Reviews

Figment by Cameron Jace

lauren_helen's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

nkinner's review against another edition

5.0

Loved it!

I loved this one as much as the first one. It kept my interest throughout its entirety. I sure am ready for the next installment.

apiratethatdoesnothing's review against another edition

4.0

This book is not for the faint of heart! it also didn't catch my interest as much as the first Insanity book. this book did develop the characters more but wasn't as exciting! Don't read it unless you like blood and fantasy suspense - and yes, it's a YA book. Parts of the story needs a bit more explanation but I am looking forward to reading the last installment. Hopefully #3 picks up on the adventures and excitement!

I love the twist and concept of taking fictional stories everyone knows from childhood and adding a different spin or expanding the story for a new direction.

harleyqueen's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Alice vs muffin man , and who is jack really ?

kateh3077's review against another edition

4.0

This is the second book in the 7 book series and a great continuation on a really cleaver reimagining of Alice in Wonderland. I still loved Alice and the Pillar and it was interesting meeting the new characters as well as getting to know the supporting characters from the first book better. I found the exploration of what a figment of a persons imagination is and how to differentiate between a figment of ones imagination and reality.
The book is aimed at young adults which is totally the right market although I would say that it's a book that will appeal to anyone who enjoys YA fiction as well as anyone who loves reimagining's of well known and loved stories/fairytales.
The plot of this book was as fast paced as the first one although some of the the chapters were quite long which is why it took me a while to read the book, because the periods where I was reading the really long chapters I got to the stage where I was wading through quick sand so I had to step away from it.
Now I have read and thoroughly enjoyed this book (part of the bind up) on the whole as soon as I finished reading it I immediately started reading the third book (part in the bind-up) in the series and am glad I did.
It is for the reasons I have mentioned above that I have given the book a four star rating.

rikajewellee's review against another edition

3.0

it was fine, but i don't feel like continuing this series anymore.

britneyfan19's review against another edition

4.0

Finally, I don't know why it took me this long to finish it. It's not like it's really big having only like 200 and something pages and it's really great too, I'm loving Alice and The Pillar. Plus seeing how much Lewis Carroll cares for Alice when she was little in his time, I also like it's take on Alice in Wonderland, Now on to Book three and cross my fingers that I can read it in a couple of days instead of five or six days. :)

jenny101's review

3.0

Fun and Irreverent

This is a great pleasure read with cute and maddening vignettes combining into the book's plot. There are subtle shifts in Alice's character from book one to book two that I haven't decided I am entirely comfortable with, however the character development is well fleshed out.

My real gripe is the shoddy editing on this one. Either published in a rush or poorly edited by the Kindle team, I could not say. It is, however, jarring and maddeningly frustrating in a decidedly non-Carrollian way.

dulcevox's review

5.0

I enjoyed this book as much as the first one. Cameron Jace has a fantastic writing style for these books that constantly keeps the reader guessing. We don't know what is real, what is Wonderland, or what is anywhere in between. And yet somehow, we keep wanting to read.

At some point in my reading, I realized that Jace was very effectively writing a satire about our own world, but I couldn't grasp that right away. I understood it and I acknowledged it, but I'm not entirely sure that he fully actualized it. I think it's probably a possible arc in another book. Although, I'm not sure how because Alice and Pillar disposed of him. As I read this book, I started thinking about the first as a satire, but I feel it was much more present in this book.

The biggest moment for me was at the very end of the book when Alice is finally on her date with Jack and she realizes that she can either keep him in her world or let him go. It's a heartbreaking moment. It's a fantastic moment in writing when an author can make someone want to believe SO HARD that someone can come back to a loved one in a time of need. I can't wait to see what the third book holds in store.

Jace has written a book that compels me to read more. I must know more about his characters and the world. What is real and what is fantasy? How much of it is overlapping? I'm just in awe of this writing style. Jace has earned a fan.

overhillunderhill's review

3.0

This series continues to be really cute and a fun fast read.