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toraline1 's review for:
Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
I will start off by saying that this is much better than Divergent (I couldn't even get halfway through Insurgent) however I feel like Veronica Roth's writing is still problematic in a few ways. My main issue with Divergent was the world building, I just found the factions to be ridiculous and the society to be borderline nonsensical and could never get past it. The world building in Carve the Mark is better but still felt like it wasn't fully fleshed out, leaving me with a million questions about the different countries, cultures, and the current gifts even after I finished the book. It just all felt a bit muddled. I also was really thrown off by and did not understand the choice to make one POV first person and the other POV third person. It was just awkward and strange and even with the swapping it sometimes felt like Akos and Cyra's voices weren't distinct enough from one another. Overall? It was okay. Not great, not terrible. We'll see how the next one goes.