for one, it was slow at first, and then the plot sped up all at once towards the end. i think there was too much time/pages spent on the rising action.
secondly, cyras current gift confused me. i guess it was more the current shadows part of it—like what are they? what do they do? is it just her emotional tell?
the beginning of akos and cyras relationship also seemed forced at first, but i definitely liked more it as the story went on.
and maybe it was just super late at night and i was tired and wasn’t paying attention, but Akos waking up in that hospital back home was VERY random. i had no idea how he got there, but maybe that was the point because he didn’t know either. cyra kinda explained later, but i was still confused.
i also thought revealing the fact that Yma chick was involved with the renegades was kind of random. Cyra visited her to ask her to poison Ryzek and all that, and i understand that she was the only person close enough and that he wouldn’t suspect but i was still confused.
overall, not the greatest book i’ve ever read, but the second half was enjoyable.