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The Walled City

Ryan Graudin

Start date: December 10, 2014

Finish date: January 10, 2015

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Mar 02, 2015 Dana rated it it was ok

Shelves: meh, young-adult, is-it-just-me, bin, netgalley, satellite-mind, insta-love, 2015

I finally finished this damn book! I'm so proud of myself! *goes to get cupcake*. This book took me ages to finish and I put it down multiple times. The setting of the book is fascinating and based off of a real place which is really cool, but the pace was so slow it.felt.like.I.was.reading.the.book.like.this.

Jin was a really cool character, she was super bad ass and it was heartbreaking to see just how much she was willing to sacrifice for the people she cared about. Mei Yee was an okay charac ...more

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Oct 07, 2014 Roxanne rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, pleasant-surprise, netgalley

My thanks to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers via Netgalley for the free review copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Did I like this book?

I was so surprised by how much I liked this book! I thought the world building and character development were both done fantastically well, and I loved the unique premise of the book.

The story is told from the points of view of the three main characters, and while I loved all three, I'd have to say Jin was my favourite - she was just so tough and brave ...more

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Jan 22, 2015 Bree rated it liked it

Shelves: covers-i-love, dark-deliciously-twisted, standalones

3.9. It was really good, just not great to deserve a four star. OK?! Satisfied? No?
Well alright...heres my reasoning.
Why I picked this book up, you ask?
The premise intrigued me and made me put aside my towering TBR and go straight to this.
The power of a snappy hookline.
Unfortunately, my power of being bored/critical/unconvinced outweighed the intriguing hookline (and a hella kickass cover design). But then the unthinkable happened and I became invested. I had to read to the very end because I wa ...more

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Oct 22, 2014 Leydy added it

Review to come :)

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Nov 14, 2014 HC rated it really liked it

I thought that this was a really interesting book! I loved the setting, and how it The Walled City is based off of an actual place in China. I took off a star because I thought the plot was too predictable.

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