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rrekhaa's review against another edition
5.0
First read: November 2016
Second read: August 28 2017
4.75
I think I love this even more the second time around. I only have 20 minutes until 12AM in my time zone but a few hours until the Dazzling Heights is officially released! I'm going to go to sleep and dream about falling off a thousand floor tower and wake up tomorrow to Dazzling Heights!!!!
Second read: August 28 2017
4.75
I think I love this even more the second time around. I only have 20 minutes until 12AM in my time zone but a few hours until the Dazzling Heights is officially released! I'm going to go to sleep and dream about falling off a thousand floor tower and wake up tomorrow to Dazzling Heights!!!!
am193's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
fairiesdust's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
katyhann's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
tiak143's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
chicleeblair's review against another edition
4.0
if this book had ended any other way, it would've gotten five stars from me. i was loving it. it combines the best bits of gossip girl, and the Luxe series with the 100 to make a really great futuristic teen ensemble drama. But then, let's just say it fell into a pitfall that the 100 also fell in.
it made me really sad because for the entire book I had seen this character that I identified with move through life without it being an issue that she liked boys and girls, but then right after she's decided that she is staying with the girl, she's killed. whether the author meant to punish her for being queer or not, it reads that way, and I was incredibly disappointed. Before someone says it has to be that way to inspire the revenge plot that seems to be getting to the next book, there are plenty of ways that that could have happened without the one openly lbgt girl in the main ensemble dying. she could have been comatose, at a minimum. goodness knows that class issues could've easily bled into healthcare and whether or not Mariel would've been able to see her could've been a huge barrier. i'm also worried that Mariel's profession of loving her from the beginning, regardless of how Eris felt is starting to frame her as psycho stalker love the next one, which would be another horrible lbgt trope to use.
I will probably read the next book because there's no other series like this but if they don't change the plot point in the TV show I will not watch and I hope there are plenty of other people who won't either.
it made me really sad because for the entire book I had seen this character that I identified with move through life without it being an issue that she liked boys and girls, but then right after she's decided that she is staying with the girl, she's killed. whether the author meant to punish her for being queer or not, it reads that way, and I was incredibly disappointed. Before someone says it has to be that way to inspire the revenge plot that seems to be getting to the next book, there are plenty of ways that that could have happened without the one openly lbgt girl in the main ensemble dying. she could have been comatose, at a minimum. goodness knows that class issues could've easily bled into healthcare and whether or not Mariel would've been able to see her could've been a huge barrier. i'm also worried that Mariel's profession of loving her from the beginning, regardless of how Eris felt is starting to frame her as psycho stalker love the next one, which would be another horrible lbgt trope to use.
I will probably read the next book because there's no other series like this but if they don't change the plot point in the TV show I will not watch and I hope there are plenty of other people who won't either.
mehsi's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars. 2.5 because on the one hand I really liked this book. 0.5 stars for Eris/Mariel.
This was one of my most anticipated books for August, but I have to say I am quite disappointed in it all. For so many reasons.
This review might be a bit chaotic, I will discuss good and bad all mixed-up. I just don't feel like sorting my thoughts at the moment, I will just let them all out as it comes.
Incest, drugs, drugs, more drugs, stupid drama, rich-kid problems (that just don't make sense), alcohol, did I mention incest?
Yep. Incest. Really, you have been brother/sister since the age of 5 (or 7 for Atlas), and I know you are not from the same blood/genes, but still so long together this makes you family. It was just creeping me out, and frankly I didn't feel well reading it. I was definitely not rooting for them. I am not going to continue on about this, some things you just don't want to dwell on.
We have 5 POVs and really? I just hated 4 of them in various degrees. Eris, Eris was my favourite girl out of the 5 and I looked forward the most to her POV. Sure, she had some flaws, but out of all the POVs and all of the side-characters, she was definitely the most real. The most true to everything. I felt oh so sorry for her when all that stuff happened to her family. And even later on. Sure, she made some stupid mistakes, but she did try to fix things. She did try to make things better. What happened between her and Mariel were the best parts and I loved and rooted for them so much.
Then we Avery, the sister. She is obsessed with her brother. So obsessed even that she gets pissy and breaks up with a friendship with a friend when that friend shows interest in her brother. Whut? Really whut? I didn't like Avery that much, at times she showed a very lovely, kind, caring side, but then she would do something that would undo all that. For instance, I hated how she treated Watt, how she acted all interested in him, while actually she still wanted her brother. :| I also got a bit tired of the constant descriptions of her perfect beauty, how wonderful she was, how perfect she was in each and every way. We get it. No need to rehash it all the time. :|
Watt. Definitely my least favourite character. He was just so boring and acting all superior. Like he was so much better than everyone in the world. Until he met Avery he was just pretty much a playboy, flirting with every girl he could flirt with. I also don't get why he has to have something so illegal with him. Does he want to ruin his chances in life?
Rylin. Meh. Meh, and meh. She had some interesting parts, but mostly I didn't like her. From the point that she was cheating on her boyfriend with Cord, to the fact she stole from Cord, to so many other parts. Sure, Cord and her made a cute couple, but I just wished she had been honest from the start. Honest about what she did. I am sure that he would listen, that he would understand her, would help her out. He is a pretty swell guy. I also didn't really like the constant descriptions of how poor she was. We get it, she is poor.
Leda. Ah, our resident yandere girl. She was just terrible. The first few POV chapters about her were pretty decent, but as soon as Atlas returns? She totally turns into yandere mode. Stalking the dude (through Watt), following him around, and when she notices that Atlas might have someone else she completely snaps and goes in highly creepy mode. She is one disturbed girl. She definitely could use a few more months in rehab or maybe someplace else that is more suited for her mental state.
I could go on about her, but sorry, I don't want to waste more time on this terrible person.
The book starts with a death. A girl plunges to her death of the top of the tower. Sadly after that we travel back 2 months, and that is what about 400 pages of the book are about. Then it happens, and then the book is pretty much over. So yeah, the death felt like it was a prelude, something set so the author could write a second book. Meh. :| I was so looking forward to seeing the mystery unfold, but instead it was handled like this.
The who dies, and who done it? Well after a while I could just imagine at least the perpetrator. It was easy to see.
I also was definitely interesting in the setting. A giant tower (and apparently even more throughout the world) that apparently spans a whole part of the city. However, I couldn't imagine it one bit. I tried, and tried, but I just couldn't visualise it all. I just couldn't see how the tower would look. How people lived in it. Every time we would hear another fact about the tower and I would just stack on the big pile of details we already had, yet still not getting the picture. Such a shame.
I definitely was annoyed with all the drugs and alcohol use in this book. I know kids will experiment (not all of them though), but this was just ridiculous, it was as if it was totally normal to be drunk all the time. Or be high on drugs.
The drama was also quite silly at times, and it seemed like no one could have a normal life in that tower, or anywhere for that.
There definitely a few technological things that I would love to have (not having to change clothes while shopping for new ones, or having a personal hairstylist in your head), though also enough that I wouldn't want to have (the fact everything you are doing can be viewed and hacked by anyone, the contacts and what they do).
I really loved the cover (and as for my edition also the spine of the book). It is just so fabulous, glittery, and shiny.
All in all, I am not sure if I would recommend this book. At times it was good, and the times I read (about 4 hours in total) I flew through the book. But at times it was just terrible. I have thought about dropping this book several times while I read.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
This was one of my most anticipated books for August, but I have to say I am quite disappointed in it all. For so many reasons.
This review might be a bit chaotic, I will discuss good and bad all mixed-up. I just don't feel like sorting my thoughts at the moment, I will just let them all out as it comes.
Incest, drugs, drugs, more drugs, stupid drama, rich-kid problems (that just don't make sense), alcohol, did I mention incest?
Yep. Incest. Really, you have been brother/sister since the age of 5 (or 7 for Atlas), and I know you are not from the same blood/genes, but still so long together this makes you family. It was just creeping me out, and frankly I didn't feel well reading it. I was definitely not rooting for them. I am not going to continue on about this, some things you just don't want to dwell on.
We have 5 POVs and really? I just hated 4 of them in various degrees. Eris, Eris was my favourite girl out of the 5 and I looked forward the most to her POV. Sure, she had some flaws, but out of all the POVs and all of the side-characters, she was definitely the most real. The most true to everything. I felt oh so sorry for her when all that stuff happened to her family. And even later on. Sure, she made some stupid mistakes, but she did try to fix things. She did try to make things better. What happened between her and Mariel were the best parts and I loved and rooted for them so much.
Then we Avery, the sister. She is obsessed with her brother. So obsessed even that she gets pissy and breaks up with a friendship with a friend when that friend shows interest in her brother. Whut? Really whut? I didn't like Avery that much, at times she showed a very lovely, kind, caring side, but then she would do something that would undo all that. For instance, I hated how she treated Watt, how she acted all interested in him, while actually she still wanted her brother. :| I also got a bit tired of the constant descriptions of her perfect beauty, how wonderful she was, how perfect she was in each and every way. We get it. No need to rehash it all the time. :|
Watt. Definitely my least favourite character. He was just so boring and acting all superior. Like he was so much better than everyone in the world. Until he met Avery he was just pretty much a playboy, flirting with every girl he could flirt with. I also don't get why he has to have something so illegal with him. Does he want to ruin his chances in life?
Rylin. Meh. Meh, and meh. She had some interesting parts, but mostly I didn't like her. From the point that she was cheating on her boyfriend with Cord, to the fact she stole from Cord, to so many other parts. Sure, Cord and her made a cute couple, but I just wished she had been honest from the start. Honest about what she did. I am sure that he would listen, that he would understand her, would help her out. He is a pretty swell guy. I also didn't really like the constant descriptions of how poor she was. We get it, she is poor.
Leda. Ah, our resident yandere girl. She was just terrible. The first few POV chapters about her were pretty decent, but as soon as Atlas returns? She totally turns into yandere mode. Stalking the dude (through Watt), following him around, and when she notices that Atlas might have someone else she completely snaps and goes in highly creepy mode. She is one disturbed girl. She definitely could use a few more months in rehab or maybe someplace else that is more suited for her mental state.
I could go on about her, but sorry, I don't want to waste more time on this terrible person.
The book starts with a death. A girl plunges to her death of the top of the tower. Sadly after that we travel back 2 months, and that is what about 400 pages of the book are about. Then it happens, and then the book is pretty much over. So yeah, the death felt like it was a prelude, something set so the author could write a second book. Meh. :| I was so looking forward to seeing the mystery unfold, but instead it was handled like this.
The who dies, and who done it? Well after a while I could just imagine at least the perpetrator. It was easy to see.
I also was definitely interesting in the setting. A giant tower (and apparently even more throughout the world) that apparently spans a whole part of the city. However, I couldn't imagine it one bit. I tried, and tried, but I just couldn't visualise it all. I just couldn't see how the tower would look. How people lived in it. Every time we would hear another fact about the tower and I would just stack on the big pile of details we already had, yet still not getting the picture. Such a shame.
I definitely was annoyed with all the drugs and alcohol use in this book. I know kids will experiment (not all of them though), but this was just ridiculous, it was as if it was totally normal to be drunk all the time. Or be high on drugs.
The drama was also quite silly at times, and it seemed like no one could have a normal life in that tower, or anywhere for that.
There definitely a few technological things that I would love to have (not having to change clothes while shopping for new ones, or having a personal hairstylist in your head), though also enough that I wouldn't want to have (the fact everything you are doing can be viewed and hacked by anyone, the contacts and what they do).
I really loved the cover (and as for my edition also the spine of the book). It is just so fabulous, glittery, and shiny.
All in all, I am not sure if I would recommend this book. At times it was good, and the times I read (about 4 hours in total) I flew through the book. But at times it was just terrible. I have thought about dropping this book several times while I read.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
astarions_bhaal_babe's review against another edition
3.0
They say that before death, people’s lives flash before their eyes. But as the ground rushed ever faster toward her, the girl could think only of the past few hours, the path she’d taken that ended here. If only she hadn’t talked to him. If only she hadn’t been so foolish. If only she hadn’t gone up there in the first place.
THIS BOOK IS A FREAKING TREAT!
When I first added it to my tbr, months ago, I would have never imagined it to suck me in the way it did. I basically devoured it and with every turn of the page, I felt myself clinging onto the various subplots like my life depended on it.
It's nothing extraordinary or life-changing, but I had so much fun soaking in the drama Avery, Leda, Eris and Rylin were experiencing I think I might need to continue the series.
Also, when I searched the tags and found out belongs to the dystopian category, I expected a world in ruins (because that's how Hunger Games & Co. grew me), or a lot of world-building and politics (again, I'm blaming HG), but I didn't find any of this.
I don't really know if this pleases me or not, but, who cares???
Whether you read it for the plot, the characters, the drama, the romance, the whatever-you-want-to-call-it, just dive into this expecting nothing but entertainment, because entertainment is what you'll get.
Lol, sorry, that was random, but I can't put into words how much fun I had while reading this. It kind of brought me back to a time where I was obsessed and in love with Serena Van Der Woodsen (and, consequently, Blake Lively) and I spent my afternoons binge-watching GG with my friends.
I have a few other complainings about it, to be completely honest, but they're a bit spoiler-y so I'll keep them so myself. They're not that important, anyway. *rubs hands* I loved it. What's more important than that?!
Sometimes all you need is to read a book that won't teach you a flipping beep but that's juicy interesting just the same.
Sometimes all you need is to read a book that allows you to act like a little spy into someone else's amazing (and totally fucked-up) life.
Sometimes all you need is to read a book packed with intrigues, teen drama, futuristic technology and Gossip Girl-like scenarios.
Sometimes, all you need is a Katharine McGee book.
And, damn, only the bookish goddess herself knows how, for me, this was without a doubt one of those times.
shubba_the_emo_reader's review against another edition
5.0
"The Sounds of laughter and music were dying down on the thousandth floor, the party breaking up by bits and pieces as even the rowdiest guests finally stumbled into the elevators and down to their homes"
I have been in such a slump for reading this year. Almost every book I pick up I just can't get into it. However, after being told by a friend just how good this was was, I remembered that I had it for review so thought I would at least try it. And my god it did not disappoint in the slightest.............
Continue Reading on my blog: http://weeshubbasworld.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/bookreview-thousandth-floor-by.html