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A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Spotting Them in the sky, a once in a hundred-year event, something her ancestors have been waiting for decades, time has for Vega to finally leave the Valley—her home. For her to start her journey. But something grave is happening outside of the Valley, out of the boundaries of where safety is. People are becoming sick—loosing their eyesight and hearing and eventually their lives. Not only that but Vega has to worry about people discovering her tattoo— a constellation that signifies that she is the one— the last Astronomer and a cure for the sickness that is running rampant. Finding herself in a serious predicament, she is forced to run for her life and to try and escape. But not without the help of girl named Cricket, whos mission is to take her to a boy named Noah. On a quest to find a cure, all three flee across the hot plains, and snowy mountains with men at their heels, hunting them.
Ughh I have so many mixed feelings for this book. It started off so good but sorta of went down hill in my opinion. Things started becoming very repetitive, which I felt like took the plot away. I feel like every other page the main character Vega was to busy worring and feeling sorry for herself. I get the at the beginning why, but after that it's the same thing over and over. Which I feel like you lose the story line and the reader. And most of it was becoming predictable. Also the chapters were way to long. There were only 12 chapter but each chapter had up to almost 50 pages. And personally I like to plan out my chapters to read so I don't have to stop in the middle of one. There definitely could have been more chapters which I also think there could have been more to the story. Moving on to the parts I like best. I feel like this was a western sci fi book. If it is it definitely was a breath of fresh air. I liked the relationship that was building between Vega and Noah. It was a quick but I still liked it. I will say the ending broke my heart. Even though I predicted what was going to happen but Still! It was interesting reading blurbs of a past astronomer at the end of the chapters. Not gonna lie though I hope there is a book 2. The cliffhanger at the end made me sit up right in bed. And when I tell you I gasped!!
I'm gonna give it 2.5 stars. I was back and forth between a 3 and 2.
Ughh I have so many mixed feelings for this book. It started off so good but sorta of went down hill in my opinion. Things started becoming very repetitive, which I felt like took the plot away. I feel like every other page the main character Vega was to busy worring and feeling sorry for herself. I get the at the beginning why, but after that it's the same thing over and over. Which I feel like you lose the story line and the reader. And most of it was becoming predictable. Also the chapters were way to long. There were only 12 chapter but each chapter had up to almost 50 pages. And personally I like to plan out my chapters to read so I don't have to stop in the middle of one. There definitely could have been more chapters which I also think there could have been more to the story. Moving on to the parts I like best. I feel like this was a western sci fi book. If it is it definitely was a breath of fresh air. I liked the relationship that was building between Vega and Noah. It was a quick but I still liked it. I will say the ending broke my heart. Even though I predicted what was going to happen but Still! It was interesting reading blurbs of a past astronomer at the end of the chapters. Not gonna lie though I hope there is a book 2. The cliffhanger at the end made me sit up right in bed. And when I tell you I gasped!!
I'm gonna give it 2.5 stars. I was back and forth between a 3 and 2.