A review by jenbsbooks
Bunker Boy by Jordan Elizabeth
2.0
This was just okay for me. The MC is 18 years old ... but her thoughts, actions and speech felt more like a 13-year old in my opinion. A very sheltered and naive pre-teen. Just thoughts like "Uncle Brad hollers out a swear" and "she mouths words that look like cusses" and "we haven't done the deed" and "Nothing in me wants to kiss him. I don't want to touch my lips to his." It was really almost how she dealt with everything. It was eye-rolling to me.
The basic concept was decent ... I figured out stuff long before the characters did, and I wasn't at all surprised. This was a very cult, "Handmaid's Tale" with the cape and "breeding" women, and the overtly religious feel. Again though, a little over the top. The women go through a "speed dating" and then the men choose them, they walk out and they are "married".
And the age thing. Our MC is 18 years old ... but 5 years have gone by. Other than her hair being cut, she hasn't changed at all during those five years in a "coma" or what not. The whole five year thing is HUGE, but then some of the main people "she's 18?" and our MC "forgets" to remind them that if five years have really passed, then she'd be 23. There is a little three year old girl, who is very advanced for being just three.
I started out with the audiobook, but switched to the Kindle copy. In addition to not caring for the story, the narrator's voice was just okay. Maybe I was tainted by my dislike for the MC. She did fine with different voices, although they were all a bit irritating ... but again, maybe that was the characters themselves. There were a couple weird pronunciations, two notable ones were abbreviations. NICU and OBGYN. The Nick-ooo, and O.B.gin.
I received a copy of the audiobook for free in exchange for a review.
I was able to access the KindleCopy on my KindleUnlimited plan.
Would have been a DNF except it was short, and I felt obligated to leave a review.
The basic concept was decent ... I figured out stuff long before the characters did, and I wasn't at all surprised. This was a very cult, "Handmaid's Tale" with the cape and "breeding" women, and the overtly religious feel. Again though, a little over the top. The women go through a "speed dating" and then the men choose them, they walk out and they are "married".
And the age thing. Our MC is 18 years old ... but 5 years have gone by. Other than her hair being cut, she hasn't changed at all during those five years in a "coma" or what not. The whole five year thing is HUGE, but then some of the main people "she's 18?" and our MC "forgets" to remind them that if five years have really passed, then she'd be 23. There is a little three year old girl, who is very advanced for being just three.
I started out with the audiobook, but switched to the Kindle copy. In addition to not caring for the story, the narrator's voice was just okay. Maybe I was tainted by my dislike for the MC. She did fine with different voices, although they were all a bit irritating ... but again, maybe that was the characters themselves. There were a couple weird pronunciations, two notable ones were abbreviations. NICU and OBGYN. The Nick-ooo, and O.B.gin.
I received a copy of the audiobook for free in exchange for a review.
I was able to access the KindleCopy on my KindleUnlimited plan.
Would have been a DNF except it was short, and I felt obligated to leave a review.