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A review by ksophialydia
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
5.0
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
OMG YOU GUYS THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.
I enjoyed Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicle series. It was cute, but it was not without its faults, which sometimes were hard to get over.
I didn’t even finish Heartless.
So I was more than a little nervous about how Renegades would leave me feeling.
But you guys, this book. Is so. Damn. Good.
It’s leaps and bounds better than any of Meyer’s other works. There’s no plot holes, no loose threads, it’s tight and brilliantly paced.
There’s not one character I didn’t like. They’re all wonderful and three-dimensional. The romance alluded to between Nova and Adrian in the summary developed wonderfully over the course of the entire book. We get to see the friendship between the build and the romance blossom. There’s no insta-love, and while one could call this a slow burn romance, that may be doing them a disservice. It’s an accurate portrayal of two teens falling for each other while keeping monumental secrets from the other, and how it makes them cautious and awkward, trying to be open but not being able to share all of who they are.
It feels like everyone nowadays has to talk about the diversity and representation found in the books they read. Meyer’s handling of both is deft and palatable. Characters are not defined by their races, sexualities, or disabilities. Characters are what and who they are without it feeling like Meyer had a checklist she used when creating them.
But the thing I love most about this book is that it’s generally a-political at time when politics pervades nearly every aspect of life. Managing not to lean to heavily to one side or the other when talking about the destruction of society and the rise of superheroes and villains shows not only Meyer’s talent and skill as a writer, but also an awareness that all people read books, and we like to read to escape the real world at times, not wanting to be preached at or condemned for where we stand on a spectrum.
And that’s the heart of this book- learning and deciding what you believe and what you’re willing to do in support of it, but always questioning, never settling. What makes a hero? What makes a villain? Is the difference between them clearcut? And who is it that decides where those boundaries are drawn?
Renegades is not to be missed.
OMG YOU GUYS THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.
I enjoyed Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicle series. It was cute, but it was not without its faults, which sometimes were hard to get over.
I didn’t even finish Heartless.
So I was more than a little nervous about how Renegades would leave me feeling.
But you guys, this book. Is so. Damn. Good.
It’s leaps and bounds better than any of Meyer’s other works. There’s no plot holes, no loose threads, it’s tight and brilliantly paced.
There’s not one character I didn’t like. They’re all wonderful and three-dimensional. The romance alluded to between Nova and Adrian in the summary developed wonderfully over the course of the entire book. We get to see the friendship between the build and the romance blossom. There’s no insta-love, and while one could call this a slow burn romance, that may be doing them a disservice. It’s an accurate portrayal of two teens falling for each other while keeping monumental secrets from the other, and how it makes them cautious and awkward, trying to be open but not being able to share all of who they are.
It feels like everyone nowadays has to talk about the diversity and representation found in the books they read. Meyer’s handling of both is deft and palatable. Characters are not defined by their races, sexualities, or disabilities. Characters are what and who they are without it feeling like Meyer had a checklist she used when creating them.
But the thing I love most about this book is that it’s generally a-political at time when politics pervades nearly every aspect of life. Managing not to lean to heavily to one side or the other when talking about the destruction of society and the rise of superheroes and villains shows not only Meyer’s talent and skill as a writer, but also an awareness that all people read books, and we like to read to escape the real world at times, not wanting to be preached at or condemned for where we stand on a spectrum.
And that’s the heart of this book- learning and deciding what you believe and what you’re willing to do in support of it, but always questioning, never settling. What makes a hero? What makes a villain? Is the difference between them clearcut? And who is it that decides where those boundaries are drawn?
Renegades is not to be missed.