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A review by claire_xd
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
3.0
So I can understand the absolute hate for this book, but I can also understand the love for it, but if you go into this series thinking of it for what it is, a literal story about vampires who want to fuck, you will be pleasantly surprised! As I was, thought there are definitely some things I cannot let go, such as slut shaming and sexism but I’ll get to that.
- actually has characters with a personality (though I wish there was a bit more to her, though I’m sure she will develop well later on)
- The plot is interesting and I am quite excited to see where it goes
- The use of mental illness was used interestingly but I’m not sure how I feel about that yet
- The writing isn’t awful, I did see a few typos but it was written from the perspective of a 17 year old so it works
- The romance wasn’t really love triangle like, and I didn’t mind it (once again keeping in mind that I read this book knowing that the target audience was for those who like romance as a base storyline)
- I really hope that there is limited slut shaming and sexism in the next books because it made it really hard to read
Here we go, the ⚠️spoiler⚠️ part of this review
I’m gonna sat that if I put myself in the mind of my highschool self then there are parts of the story that strung true with me, this being one of those parts
“I wished I could have a normal life and a normal best friend. Immediately, I cast that thought out. No one was normal, not really. And I’d never have a better friend than Lissa... but man, it was so hard sometimes”
This felt real, there are times in my life where I’m struggling and I just wish I didn’t had to deal with anyone’s struggles and I immediately felt so fucking horrific for thinking that way, so this part really hit me.
As well as this
“...and rested his hands on my lower back, I thought I was going to die”
Me even thinking about my crush
- actually has characters with a personality (though I wish there was a bit more to her, though I’m sure she will develop well later on)
- The plot is interesting and I am quite excited to see where it goes
- The use of mental illness was used interestingly but I’m not sure how I feel about that yet
- The writing isn’t awful, I did see a few typos but it was written from the perspective of a 17 year old so it works
- The romance wasn’t really love triangle like, and I didn’t mind it (once again keeping in mind that I read this book knowing that the target audience was for those who like romance as a base storyline)
- I really hope that there is limited slut shaming and sexism in the next books because it made it really hard to read
Here we go, the ⚠️spoiler⚠️ part of this review
I’m gonna sat that if I put myself in the mind of my highschool self then there are parts of the story that strung true with me, this being one of those parts
“I wished I could have a normal life and a normal best friend. Immediately, I cast that thought out. No one was normal, not really. And I’d never have a better friend than Lissa... but man, it was so hard sometimes”
This felt real, there are times in my life where I’m struggling and I just wish I didn’t had to deal with anyone’s struggles and I immediately felt so fucking horrific for thinking that way, so this part really hit me.
As well as this
“...and rested his hands on my lower back, I thought I was going to die”
Me even thinking about my crush