1 1/2 stars. Just.... soooo sloooowwww.Let's be honest, I actually liked Divergent for what it was - a fast-paced, exciting YA adventure that demanded very little of me. Sure, a lot of the world made absolutely no sense, and I still find that whole "I'm Dauntless so I jump off moving trains" thing so ridiculously laughable, but I found it really entertaining. In this book, though, I spent the majority of it wondering where the actual plot was.It's set in space, and I've heard other reviewers tal...

Let's talk about the elephant in the room: Sponsered reviews from booktubers who were paid to give a positive review and are completely ignoring the voices of POC when they bring up some racial issues in this book. Now most of these Booktubers are ones with influence, aka, Jesse, Kat, Christine, Regan, Sasha (let’s not forget Sasha’s scandal either) - And all of them gave the book a 4 star rating and left reviews that were very similar. These reviews didn’t go into any context, just that they en...

oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best YA fantasy! what will happen?i'm going to review this without giving too much away, which seems to be the publisher's desire, since this is the first time i have ever gotten an arc that had this across every single page. text blurred so no one yells at me. DON'T YELL AT ME!i am someone who liked the divergent trilogy. i even sort of liked those four stories: Four: A Divergent Story Collection. but i am SO SO pleased that roth has diverged (h...

I AM SWORN TO SECRECY, JUST KNOW I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK

Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || Pinterest Divergent Wars: One Force will define you. Curious (and polite) people kept asking me if I was enjoying CARVE THE MARK while I was reading it. For the flippant response to that question, please refer to the opening of the song "Nobody But Me" by The Human Beinz. Or, you know, check out my star rating. (But my way is more fun, and you get a fun song out of it, too!)I was one of the few people who did not like DIVERGENT. Part of that was

BR with the evil little pie. <3Dnf @ page 88This book is putting Maggie and I in a slump, not to mention extremely boring and slow.

Long review for a rather long read. I'm still struggling to figure what words are appropriate to describe the mediocrity and utter pointlessness of this book. My thoughts about it aren't as concise as this review will turn out being, because I only have so many words to fit in my review space and I want to illustrate why this book ended up being such a horrible experience. It's my worst read of 2017 thus far, though I considered giving it credit for at least the last quarter of the book holding

DNF @ 22% Sana and I are bored and are being put in a reading slump reading this. It's extremely slow and boring and nothing interesting has happened. We encountered some of the issues going on and asked each other if it was triggering for either of us and since it wasn't, we continued. I do agree that this does have issues that can be triggering for people, so I suggest watching out for that before starting it. We also have read like 2 more pages since our last update (pg. 108) and stopped ther...

Three things:1. This book tries to YA too hard2. This book tries to Sci-fi too hard3. This book tries to world build too hardI do give it 3 stars because overall I found it enjoyable, but the the things above distracted me so much. (Note: Lowered to two stars on 10/17/2017 because I thought I already gave it two and I keep thinking back to how much I didn't care for it . . . so, I had to drop it!)YA - There is a general YA formula, but if you mix it in well with a creative story, it doesn't matt...

I was very disappointed with this book. Maybe after Divergent my expectations were too high, and it probably not fair to compare the tow although when a book is released saying the writer of Divergent it is hard not to expect a lot and compare the two. Also knowing Veronica Roth was a Star Wars fan and I am a Star Wars fan I figured what could possible go wrong.The book is very slow then as soon as something exciting happens it is the end of the chapter and the moment is lost. Worse still in som...

This book already has 70k reviews and ratings... fml. This book is interesting not because of it's story (which is dull) but because of the circumstances surrounding it's release. BLACK FACEEvery now and then a book comes along that presents some toxic ideas which are commonly seen in tons of books. But our GoodReads community turns into a hive mind and decides this one book is the absolute worst. I can't help but feel that this book got unlucky. The Winner's Curse was gushed about despite it's

After Allegiant I don't know wether to trust Veronica Roth. I mean, that book... that fucking book:But let's give it a chance! Let's read the description:"in "the vein of 'Star Wars'""a boy's "unlikely alliance" with an enemy""what they most desire: for one, redemption, and the other, revenge,"Okay, okay! I'm in! I'm SO in!!However...2017?!?!?!YOU'VE MADE MY INNER CHEWBACCA ANGRY!!!!Listen to Solo, Veronica! Listen to him!

this book reminds me of preteen me, meaning it tries too hard to fit in with all the cool kids. oof. not a good look for anyone involved. trust me.this book tries a little too hard to be YA relatable, to be sci-fi intense, and to have the most fantastic world ever built. and i think because there is so much focus on all of these different elements, it neglects one major component - THE PLOT. my goodness. its practically nonexistent. combine that with some slow pacing and you get many bored reade...

I'd like to put a disclaimer for all the controversy surrounding this novel. I read this before anyone and didn't see the underlying issues everyone saw with the story until a few of my friends told me about all the explosions on social media sites I don't even have. I did still adore this story, I'd be lying if I said I didn't, but I don't want to offend anyone by liking this book. I want everyone to know I can't possibly relate to these issues, but my eyes are open and I understand people are

2 starsUncensored review as alwaysAnd spoiler-freeOh boy. This is not going to be pretty. I’m sure you have seen all the upchucked Haterade that the “controversy brigade” so generously spewed about this book before and after it’s release. So obviously, I wanted to love this book SO HARD if only to shove a raving review in the face of absurdity! Unfortunately, I can’t do that here.*sulks*On the other hand … I honestly did not see ANY of the controversy. Like … where is it? I have no idea. I’m sur...

By god, is that cover appealing.Now let's pray the stuff inside it is too.