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Struck (Struck, #1)
by Jennifer Bosworth (Goodreads Author)
by Jennifer Bosworth (Goodreads Author)
** spoiler alert **
I'm having trouble deciding where I stand with this book. When I love it, I love it to bits. When it pisses me off, I almost forget that I love the non-pissing-off parts. (And for the record, I was not PMSing whilst reading or reviewing this novel, so my anger is genuine and not hormonally-driven.)
What I love about Struck: Electricity, and lots of it! The idea of cults. Post-disaster setting. Buying medicine on the black market. Danger, danger - high-voltage!
What pisses me off about Struck: Insta-lust that quickly develops into insta-love. Mia finding her stalker hot. SPOILER ALERT! Mia awakens in the night to find someone standing over her with a knife. She dubs him Nightmare Boy. But this is not a dream. And she fancies him, loves him, and in the epilogue roots him. Oh yeah, then there's the whole "I've been dreaming about you for ages, before I met you" element. *headdesk*
Then there's the matter of brainwashing, which in this novel is some kind of paranormal ability. I would've been more interested to read about the regular, non-paranormal craft of brainwashing, the kind you read about in psychology texts. Suddenly Mia likes the Prophet, then is "reawakened" by a kiss to bring her back to her previous way of thinking.
Struck's premise is astoundingly awesome, the big White Tent climax is genuinely creepy, and I'm so looking forward to whatever Jennifer Bosworth writes next. Hopefully it'll have less romance, and more awesome. Meanwhile, I want to read up on the connection between electricity and humans - can you recommend a good text, please?
What I love about Struck: Electricity, and lots of it! The idea of cults. Post-disaster setting. Buying medicine on the black market. Danger, danger - high-voltage!
What pisses me off about Struck: Insta-lust that quickly develops into insta-love. Mia finding her stalker hot. SPOILER ALERT! Mia awakens in the night to find someone standing over her with a knife. She dubs him Nightmare Boy. But this is not a dream. And she fancies him, loves him, and in the epilogue roots him. Oh yeah, then there's the whole "I've been dreaming about you for ages, before I met you" element. *headdesk*
Then there's the matter of brainwashing, which in this novel is some kind of paranormal ability. I would've been more interested to read about the regular, non-paranormal craft of brainwashing, the kind you read about in psychology texts. Suddenly Mia likes the Prophet, then is "reawakened" by a kiss to bring her back to her previous way of thinking.
Struck's premise is astoundingly awesome, the big White Tent climax is genuinely creepy, and I'm so looking forward to whatever Jennifer Bosworth writes next. Hopefully it'll have less romance, and more awesome. Meanwhile, I want to read up on the connection between electricity and humans - can you recommend a good text, please?
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Reading Progress
| 03/29/2012 | page 163 |
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44.0% | "Why must YA novels blatantly reference classic works that relate to their character? In this case, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. "Valley of the Shadow of Death"? Bible, you need to edit that down to "Death's Shadow Valley" - don't use 6 words when 3 will do!" |
| 03/29/2012 | page 163 |
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44.0% | "Here is the problem when religion is part of the plot in fiction: it comes across as either preachy (if it's pro-religion) or evil-cultish (if it's anti-religion). Never seems to be middle-ground. So Mia knows that Jeremy has been stalking her, but she still thinks he's hot? I would've thought the stalkerness would cancel out any hotness. But I'm not a YA protag." |
| 03/29/2012 | page 163 |
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44.0% | "Ah, turns out Jeremy was planning to kill Mia, but he didn't go through with it. Am having flashbacks to HUSH, HUSH's Patch. Not good, y'all. All that said, I am rather enjoying this novel. So far maybe 4 out of 5 stars." |
| 04/01/2012 | page 368 |
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99.0% | "What's a "caldera"?" 3 comments |
