Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark #1) by Veronica Roth - Restarting September 3rd 2020

[Abi]

On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos and Cyra do not—their gifts make them vulnerable to others’ control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world?

Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.

Akos is from the peace-loving nation of Thuvhe, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Though protected by his unusual currentgift, once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive—no matter what the cost. When Akos is thrust into Cyra’s world, the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. They must decide to help each other to survive—or to destroy one another.

[Berit☀️✨]

Yay, I loved Divergent, this sounds very different and probably completely out of my comfort zone so we shall see...

[Tati]

Jumping in!

I liked Divergent, thought Convergent was okay and hated Allegiant

[Berit☀️✨]

Convergent ;-) I think it was Insurgent, maybe? Now you've got me not remembering ;-)

[Tati]

I'm jumbling up the books original titles and the Brazilian ones LOL

[Tati]

(actually, the third book, Allegiant was translated as Convergent in Portuguese)

and yes, I'm sleep deprived LOL

[Berit☀️✨]

LOL, well that makes sense :-)

[Tati]

I just marked this as DNF, sadly...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That bad?

[Tati]

I just couldn't make sense of the world building, and given how bad January has been so far, I'm not pushing myself to read anything

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Oh dear, not understanding the world building is not going to lead to a happy reader!

[Tati]

Nope... And the weird names don't help either. I mean, there are political issues between people, and then currentgifts. It was just too much for me to keep reading.

I also kept remembering the fiasco of Allegiant, and decided to cut my losses

[Berit☀️✨]

Do you ever read psychological thrillers? That's kind of my go to when I just can't deal with any other type of book, and I really actually like the entire trilogy, so I'm curious to see how this goes, and I've never not finished a book, well very very very rarely, so we shall see :-) I will probably start tonight or tomorrow morning....

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I don't do well with weird names and politics either. Will probably end up feeling the same way.

[Berit☀️✨]

I think with weird names it helps if you do audio, because then you don't have to figure out how to pronounce the name :-)

[Tati]

Audios don't work for me, as I'm hearing impaired...

[Berit☀️✨]

OK, I'm going to start, fingers crossed I enjoy it more than you did :-)

[Berit☀️✨]

I started last night, and you definitely get the feel that itis written by the same author as divergent, and I totally get what you're saying about weird names...

[Berit☀️✨]

I was worried, but I am not finding the world building or the politics confusing or hard to follow, haven't really got a firm grasp on the characters yet, but so far I really actually enjoying this :-)

[Atlas]

Gonna try this one after getting it half price! Enjoyed Divergent - the other two were a bit rubbish :(

[Berit☀️✨]

Chapter 11(view spoiler)[So far I am liking this, although I would hate for pain to be my gift, even if I could give pain to people, well actually especially if I could give pain to people... interesting the relationship developing between these two, and also interesting about how you carve a mark into you when you kill somebody (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Starting this book today and hoping to join in on the conversation! What do you guys think about the supposed racism in this book? Has any of you who have read the book so far think it's racist?

[Berit☀️✨]

I'm about 50% done, and I would not have even thought about that, but there are references to skin tone, but I saw it as more descriptive than anything.... but I suppose you could read into it, especially because I believe the suppose it good people are fairer skinned than the others, but it didn't even occur to me until you just mentioned it...

[Berit☀️✨]

Chapter 20(view spoiler)[I'm liking this practical all water planet, and I really like in the relationship, this is definitely more of a character driven book then a plot driven book, so if that isn't your thing this will be very slow I think, but I am enjoying it (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Bit behind-but I'm in two minds about whether this is the book for me right now.

[Berit☀️✨]

Karen, I'm almost done and I actually really liked it, it is more character driven than anything, I didn't think it was weighed down with very much politics or world building, although the names are all a bit odd... but this is something I am learning I am not into a lot of action, fight scenes, and all that, so this was not slow to me, because I enjoyed the character development and I am still enjoying it, so I guess it is really what you're in the mood for :-)

[Berit☀️✨]

Chapter 32 (view spoiler)[ is it justice or revenge? Always a good question, I'm really liking the relationship between Cyra and Akos ... interesting reaction when he sees his mom, why didn't she warn them? She really does not address that, and very cool this silver stuff that repairs the skin (hide spoiler)]

[Berit☀️✨]

And I am done! I really enjoyed it
(view spoiler)[ lots of little twist at the end I didn't see coming, I wonder if Veronica Roth has mother issues, another not so wonderful mother in this series (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Haven't read much today
Did manage to finish chapter two today!
(view spoiler)[ It's really good and I really like the action so far and the world building in this book is great. Excited to get into Cyra's chapter! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ so the pain is her gift? not the best gift to get! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Berit☀️✨ wrote: "Chapter 32 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I think she didn't try to change anything or warn anyone because of her belief that she is a servant of fate and shouldn't try to change things to suit herself. the silverskin stuff sounds like an awesome invention! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Berit☀️✨ wrote: "And I am done! I really enjoyed it
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(view spoiler)[ I think we'll learn a lot more crap that their mother has done in the next book, I think she's worse than we know so far. (hide spoiler)]

[Berit☀️✨]

I really wish you could read spoilers on the app, I need to switch to my browser, curious to see what you thought :-)

[Berit☀️✨]

Sarah wrote: "Berit☀️✨ wrote: "And I am done! I really enjoyed it
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[spoilers removed]"

4 stars from you is a pretty darn good rating! And I totally agree with this, I'm not kidding I wonder if she has mother issues herself ;-)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Berit☀️✨ wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Berit☀️✨ wrote: "And I am done! I really enjoyed it
[spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

4 stars from you is a pretty darn good rating! And I totally agree with this, I'm not kid..."

Yeah, I liked it ☺ (even though it was very slow), very different to divergent though.

[Berit☀️✨]

Yes, definitely very different, and slow, but she did a really good job with character development :-)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I liked the very understated romance too. Not so obvious.

[Berit☀️✨]

Yes, curious to see where that will go in the next book...

[Tayla]

im in

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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[[deleted user]]

I'm a few days behind but I will try to pick it up tonight or tomorrow.

[Melanie]

I plan to start this today! Anyone else?

[Melanie]

Chapter 2~That was an intense chapter, (view spoiler)[I wonder where their mother is and I can't believe their father was killed. I'm a little confused about what happened at the end. Did the men take all three of the children or just the two with fates. Or do all three of them have fates? Maybe I need to start reading this slower. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

I'm starting right now! Have heard mainly bad things about this (but those bad voices usually are louder than the good), but I liked the divergent series and wanted to give this a fair opinion before writing it off!

[Melanie]

I have heard bad and good about it, I agree that bad is usually louder. There will always be differences in opinion when it comes to books because everyone is different. So far, I'm liking the book!

[Bianca]

Gonna start reading the book after reading some poetry. ^_^

[Bianca]

Starting..

[Bianca]

I think I'm still in a reading slump for I am not absorbing the story that much. Are you guys liking it so far? I think I'll just continue reading this next time. :/

[Melanie]

I haven't picked it back up since the first day I starred, because I started reading other books. I will pick it back up soon because I was intrigued.

[Dannii]

Melanie wrote: "Chapter 2~That was an intense chapter, [spoilers removed]"

I'm only a little way in but I'm finding this quite initially confusing, too.