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Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

33 reviews

acraftyknitter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

haddybea14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

It's ok to want more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

mi_chlo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Grief

vic_to_ria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a fun read, I liked a lot of the humour our main character gives and I personally related to her character and how she handles her trauma and emotional responses to opposition or media expectations.
This gave me like the Umbrella Academy vibes in the sense that we are picking up after the chosen ones have saved the world and what their lives looked like after the fact as they were just teenagers at the time of triumph.
The mystery is good and there isn’t a time in the plot where we don’t know what we are doing- there is always something to do or to learn as our main character can’t stay still for too long and I loved that.
My one issue is I felt the ending was rushed and we didn’t get a satisfying ( to me ) explanation for the main mystery

aka our main character being a main interest of the villain (the Dark One) and why he consistently sought her out and targeted her out of all the chosen ones- I didn’t feel like that was a satisfying ending as it’s mentioned in flashback only and not expanded upon

Overall this was a great superhero trope twist I enjoyed and wished we got a little bit more of just to properly flush out the villain and the mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent

rynaissanceenby's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.25

This was a pretty good book, but not amazing. I liked the premise, and the overall story was enjoyable. There were a number of plot holes or just things that seemed out of place throughout. I also didn't feel like the prose raced across the page and left me craving the next chapter the way I would expect a book of this genre to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

CW: Zombies

felinity's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Don't go into this thinking you'll get something like Divergent. It's not. Chosen Ones is dark, more challenging, and definitely not intended for the YA market. From the beginning it almost seems like Roth is trying to make that point, so do expect some language, somewhat more human (broken, slightly unlovable) characters, and choices between bad and less-bad.

The story unfolds through flashbacks, reports and stories as well as the experiences of the Chosen Ones, and really seems to explore this concept: what does that mean? What happens afterwarss?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

ria_carina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

Disliking a few of Veronica Roth's other books I gave her another chance with this one and even if I'm not completely satiesfied, it was good. The main character was interesting and not bland like I found other ones out penned by her, the romance was not unexpected but overall sweet and the story itself was unpredictable and therefore captivating.
But I expected something entirely else when reading the blurb ... because the plot twists where just a bit heavy and nearly genre-changing in my opinion. Sadly, I think many of the things weren't explained profoundly and after reading half of the book the rest until the end felt rushed while the first half was dull at times. In comparison to other recently read books I think a solid 3 will do. It's not bad but it's just no favourite either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Torture, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer

annenichols's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed this book, and I would certainly read a sequel. It was a riveting page-turner for me, and I never wanted to put it down. However, it’s neither great literature nor among the greatest stories I’ve read.

The prose is good, with some of Roth’s apt descriptions that I really appreciate - but it doesn’t hold a candle to Poster Girl in this regard.

The protagonist has some good development, but she’s a bit annoying. Some of the other characters develop, but others are flat.

I never really grew to like the protagonist

, which made it a less enjoyable read for me. One review commented that

Sloane and Matt’s relationship

was pretty flat for

something that had been going on for a decade or more

, and I agree.

There are some great elements to the magical world, complete with a few really rich details that flesh it out, help you suspend disbelief, and delight the imagination.

The overall plot felt a little incomplete, especially toward the end. Some of the plot twists felt a bit shaky and didn’t have quite enough rationale. In particular,

was the Dark One the exact same person as the evildoer in the new world? How exactly did his arc lead him to want, gain, and reject immortality

? It felt a little like the writer got tired and rushed the ending. The

how and the why of the worlds colliding were also inadequately explained

. 

Finally, I didn’t think the

zombie army

fit with the rest of this brand of fantasy. It was weird and gross and annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

abygaylemarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Terminal illness

ellamc's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

A very interesting plot, I enjoyed that they did not seem to just have worked everything out just because they were the Chosen Ones. However the ending was very rushed, I'm unsure if Roth plans to write a sequel or not but even still the

meshing of the worlds and the group reuniting with Inez and then splitting up happened way too quickly

I would have preferred a few extra chapters fleshing out the end rather than just cutting it off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Medical content, and Death of parent