saluki's review against another edition
5.0
Deuce is learning far more about the Freaks or Muties and the history of Topside. And the mutants are becoming far more formidable at each encounter. Times are perilous and battles bloody and ferocious. Deaths are inevitable in this battle for survival.
Excellent!
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
Due to me being sick, but still wanting to write a review I will just do a small good/bad review.
Good:
-Romance between Fade. Finally, took them long enough, though at around the ending (no spoilers) it saddened me.
-The village and the description of it + history.
-I loved how Deuce started calling the Oaks as mom/dad/mother/father. And how she slowly broke down her walls and started to hug them, started showing affection to those she loved, for someone who never was taught that, for someone who never had a chance to develop such feelings it was a big step and I was just cheering for Deuce.
-More Deuce, I loved how willingly she was to learn (only not in school, but I can imagine why. No one wants to sit with little ones and be made fun of because they never got taught the basics of reading/writing and so on).
-The answers we got about the freaks! Yay! Finally we find out a bit more about them. I will still call them zombies though, due to their nature and the fact they still eat and kill people.
-The cover. I love it! It was super creepy and it made me love the book more (yes I am a real cover lover).
Bad:
-The Love Triangle between Stalker, Deuce and Fade. Seriously guys... Deuce is also not helping due to her not knowing about feelings/relationships and such. She doesn't understand that she hurt Fade by acting the way she did.
I really got tired of the constant quarrels between them, the constant tension. Come on guys, I am reading this book for the zombies, not for constant drama between 2 guys and 1 girl.
-Deuce, she was at times just a bit awkward and weird. She knew the right words now, but kept using the older names. Instead of saying people, she still called those who got kids: breeders and the ones who made stuff: builders. Same for some other words. It just felt out of context here.
-The ending. I know, I know there is a third book (I am reading it), but seriously? All that tension, all that dramatic stuff? And you will just have to read the 3rd book to find out what happens. Urgh.
All in all, the book was 90% good and I really loved it, it is really becoming a favourite series of mine. I would really recommend this series to everyone.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Good:
-Romance between Fade. Finally, took them long enough, though at around the ending (no spoilers) it saddened me.
-The village and the description of it + history.
-I loved how Deuce started calling the Oaks as mom/dad/mother/father. And how she slowly broke down her walls and started to hug them, started showing affection to those she loved, for someone who never was taught that, for someone who never had a chance to develop such feelings it was a big step and I was just cheering for Deuce.
-More Deuce, I loved how willingly she was to learn (only not in school, but I can imagine why. No one wants to sit with little ones and be made fun of because they never got taught the basics of reading/writing and so on).
-The answers we got about the freaks! Yay! Finally we find out a bit more about them. I will still call them zombies though, due to their nature and the fact they still eat and kill people.
-The cover. I love it! It was super creepy and it made me love the book more (yes I am a real cover lover).
Bad:
-The Love Triangle between Stalker, Deuce and Fade. Seriously guys... Deuce is also not helping due to her not knowing about feelings/relationships and such. She doesn't understand that she hurt Fade by acting the way she did.
I really got tired of the constant quarrels between them, the constant tension. Come on guys, I am reading this book for the zombies, not for constant drama between 2 guys and 1 girl.
-Deuce, she was at times just a bit awkward and weird. She knew the right words now, but kept using the older names. Instead of saying people, she still called those who got kids: breeders and the ones who made stuff: builders. Same for some other words. It just felt out of context here.
-The ending. I know, I know there is a third book (I am reading it), but seriously? All that tension, all that dramatic stuff? And you will just have to read the 3rd book to find out what happens. Urgh.
All in all, the book was 90% good and I really loved it, it is really becoming a favourite series of mine. I would really recommend this series to everyone.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
librarydragonfly's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
srharris's review
3.0
3.5 stars.
I liked this one better than the first book.
Here we find Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Teagan settling in Salvation. There is of course the obvious girls who don't like Deuce and the religious fanatics who blame Deuce's "unwomanly" ways on the reason why the Freaks are changing but it wasn't written in a way to annoy me, it actually made the plot of the story flow better.
Overall, it is a pretty good dystopian story and I am looking forward to seeing how it ends.
I liked this one better than the first book.
Here we find Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Teagan settling in Salvation. There is of course the obvious girls who don't like Deuce and the religious fanatics who blame Deuce's "unwomanly" ways on the reason why the Freaks are changing but it wasn't written in a way to annoy me, it actually made the plot of the story flow better.
Overall, it is a pretty good dystopian story and I am looking forward to seeing how it ends.
jgyweniverel's review against another edition
5.0
An amazing sequel to Enclave! I have come to know Deuce, Fade, Tegan, and Stalker, as if they are my friends.
Even with living apart in Salvation, they share an unbreakable bond. I am hoping for good things to happen. I have grown fond of Momma Oakes and Edmund, and I have a hope for their safety from the Freaks. I cried with Deuce over Longshot, and am eager to start reading Horde.
This is a great and very engrossing series, easy to get immersed once you start reading.
Even with living apart in Salvation, they share an unbreakable bond. I am hoping for good things to happen. I have grown fond of Momma Oakes and Edmund, and I have a hope for their safety from the Freaks. I cried with Deuce over Longshot, and am eager to start reading Horde.
This is a great and very engrossing series, easy to get immersed once you start reading.
laurasmash's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
joline2306's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
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? Yes
4.0
roguesaw's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
a_novel_ty's review
5.0
“They had machines to do their work for them: solve problems, cipher numbers, and print writing. People grew lazy. They knew too many blessings and so they lost the ability to appreciate what they had. They always wanted more, more, more and that road…led down into darkness" -Edmund
AND ALL THE AWARDS!!!…This book just hit me right in the feels over and over again. At one point Saturday after reading one part, i was doing my hair and i had to just stop and take a seat because my heart was literally shattering as i was standing in front of the mirror.
First of all…THERE’S A GUY NAMED JENSEN IN THIS BOOK!! …. and as the universe would have it. he was an alcoholic *rolls eyes*
Anyway the books starts off where the last one left off. Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan are in a new place..” safe” place and they’re “adjusting” to life in their own ways. This one was less intense than the last one but that’s kind of a given considering the fact that they aren’t in the tunnels fighting for their lives every second of every day….HOWEVER! i will say that this one is DEFINITELY more unsettling. i mean the shit that is going on. WHAT THE FUCK! — i don’t want to give anything away, but i will say. THEY’RE FUCKING SCREWED! (when the next book comes out of course)
I remember when i was reading a certain part in this book…i forget which exactly, but i thought “omg this reminds me so much of Twilight!” lmfao! now don’t get all cray cray its NOTHING like Twilight. It’s just the way the boys are so protective of Deuce reminded me of how Edward and Jake were protective of Bella. Don’t get it twisted though. Deuce can handle herself AND kick BOTH the boys’ ass. tuh!
ONE thing i don’t like about these books and we can just make this a GENERAL thing that i don’t like that applies to all books, it’s just THIS book is the one that made me realize it….i don’t like when the Chapters in books are named. The chapters in these books all have one word names … titles to the chapters. But i don’t like it because from the names you can kind of tell or speculate what might happen and that’s just so UGH! Like one Chapter was named Disaster. and just…as soon as i saw that i tensed up and i was just like, ‘omg i know shit is going to hit the fan’ but i don’t like that…idk i guess i just want to get to the next chapter and let it happen, i don’t want to be EXPECTING something to happen or FEARING what’s going to happen….
It’s interesting seeing how the people act in Salvation (that’s the name of the place they’re in) it’s a dim reflection of what we are right now. even though they don’t have modern technology and they’re living in a post apocalyptic world…their actions are so HUMAN. they have a hierarchy, and they have rules and gossip, and rapists, and drunks and bitches and hoes. lol its…idk just crazy to see that even when put in a dire situation such as theirs human, nature still prevails and people are still….evil….
The next book doesn’t come out until this time next year…so I’ll sit here and die waiting for it to come out =(
Favorite Quote: "People try to make sense of things, and if they don’t know the answers, they make them up, because for some, a wrong answer is better than none" - Fade
AND ALL THE AWARDS!!!…This book just hit me right in the feels over and over again. At one point Saturday after reading one part, i was doing my hair and i had to just stop and take a seat because my heart was literally shattering as i was standing in front of the mirror.
First of all…THERE’S A GUY NAMED JENSEN IN THIS BOOK!! …. and as the universe would have it. he was an alcoholic *rolls eyes*
Anyway the books starts off where the last one left off. Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan are in a new place..” safe” place and they’re “adjusting” to life in their own ways. This one was less intense than the last one but that’s kind of a given considering the fact that they aren’t in the tunnels fighting for their lives every second of every day….HOWEVER! i will say that this one is DEFINITELY more unsettling. i mean the shit that is going on. WHAT THE FUCK! — i don’t want to give anything away, but i will say. THEY’RE FUCKING SCREWED! (when the next book comes out of course)
I remember when i was reading a certain part in this book…i forget which exactly, but i thought “omg this reminds me so much of Twilight!” lmfao! now don’t get all cray cray its NOTHING like Twilight. It’s just the way the boys are so protective of Deuce reminded me of how Edward and Jake were protective of Bella. Don’t get it twisted though. Deuce can handle herself AND kick BOTH the boys’ ass. tuh!
ONE thing i don’t like about these books and we can just make this a GENERAL thing that i don’t like that applies to all books, it’s just THIS book is the one that made me realize it….i don’t like when the Chapters in books are named. The chapters in these books all have one word names … titles to the chapters. But i don’t like it because from the names you can kind of tell or speculate what might happen and that’s just so UGH! Like one Chapter was named Disaster. and just…as soon as i saw that i tensed up and i was just like, ‘omg i know shit is going to hit the fan’ but i don’t like that…idk i guess i just want to get to the next chapter and let it happen, i don’t want to be EXPECTING something to happen or FEARING what’s going to happen….
It’s interesting seeing how the people act in Salvation (that’s the name of the place they’re in) it’s a dim reflection of what we are right now. even though they don’t have modern technology and they’re living in a post apocalyptic world…their actions are so HUMAN. they have a hierarchy, and they have rules and gossip, and rapists, and drunks and bitches and hoes. lol its…idk just crazy to see that even when put in a dire situation such as theirs human, nature still prevails and people are still….evil….
The next book doesn’t come out until this time next year…so I’ll sit here and die waiting for it to come out =(
Favorite Quote: "People try to make sense of things, and if they don’t know the answers, they make them up, because for some, a wrong answer is better than none" - Fade