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gigireadswithkiki 's review for:
Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In the grand scheme of dystopian zombie novels I've read (which I'll admit is not that many), "Hearts Still Beating" was surprisingly fun. This review will be a little all-over-the-place because my reading was a little disjointed but for a book I read with 60% of my brain I did enjoy the read.
A lot of the technology behind the cure for the Ticks was initially waved away with some vague hand-waving, but the ending helped clear up a lot of the plot threads regarding the lore of the Ticks, and it was nice to see time as a big factor for the healing process, especially since I feel YA novels can feel rushed in this regard. The romance was super corny, the final conclusion was pretty cringey, and frankly the main characters were pretty annoying (I did not LOVE Mara but I was definitely, at times, actively annoyed by Rory), BUT I was using this audiobook to get me through a jigsaw puzzle, so I don't think I was paying as much attention to the intricacies of the writing/plot/etc. So overall, a fun brain-off time but I'm not sure I would have enjoyed as much if I was fully locked in on the story.
A lot of the technology behind the cure for the Ticks was initially waved away with some vague hand-waving, but the ending helped clear up a lot of the plot threads regarding the lore of the Ticks, and it was nice to see time as a big factor for the healing process, especially since I feel YA novels can feel rushed in this regard. The romance was super corny, the final conclusion was pretty cringey, and frankly the main characters were pretty annoying (I did not LOVE Mara but I was definitely, at times, actively annoyed by Rory), BUT I was using this audiobook to get me through a jigsaw puzzle, so I don't think I was paying as much attention to the intricacies of the writing/plot/etc. So overall, a fun brain-off time but I'm not sure I would have enjoyed as much if I was fully locked in on the story.