vesryn's review
3.0
It was okay. I feel like it didn't live up to all the hype I'd heard about it. The premise is great, but I feel like there was a lot of lost potential - not enough world-building, characters that fell flat (but could've been much more well-rounded), a flimsy love interest. I didn't hate it by any means, and it was entertaining, but, I guess I just feel really meh about this book.
foreverbeautifulbooks's review
DNF @ 246 pages
I was so totally excited to start this one. I mean, it literally felt like X-Men stuff. People suddenly started being born with powers, they manifested at puberty.
HECK YEAH!
Well, that was about all the heck yeah you got out of me after I realized how totally depression, boring, and pointless this all was. Basically, I felt like this was a book full of depressed teens, that although born with mutated DNA (some could even start fires) they allowed themselves to be held captive by the government and experimented on, apparently, gang raped? I fell like this was implied by one of the lead females friends and its why she was no longer her friend. Or it could have been a vivisection? Not enough was clear, I mean the implied wasn't even clear and your left trying to decipher an ancient tomb of secrets that about half way through, you just don't care about anymore.
The characters are all weak, because I could not believe that a group of X-men like kids couldn't escape this fate. Oh, and this mutation in the worlds children brought about economic collapse?
I atleast have to believe my dystopians and fall in love with my female heroes. This one, was not one of those books!
*I borrowed a FREE copy from the public library*
I was so totally excited to start this one. I mean, it literally felt like X-Men stuff. People suddenly started being born with powers, they manifested at puberty.
HECK YEAH!
Well, that was about all the heck yeah you got out of me after I realized how totally depression, boring, and pointless this all was. Basically, I felt like this was a book full of depressed teens, that although born with mutated DNA (some could even start fires) they allowed themselves to be held captive by the government and experimented on, apparently, gang raped? I fell like this was implied by one of the lead females friends and its why she was no longer her friend. Or it could have been a vivisection? Not enough was clear, I mean the implied wasn't even clear and your left trying to decipher an ancient tomb of secrets that about half way through, you just don't care about anymore.
The characters are all weak, because I could not believe that a group of X-men like kids couldn't escape this fate. Oh, and this mutation in the worlds children brought about economic collapse?
I atleast have to believe my dystopians and fall in love with my female heroes. This one, was not one of those books!
*I borrowed a FREE copy from the public library*
kati33's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
renbird82's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
megwallitsch's review against another edition
The characters are flat and the story line is muddled and boring
cardinalcardigan's review
4.0
Such a great read. Friend recommended and meeting the author on February 5th!
hestia_nl's review against another edition
4.0
Ik heb dit boek + twee vrijkaarten voor de film gratis ontvangen in ruil voor een eerlijke recensie op Hebban.nl. Mijn volledige recensie is te lezen op: https://www.hebban.nl/recensies/iris-over-de-overlevenden
“Alexandra Bracken heeft met dit boek een interessante wereld geschapen die goed uitgewerkt wordt. (…) Aan het einde van het boek komt er steeds meer vaart in en wordt het verhaal steeds spannender! Hoewel het verhaal op sommige punten wel voorspelbaar was en sommige gebeurtenissen wel erg toevallig waren, zag ik het einde niet aankomen! Ik ben daarom ook erg benieuwd naar het tweede deel!
In vergelijking met de verfilming (die ik in de bioscoop gezien heb met de twee vrijkaarten die ik via Hebban had gewonnen) is het boek een stuk beter uitgewerkt!”
“Alexandra Bracken heeft met dit boek een interessante wereld geschapen die goed uitgewerkt wordt. (…) Aan het einde van het boek komt er steeds meer vaart in en wordt het verhaal steeds spannender! Hoewel het verhaal op sommige punten wel voorspelbaar was en sommige gebeurtenissen wel erg toevallig waren, zag ik het einde niet aankomen! Ik ben daarom ook erg benieuwd naar het tweede deel!
In vergelijking met de verfilming (die ik in de bioscoop gezien heb met de twee vrijkaarten die ik via Hebban had gewonnen) is het boek een stuk beter uitgewerkt!”