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The Rose Society
by Marie Lu
Boy, was this emotionally exhausting to read!
Marie Lu is a fantastic writer who was able to allow all the characters to get into my head. It was a bit difficult and taxing for me to read this book in Adelina's point of view because I felt like I was going insane along with her. The writing was so vivid I couldn't help but put myself in Adelina's shoes. But, I loved it so much.
I am super duper sad about Adelina and her character "development." Not because it sucked or anything, but because she turned into someone so evil, it's going to be hard to redeem her... I mean, if the author even intends on doing that. I loved and admired Adelina in the first book. Although darkness was already stirring inside of her in The Young Elites, she was able to control it. Adelina was a strong character. She had a real purpose to destroy the inquistion; she stood up for herself and for the people she loved; and she never made her problems a sobfest. However, in The Rose Society, Adelina allowed her hatred and greed to consume her and take over. She is blinded by hatred and motivated by others' fears and anguish. She is able to kill easily and without remorse or purpose besides the fact that she gains more power from it. Yes, Adelina is more physically powerful, but in turn she has become a very, very weak individual mentally. I'm sad that it had to turn out this way for her.
But that made me love the book a little more. I hate Adelina as a person, but as a character I fricking love her cause she is so damn intriguing. Her dynamics are different from what I've seen in other YA protagonists (is she really a protagonist though?) And as mentioned before, due to the author's vivid writing, I couldn't help but put myself in Adelina's shoes. Although I hate her, I hurt for her. All her anguish, internal turmoil made my heart ache. It was also dangerous reading in Adelina's POV because whenever she felt angry and vengeful at another character, I did too. Even though that character did nothing wrong. I was angry at Raffaele, Gemma, Enzo, Lucent, and even Violetta at some points. But that's because Adelina was angry at them.
I am both scared and excited to read the third book. I have a feeling it will end in more tears and I'm also afraid on how Adelina will turn out.
But overall... I really enjoyed this.
Marie Lu is a fantastic writer who was able to allow all the characters to get into my head. It was a bit difficult and taxing for me to read this book in Adelina's point of view because I felt like I was going insane along with her. The writing was so vivid I couldn't help but put myself in Adelina's shoes. But, I loved it so much.
I am super duper sad about Adelina and her character "development." Not because it sucked or anything, but because she turned into someone so evil, it's going to be hard to redeem her... I mean, if the author even intends on doing that. I loved and admired Adelina in the first book. Although darkness was already stirring inside of her in The Young Elites, she was able to control it. Adelina was a strong character. She had a real purpose to destroy the inquistion; she stood up for herself and for the people she loved; and she never made her problems a sobfest. However, in The Rose Society, Adelina allowed her hatred and greed to consume her and take over. She is blinded by hatred and motivated by others' fears and anguish. She is able to kill easily and without remorse or purpose besides the fact that she gains more power from it. Yes, Adelina is more physically powerful, but in turn she has become a very, very weak individual mentally. I'm sad that it had to turn out this way for her.
Spoiler
The part where she attacked Violetta horrified me.But that made me love the book a little more. I hate Adelina as a person, but as a character I fricking love her cause she is so damn intriguing. Her dynamics are different from what I've seen in other YA protagonists (is she really a protagonist though?) And as mentioned before, due to the author's vivid writing, I couldn't help but put myself in Adelina's shoes. Although I hate her, I hurt for her. All her anguish, internal turmoil made my heart ache. It was also dangerous reading in Adelina's POV because whenever she felt angry and vengeful at another character, I did too. Even though that character did nothing wrong. I was angry at Raffaele, Gemma, Enzo, Lucent, and even Violetta at some points. But that's because Adelina was angry at them.
Spoiler
Enzo's and Adelina's love story in this one was one of the saddest parts of the book. After Enzo returns from the dead, I could feel Adelina's desperation and fear. Something about Enzo wasn't the same but Adelina kept holding on to him. I felt that fear that one day Enzo would be gone and he would disappear forever. That made me tear up for some reason. I was also extremely upset with what Enzo said to Adelina in the end. It's sad how they are now enemies.I am both scared and excited to read the third book. I have a feeling it will end in more tears and I'm also afraid on how Adelina will turn out.
But overall... I really enjoyed this.