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Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
This latest novel of Veronica Roth is unique, creative, and full of action and romance. Like Divergent, violence plays a major role in this saga. If that doesn't trouble you, then you'll probably enjoy this book. There are some problems with the world building. I couldn't quite picture all the various planets and the "world" that she describes. When introducing so many new concepts, places, and names, it's helpful to simplify the explanations for the reader and make this part of their world (A glossary at the back of the book just doesn't cut it.).
Some people have complained about racial stereotypes. I honestly think these are people with too much time on their hands and no real problems in life. The one problem that I do see is that too many publishers and authors are so concerned about "diversity" that they don't write a good story. Forget about trying to include every single group that is less than 5% of the population and just write a great novel. Too many rely on tokenism and this author is no different. Just write a good story dang it! Quit trying to push an agenda.
The characters in this story have X-men like abilities. One of the problematic issues of this story are the characters that can see the future. Either the one oracle is really a good guy trying to protect and mislead others, or he can't really see the future. Half of what happened should have been foreseen if he was on the up and up.
It takes awhile to get into the story and while I had lots of plot questions, I'm hoping that these will be addressed in the second book. This book definitely has potential and I enjoyed the worlds and characters. I'll probably read the second book in the series.
Some people have complained about racial stereotypes. I honestly think these are people with too much time on their hands and no real problems in life. The one problem that I do see is that too many publishers and authors are so concerned about "diversity" that they don't write a good story. Forget about trying to include every single group that is less than 5% of the population and just write a great novel. Too many rely on tokenism and this author is no different. Just write a good story dang it! Quit trying to push an agenda.
The characters in this story have X-men like abilities. One of the problematic issues of this story are the characters that can see the future. Either the one oracle is really a good guy trying to protect and mislead others, or he can't really see the future. Half of what happened should have been foreseen if he was on the up and up.
It takes awhile to get into the story and while I had lots of plot questions, I'm hoping that these will be addressed in the second book. This book definitely has potential and I enjoyed the worlds and characters. I'll probably read the second book in the series.