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aobenstine 's review for:
The Archived
by V.E. Schwab
This book was brilliant! Mac was a sensible, easy to like protaginist. I loved how dedicated she was to her occupation and how she clung to her memories of Da and Ben. Roland won the spot of my favorite character; he was so loyal to Mac even though she breaks a lot of rules in this book. Also, his fashion sense was pretty rad. Wes Ayers was a great character and I thoroughly enjoyed his sense of humor. I loved how he brought out a lighter, sassy side of Mac when those two were together. (Also the fact that he wears eyeliner and is punk rock added to his awesomeness.)
**SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON**
One of the main things that really sold this book for me was how Mac and her family reacted to Ben's death. I found it achingly realistic with how each of them were stuck in different stages of grief and were each trying to cope with it in their own ways. I felt so badly for Mac, especially.
Mac's feelings of isolation and wanting her parents to notice that she definitely was not okay was really heartbreaking. I definitely sympathized with her and it made me especially sad when the scene with Ben happens later on the book.
Another thing that was fascinating about this book was how the Archive rankings worked. I was pretty surprised to learn that the Librarians were Histories and it made me sad to think how Roland might have died. As far as scenery goes, I pictured all of the places Victoria Schwab described in this book perfectly. She's great at painting a picture in your head.
I really adored the dialogue between Wes and Mac. Like I said before, I enjoyed how he brought out a side of Mac that I didn't often see. Their friendship really grew on me (AND can we just talk about how amazing it was that Victoria Schwab didn't end the book on Mac falling for Wes and saying she loved him? I LOVED that aspect!)
Now, onto Owen and his story. I have to say, when Mac started to befriend him a bit I started to befriend Owen with her. I really was not expecting him to turn out to be the antagonist. I loved that twist and that he had negotiable reasons for doing what he was doing.
Honestly, I only had one miniscule problem with this book. I was so confused about who Da was and it took a bit for me to figure out that he was Mac's grandfather. Whether or not this was intentional on Schwabs' part, I don't know.
Overall, this book was so so good! I gave it a whomping 5/5 stars and I definitely recommend it to anyone! I never have read a book quite like this before :)
**SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON**
One of the main things that really sold this book for me was how Mac and her family reacted to Ben's death. I found it achingly realistic with how each of them were stuck in different stages of grief and were each trying to cope with it in their own ways. I felt so badly for Mac, especially.
Mac's feelings of isolation and wanting her parents to notice that she definitely was not okay was really heartbreaking. I definitely sympathized with her and it made me especially sad when the scene with Ben happens later on the book.
Another thing that was fascinating about this book was how the Archive rankings worked. I was pretty surprised to learn that the Librarians were Histories and it made me sad to think how Roland might have died. As far as scenery goes, I pictured all of the places Victoria Schwab described in this book perfectly. She's great at painting a picture in your head.
I really adored the dialogue between Wes and Mac. Like I said before, I enjoyed how he brought out a side of Mac that I didn't often see. Their friendship really grew on me (AND can we just talk about how amazing it was that Victoria Schwab didn't end the book on Mac falling for Wes and saying she loved him? I LOVED that aspect!)
Now, onto Owen and his story. I have to say, when Mac started to befriend him a bit I started to befriend Owen with her. I really was not expecting him to turn out to be the antagonist. I loved that twist and that he had negotiable reasons for doing what he was doing.
Honestly, I only had one miniscule problem with this book. I was so confused about who Da was and it took a bit for me to figure out that he was Mac's grandfather. Whether or not this was intentional on Schwabs' part, I don't know.
Overall, this book was so so good! I gave it a whomping 5/5 stars and I definitely recommend it to anyone! I never have read a book quite like this before :)