A review by skylover
Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I honestly am speechless, but will try my best to share even a fraction of the thoughts that come to me right now in the aftermath that is this book. It's like being thrown in headfirst to the middle part of a story, right before the climax, if you aren't familiar with the original story of Antigone (which I am not, so imagine how disoriented in the world I was at first). I thought the characters were great, dynamic, and complex, for such a short story. The world building was simple enough - dystopian, yet sci-fi with women's rights to reproductive being the main theme - to follow, only in the beginning did a few words trip me up before their synonyms to our language were introduced. I am still gaping at the ending and trying to piece together what all I just read. Something tells me there's even more I didn't catch this first time around. This is a story that leaves an impact bigger than its page count, and will stay with me for a minute....wow. V Roth you've outdone yourself
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