haley49's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Genocide, Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Police brutality, Torture, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and War
seren's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Classism
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and War
jfield351's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Grief, War, Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
sammymilfort's review
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Violence, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, and Physical abuse
Minor: Car accident
avocados_from_mexico's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.5
Spoiler
a man in his twenties tries to kiss a fifteen year old??The story follows June, a young prodigy who’s the only person to have gotten a perfect score on the United States’… sorry, Republic’s aptitude test… sorry, Trial, which is meant to find the best children to join the war effort against the rest of the United States, the Patriots. She lives with her twenty-something year old brother Metias because their parents were killed, and goes to a top university where she trains to be in the military. Her commander tends to be a bit… trigger-happy, and so does her friend Thomas, but they justify it enough to the point where she’s convinced what they’re doing is correct. There’s also no reason for this war that is provided. Also they kill the kids that fail the Trial, but their parents are told they work at labor camps.
And then we have Day, the Republic’s most wanted criminal despite the fact that most of his offenses would only be enough to classify him as a large nuisance. He’s never killed anyone, but now he’s being accused of killing Metias. The only thoughts he is capable of having are about how attractive all of the girls he meets are. He’s on the run because he’s never been caught by the Republic, but he rescues June while her commander sends her to catch him undercover. And then June finds out who he is because she conveniently goes down tangents of extremely unrealistic thoughts that advance the plot!
Spoiler
And guess what. He also got a perfect score! But he’s from the slums so they tried to kill him off!So Day nearly gets executed. But since June likes him and kissed him before she knew who he was, she’s sympathetic. She goes down another convenient tangent and finds out that
Spoiler
Thomas killed Metias and her commander is trying to hide itThe writing was incredibly dry and it was really hard to get through at times. I had to finish it because I had to read it for a school assignment, but if I could, I would have put this book down for good. Maybe the author’s other books are better, but I could not get through this one.
Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Torture and Grief
Minor: War and Car accident
bri__'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, War, Medical trauma, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Classism and Medical content
Minor: Car accident
cepbreed's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Police brutality
Minor: Alcohol
joymia24's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Grief, Death, and Gun violence
luxxltyd's review
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Terminal illness