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True rating: 4.75
WHOA. Just... WHOA.
When I first started reading, I wasn't super into it, it took about 50-75 pages for me to really get sucked in and get attached to the characters.
I think that even though it did seem like a few popular YA books smashed into one in some aspects, I wasn't really bothered by it, it's pretty hard to be super original these days since almost everything has already been done. I found the story addictive, the tension of knowing that at any moment everything could cha ...more
WHOA. Just... WHOA.
When I first started reading, I wasn't super into it, it took about 50-75 pages for me to really get sucked in and get attached to the characters.
I think that even though it did seem like a few popular YA books smashed into one in some aspects, I wasn't really bothered by it, it's pretty hard to be super original these days since almost everything has already been done. I found the story addictive, the tension of knowing that at any moment everything could cha ...more
This was one of the books that I had high expectations because all the hype that existed around it, and believe me, it didn't disappoint. In some ways this book is similar to other dystopian books, but then there is also some unique characteristics about it. In Red Queen we have a world that is divided in two different groups, the Red and the Silver bloods. Mare, a Red blood, finds herself serving a Silver family, but not just any family, the royal family. While serving them she accidentally fin
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Victoria Aveyard, you are PHENOMENAL. First of all, the writing in this novel was beautiful and fantastic -- not your typical YA lit. As I was reading, I kept feeling like this was real, like Mare's story really happened. (Think Henry VIII scandals and wife-rebellion.) I loved this, I loved Mare, I loved Cal... each character felt believable and I truly cannot wait until the next book. This was a refreshing read and if you have any doubts about it, just pick it up! No, it didn't remind me of the
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3.75 Really entertaining but most of the book was predictable.
Didn't even need the clues which were repeated so many times for me to guess the general ideas of what would happen. ...more
Didn't even need the clues which were repeated so many times for me to guess the general ideas of what would happen. ...more
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