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coffeeat2am 's review for:
Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
Official rating: 4.5 stars
With all of the controversy around this book, I have been really thinking over a review and rating for it.
This story was about a future where space travel and different races dominated parts of outer space and different planets. We follow Cyra and Akos's stories as they cross paths as Akos, being the son of a murdered farmer and a missing oracle, is the one of the two people that can touch Cyra, who is the sister of a heartless tyrant, whose currentgift is pain for herself and whomever she touched/touched her. Akos's currentgift blocks currentgifts of whoever touches him, therefore not getting hurt from touching Cyra. But as they become closer to getting Akos's brother, who is also an oracle, out of Cyra's brother's control and assassinating Ryzek, Cyra's brother, they learn more about their world, universe, and ultimately each other.
The one topic that I am seeing hate towards Veronica Roth and her book, Carve the Mark, is the fact of "showcasing" chronic pain. Ms. Roth, herself, said that she experiences chronic pain and she was able to relate to Cyra, a lot, through writing this. I think that it was interesting to hear the perspective of someone who feels pained all the time and with the second meaning of her not being able to touch someone without hurting them.
Ms. Roth writing about Cyra with such similarities reminds me of how Ms. Leigh Bardugo related to her main protagonist in "Six of Crows," Kaz Brekker.
Overall, I actually loved this book and cannot wait to get my hands on "The Fates Divide."
I'd definitely recommend this novel, but I'd also recommend looking up the controversial topics inside this book that readers saw parallels with, to the real world. It is interesting how people linked these things, and how Ms. Roth answered the questions.
With all of the controversy around this book, I have been really thinking over a review and rating for it.
This story was about a future where space travel and different races dominated parts of outer space and different planets. We follow Cyra and Akos's stories as they cross paths as Akos, being the son of a murdered farmer and a missing oracle, is the one of the two people that can touch Cyra, who is the sister of a heartless tyrant, whose currentgift is pain for herself and whomever she touched/touched her. Akos's currentgift blocks currentgifts of whoever touches him, therefore not getting hurt from touching Cyra. But as they become closer to getting Akos's brother, who is also an oracle, out of Cyra's brother's control and assassinating Ryzek, Cyra's brother, they learn more about their world, universe, and ultimately each other.
The one topic that I am seeing hate towards Veronica Roth and her book, Carve the Mark, is the fact of "showcasing" chronic pain. Ms. Roth, herself, said that she experiences chronic pain and she was able to relate to Cyra, a lot, through writing this. I think that it was interesting to hear the perspective of someone who feels pained all the time and with the second meaning of her not being able to touch someone without hurting them.
Ms. Roth writing about Cyra with such similarities reminds me of how Ms. Leigh Bardugo related to her main protagonist in "Six of Crows," Kaz Brekker.
Overall, I actually loved this book and cannot wait to get my hands on "The Fates Divide."
I'd definitely recommend this novel, but I'd also recommend looking up the controversial topics inside this book that readers saw parallels with, to the real world. It is interesting how people linked these things, and how Ms. Roth answered the questions.