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Powerless by Lauren Roberts

8 reviews

theespressoedition's review against another edition

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2.5

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mercedesreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This is book has completed destroyed me in every way possible and I'm so devastated that I can't read the next one just yet. I cried, I laughed, I smiled, and I felt e v e r y t h i n g in between. If you haven't read this book, don't walk — run to do go get it.
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classical_learner's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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nimzipow's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I started out absolutely adoring this book. The concept of the Elites and Ordinaries is something that I LOVE and really want to explore more of in this world. The part that bothered me and stopped it from being a 5 star read was its similarity to The Hunger Games.
I was fine with the Trials being comparable to the Games, no problem. It was the TV show with a colourful-haired host, the gifts placed in the forest to help competitors in the Trials, the crowd’s hand symbol to honour the fallen, Pae’s prowess with a bow and arrow, the rebellion… these details and a few more gave me THG vibes.
. I understand that certain tropes will pop up a lot in dystopian books, but I felt like there were too many similar details that could have been avoided. The world created is SO cool, so I hope that the next books come into their own. If you haven’t read THG (or don’t mind - I have some friends who weren’t bothered by this at all), you’ll probably adore this book and none of this will matter to you. 

I honestly can’t decide what to rate this book as I would like to read the sequel and I was SO gripped for the first half, but because of my personal gripes I don’t think I can rank it alongside some of my 4 star reads. Perhaps a 3.75.
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hayleythegoose's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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vj_thompson's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Why did I put this book off so long? 

I bought this as soon as I found Lauren Roberts on TikTok but never read it. Powerless has made an appearance on monthly TBRs, but again I didn’t read it. I haven’t gotten into fantasy romances before because of the length. What finally made me want to read was Sara Carrolli ❤️

This book has tension, goooood banter, forbidden love (in a way), and deception. It was a great first fantasy romance. Very much reminded me of the trials from the Hunger Games but also a movie with a similar plot of someone born to kill the very thing he ends up growing closer to. I can’t remember the name of the movie for the life of me. Can’t wait for the remainder of the series. I have some theories! 
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smut_is_necessary's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

cliffhanger 
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itsmemiana's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

WOW. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
AND THE ENDING-

I waited for this book for over a year, ever since I saw Lauren talking about it for the first time. my expectations were really high and this was even better than what I was expecting. I loved this so much. I NEED BOOK TWO RN.

this is now one of my favourite books of all time. I loved the writing style, the characters, the world building... everything.

Kai is DEFINITELY in my book boyfriends list. I just love him with all my heart. (this is actually the second Kai I fall in love with lmao). I want him to be real so badddd. my standards because of Kai 📈

I loved the relationships between the characters, they were so cute.

Kai and Paedyn are the absolute cutest and I'm really intrigued about what's going to happen in the next book after that ending 😩

the author said that this book is kind of a mix of Red Queen and The Hunger Games. I've never read Red Queen (but it is on my tbr) but I did read The Hunger Games and I can definitely see the similarities (in a good way and not a copy paste way) with that book.

I highly HIGHLY recommended this book.
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