Scan barcode
A review by bookishdaylight
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
1.0
This is basically The Hunger Games with a fantasy aspect. There was no originality in the plot, It might have a few changes to not make it seem so Hunger Games-coded but it was so obvious that this was just inspired by other fantasy and dystopian books. This is primarily combined tropes in a book.
I was honestly disappointed with the world-building, the morally gray aspect of the said characters, and the lack of character development they have with one another. There was no connection or build-up with the plot. It needed more backstory to showcase why the people even supported the trials, and the willingness of the elites to compete in such trials for what goal they would accomplish.
what even is the power of the king? I don't think it was mentioned and I really wanted to know because of the way he fought, he didn't use his power, whatever that might be. There was no real struggle to overtake the kingdom if the elites were so gullible to merrily be oblivious to everything. They didn't question anything and I don't even understand the willingness to have a king rule if all the elites have power and if there is no potential danger for them to encounter except for the so-called trials for entertainment. It basically shows capitalism in a fantasy setting with a lot of plot holes.
The enemies to lovers in this book are not even that one bit. Sure she is ordinary and he hunts those ordinaries and she is supposed to hate him but other than that, they were lusting each other throughout the story. There was no build-up with their relationship, no emotional connection, it was a pure attraction with a lot of tension and knife-to-the-throat scenes with empty threats that were completely repetitive. They could've been easily Peeta and Katniss with the questions of what's your favorite color, the star-crossed lovers in the trials so on and so forth. Paedyn was even good with a bow for goodness sake, with Adelyn representing three characters in Hunger Games without spoiling it.
It was like rereading Hunger Games all over again with a different set of characters with similarities to the originals. This had the potential to be great but the similarities are too much and this could be marked as plagiarism by essentially copying everything. I love The Hunger Games and it's one of my favorite series to exist. So, I know that this book has no original plot or concept.
I was honestly disappointed with the world-building, the morally gray aspect of the said characters, and the lack of character development they have with one another. There was no connection or build-up with the plot. It needed more backstory to showcase why the people even supported the trials, and the willingness of the elites to compete in such trials for what goal they would accomplish.
what even is the power of the king? I don't think it was mentioned and I really wanted to know because of the way he fought, he didn't use his power, whatever that might be. There was no real struggle to overtake the kingdom if the elites were so gullible to merrily be oblivious to everything. They didn't question anything and I don't even understand the willingness to have a king rule if all the elites have power and if there is no potential danger for them to encounter except for the so-called trials for entertainment. It basically shows capitalism in a fantasy setting with a lot of plot holes.
The enemies to lovers in this book are not even that one bit. Sure she is ordinary and he hunts those ordinaries and she is supposed to hate him but other than that, they were lusting each other throughout the story. There was no build-up with their relationship, no emotional connection, it was a pure attraction with a lot of tension and knife-to-the-throat scenes with empty threats that were completely repetitive. They could've been easily Peeta and Katniss with the questions of what's your favorite color, the star-crossed lovers in the trials so on and so forth. Paedyn was even good with a bow for goodness sake, with Adelyn representing three characters in Hunger Games without spoiling it.
It was like rereading Hunger Games all over again with a different set of characters with similarities to the originals. This had the potential to be great but the similarities are too much and this could be marked as plagiarism by essentially copying everything. I love The Hunger Games and it's one of my favorite series to exist. So, I know that this book has no original plot or concept.