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kez91 's review for:
Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
I was really excited for this book, and bought it on the day of release- but it fell a bit short of my expectations. It took me a fair while to get really into the story, and the fact that I have no idea how to pronounce the majority of names and places mentioned made it quite frustrating to read! I liked the aspect of the characters having different 'fates' looming in their futures, and also the variety of 'gifts' they all possesed. I found the structure of the book a bit strange, in that it started from Akos' perspective, switched to Cyra, and then a huge chunk of the middle of the book was only from her perspective, and then it switched back to alternating almost chapter-chapter between the two again. I did like both of their characters, though I think it might have been interesting to learn more about Ryzek, and his relationship with his sister.
I have read so many reviews about this book- after finishing it- such as people refusing to review the book because of controversy relating to racism and disrespect towards people suffering chronic pain, and I have to say that neither of those issues were apparent to me while reading the book, because to me it seems set so far from reality, in such a fantasy/scifi world, but reading the reviews I can understand how some aspects of the story could have struck a chord with some readers. When I started to see that many people found the story controversial, I actually thought it might have been because of the Shotet act of cutting marks into their arms, which inmediately struck me as relating to self-harm, but I haven't seen any reviews mentioning that.
Overall I did quite enjoy Carve the Mark, but it only gets 3 stars from me because I feel like there were so many loose ends! So many unanswered questions- surely this means there's a sequel planned?! Even though I didn't love the book, I would definitely read a sequel because I'm curious about how all the characters fates/prophecies played out, and what happened to Eijeh.
I have read so many reviews about this book- after finishing it- such as people refusing to review the book because of controversy relating to racism and disrespect towards people suffering chronic pain, and I have to say that neither of those issues were apparent to me while reading the book, because to me it seems set so far from reality, in such a fantasy/scifi world, but reading the reviews I can understand how some aspects of the story could have struck a chord with some readers. When I started to see that many people found the story controversial, I actually thought it might have been because of the Shotet act of cutting marks into their arms, which inmediately struck me as relating to self-harm, but I haven't seen any reviews mentioning that.
Overall I did quite enjoy Carve the Mark, but it only gets 3 stars from me because I feel like there were so many loose ends! So many unanswered questions- surely this means there's a sequel planned?! Even though I didn't love the book, I would definitely read a sequel because I'm curious about how all the characters fates/prophecies played out, and what happened to Eijeh.