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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)

Victoria Aveyard

Start date: March 1, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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MARCH | Red Queen

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Feb 06, 2015 Sheema rated it it was ok

upon consideration/reflection, I've found that this book is definitely not a 5 star book. While the plot and characters were super engaging, it was COMPLETELY predictable. The 'plot twist' was something I had figured out like from the first few chapters and a lot of the character's were not developed nearly enough. This also felt like a mash-up of a lot of other YA books I have previously read.

It was, however, still a very fun and enjoyable read but not anything memorable or mind blowing. I like ...more

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Nov 10, 2014 Elizabeth Gamez rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I don't understand why people don't like this book. I went into it with low expectations and I was blown away. Mare for one thing isn't what expected her to be, none of it is really what I thought it be. She wasn't a lovesick girl and I appreciated that, and she's flawed. I will be reading the rest of the series.

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Oct 16, 2014 Michela rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 2016-challenge

When I started this book I had so many expectations because of all the hype and admittedly I got really into it at first but as it went on my interest in it declined. I originally rated this 3 stars but when I think about it more I just feel very...meh about it and that's making me lower it.

*The Writing*
If I didn't like anything else, I absolutely loved the writing. Aveyard's writing style makes the story go by fast and I found I loved certain sentences. My favorite has to be "words can lie. See ...more

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Jan 20, 2015 Christina Morden (ClaryNathanWill) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, releases-2015, added-in-2015, 2015, faves-ya

This was an amazing thrill ride. Definitely a new favourite! I loved Mare and Cal! I loved the red blood vs silver blood. I loved the rigid monarchy and rulers! I loved the powers people possessed! I loved the rebellion!

One more thing on Mare. I found her strangely relatable. I haven't felt like that in a while. So I kinda love her a lot now. ...more

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Feb 01, 2015 Hannah Swan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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kajbvkasbaiwbtakbsdtkjbat. Currently struggling to find words for that ending.

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This is all going to be a jumbled incoherent ranting mess because I was absolutely not expec ...more

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Nov 19, 2014 Edward rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Wow. Wow.

Oh my Stars. This was an amazing book.

I heard about this book through YouTube/BookTube and I heard nothing but great things about this book. I know a lot of people didn't love this book because it's "not creative". It's not the greatest book in the world, but I thoroughly loved the Red and Silver blood system. The world was amazing, the characters were amazing, the writing was amazing. This book was amazing.

What really interested me with this book was the genre mixing. Dystopian Fantasy Wow. Wow.

Oh my Stars. This was an amazing book.

I heard about this book through YouTube/BookTube and I heard nothing but great things about this book. I know a lot of people didn't love this book because it's "not creative". It's not the greatest book in the world, but I thoroughly loved the Red and Silver blood system. The world was amazing, the characters were amazing, the writing was amazing. This book was amazing.

What really interested me with this book was the genre mixing. Dystopian Fantasy. Such a great genre mix. Great job, Victoria Aveyard. At first, based off of the awesome cover, I thought it would be fantasy because of the inverted crown and the title QUEEN. But as I was reading it, the words "officers", "electricity", and "factories" came in and flipped my entire reading experience like the inverted crown. That was pretty cool.

The Red and Silver blood system reminded of the color system from Red Rising by Pierce Brown. I'm not saying they are the same. I'm saying the blood system of Red Queen reminded me of the color system from Red Rising. Silvers are people with abilities, and are considered gods to people. Reds are poverty stricken and have no special talent whatsoever. Silvers, in short, are assholes. Reds, in short, sadness struck me right in the feels.

Mare Barrow is our narrator, our protagonist. A Red, but has an ability, an ability that has never been seen before. I really liked her character. I thought she was very layered and very well developed. I really liked her interactions with people like Gisa, Cal, Kilorn, and so many other characters I can't name right now. I loved her thought process, the decisions she makes, and her relationship with Gisa, her sister (I think).

Gisa, liked her. Cal, mixed feelings about him. Kilorn, my Red homie. Prince Maven of Norta, I'm unsure about him. Queen Elara Merandus of Norta, bitch has gots to go. Great cast of characters, but I hate most of them, and I was suppose to. Great job, yet again, Victoria Aveyard.

The writing is very simple, which makes the book easy to read. I think the writing will improve in Glass Sword, but for now, I love the writing style. The world building was very well done. I could actually picture the world very clearly, like the Stilts, the castle, Mare's house. And the character descriptions gets an A+ for awesome.

Glass Sword next? Hell...yas. This book is one of my favorites of 2015 so far. Right now, A Court of Thorns and Roses takes spot number one, and Red Queen takes spot number two. ...more

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Mar 24, 2015 Carm rated it it was amazing

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Jan 01, 2015 Georgia Henry rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites, gorgeous-covers, signed-books, strong-female-characters, 2015

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I think one of the reasons why I loved this book so much was the fact that I had no idea what was going to happen. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. ...more

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