A review by sila109
The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
0.0
yo. how do people still manage to publish books that are this trash??? i am astonished at how bad this book was oh my god. the concept seems so cool and the synopsis makes it sound epic. not only was the writing incredibly repetitive and the dialogue BEYOND cringey, but the book also made no sense. zero sense. after finishing the book and supposedly getting all the answers to questions, i still have no idea what everyone's goals were. felt like the author didn't even know what everyone's motives were. what in the actual hell were the rebels trying to accomplish??? were they trying to get to land? get only themselves to land? get everyone on the ship to land? blow up the ship? get off the ship? make the ship more liveable? kill Hadley? like who are we mad at??? what are we trying to accomplish rn??? are we mad at the federated states?? are we mad at the ship? like what is going on. literally if there was a gun to my head i could not tell you what the goal of the rebels is. and that's the ENTIRE plot. so wtf. also what is Hadely's goal??? what is he doinggggggg. and why was there suddenly so much death at the end? like shut up, you're a YA book at best and you're killing off people as if every character (who is a child!!!) is suddenly capable of murder. Esther was the most inconsistent, stupid, annoying character i've ever read. she needs to stfu. also Nik needs to shut up. i can't say this enough, WHAT WAS EVERYONE'S GOALS?????? WHAT ARE WE DOING?? WHO ARE WE MAD AT??? AND WHY? this book is so so so bad. never will i ever pick up a random book because the synopsis sounds good. i've learned my lesson. there is no way anyone could possibly like this book. i cannot believe it got published. i also cannot believe i forced myself to finish it. took me fucking forever to read bc it is just so bad and i never wanted to read it. definitely skimmed the last 50ish pages bc stfu you can't make me pretend to care anymore. this book needs to fuck right off.