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A review by acollectiveofbooks
Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
1.0
I'm not even sure where to start. The book was extremely slow with not much really going on. Five teens saved the world and 10 years later with Sloane as the main POV, it slowly pieces together what happened and you realize Sloane suffers from PTSD. I listened to an audiobook and while they had many voice actors including the author herself, the main VA is Dakota Fanning, which was so monotone and frankly, just not good at all.
I'm trying to understand the initial hype for this book. Is it because a popular YA author is trying to break into the adult genre? I can confidently say, it failed miserably. It still reads as YA even if the characters are NA. There's an attempt at being clever with revealing the plot and what happened, but it just dragged on and I just wanted the book to end already. Nothing happens, you're better off just skipping to the end because this book is just confusing AF.
I'm trying to understand the initial hype for this book. Is it because a popular YA author is trying to break into the adult genre? I can confidently say, it failed miserably. It still reads as YA even if the characters are NA. There's an attempt at being clever with revealing the plot and what happened, but it just dragged on and I just wanted the book to end already. Nothing happens, you're better off just skipping to the end because this book is just confusing AF.