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kelly24lox's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
ashezbookz's review against another edition
2.0
The beginning started off great, then I got bored of the story
rbdeschamp's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
dalinarsreads's review against another edition
5.0
i don't know how, but somehow this book made me cry.
RTC.
RTC.
butteredgarbage's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
booksarebetter's review against another edition
3.0
Sigh. Yet another book that I've lost interest in. I started reading it, but then got distracted by a pretty shiny new book called The Queen's Rising which I read all the way through one sitting, and now am interested in more books similar to that one.
I *will* read this one day!
I *will* read this one day!
loungeking's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
meggkey08's review against another edition
1.0
DNF at page 148.
This book was not bad by no means and i can in a way see why people would like this book but it personally was not for me. The one star that it did get was that i kind of liked the Queer romance in some respects, and i LOVE books with Queer romance in, but the romance wasn't enough to keep me hooked in the book.
Instantly, you are thrown into a world, which is stated as America later on and the writing gives the impression that the reader should already know the world (I hope that makes sense). The narrative is very repetitive with the word "blood" being used in every sentence and there was just no need. The story also had the typical YA tropes (not awful if done correctly) of the reluctant hero and there is an element of insta love and a love triangle with "good boy" and "bad boy". This was however, no means the worse part of the novel... more boys need Queer romance in them. The author also did one of my most hated tropes of killing of characters for the sake of killing them off to add a shock factor when in actual fact their death doesn't really mean anything substantial.
The story would have worked better if the world had been developed more. A prologue could have done this was a a mini history of events of perhaps have more descriptive paragraphs in the books.
Trigger Warnings:
-Semi Gore
-Death of characters
- Post War kind of setting with civilisation gone
(there could be more further in the books however i did not manage to reach further into the story)
This book was not bad by no means and i can in a way see why people would like this book but it personally was not for me. The one star that it did get was that i kind of liked the Queer romance in some respects, and i LOVE books with Queer romance in, but the romance wasn't enough to keep me hooked in the book.
Instantly, you are thrown into a world, which is stated as America later on and the writing gives the impression that the reader should already know the world (I hope that makes sense). The narrative is very repetitive with the word "blood" being used in every sentence and there was just no need. The story also had the typical YA tropes (not awful if done correctly) of the reluctant hero and there is an element of insta love and a love triangle with "good boy" and "bad boy". This was however, no means the worse part of the novel... more boys need Queer romance in them. The author also did one of my most hated tropes of killing of characters for the sake of killing them off to add a shock factor when in actual fact their death doesn't really mean anything substantial.
The story would have worked better if the world had been developed more. A prologue could have done this was a a mini history of events of perhaps have more descriptive paragraphs in the books.
Trigger Warnings:
-Semi Gore
-Death of characters
- Post War kind of setting with civilisation gone
(there could be more further in the books however i did not manage to reach further into the story)
books_blackcats's review against another edition
Was not inspired to finish the story. Didn’t care enough about anyone.