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A review by asimilarkite
The Roar by Emma Clayton
3.0
So I listened to this book, which means it took me a long time to read (I had it on CD and I don't drive that much, which is the only time I listen to CDs) -- but man, it took me a LONG TIME. For other reasons too.
1. This book is really long. Too long. There were a lot of things that could be taken out.
2. I didn't really care about any of the characters, or what happened to them.
3. I was just apathetic about most things about this book.
The one thing I DID really like about The Roar was the setting. It was a pretty unique dystopia (I liked the ideas of the animal plague, and the wall keeping everyone close together, and the Ender's Game-like pod fighter game, and the mutants with special powers), and I liked it just enough to not just give up entirely.
While I would normally probably give this book 2 stars, I really really think that kids will like it. They'll like the action and the setting, and if I were twelve I probably would've given this book four or five stars. So I bumped it up to three :)
1. This book is really long. Too long. There were a lot of things that could be taken out.
2. I didn't really care about any of the characters, or what happened to them.
3. I was just apathetic about most things about this book.
The one thing I DID really like about The Roar was the setting. It was a pretty unique dystopia (I liked the ideas of the animal plague, and the wall keeping everyone close together, and the Ender's Game-like pod fighter game, and the mutants with special powers), and I liked it just enough to not just give up entirely.
While I would normally probably give this book 2 stars, I really really think that kids will like it. They'll like the action and the setting, and if I were twelve I probably would've given this book four or five stars. So I bumped it up to three :)