May 2020 Dual BOTM- The Selection

[Ani]

I know! She made amendments and she deserved so much more.

[Tessa]

Yeah. But in the firs book, I hated her.

[Lucy Tonks]

in the first 2 books same, but in the one i started really liking her, if she was like that for the whole series, like she was in the one, she would have been one of my favorite characters

[Lucy Tonks]

hey, y'all! how's reading going? any thoughts you have about this book? just share them here, but be sure that if it is a spoiler you cover it up :)

[Tessa]

I feel like the titles of the books in the series are huge spoilers...

[M]

Tessa HC (onceuponabookworm) wrote: "I feel like the titles of the books in the series are huge spoilers..."
So true. What is there left to spoil? Literally the main plot is written in them, everything else is side story.

I am not reading this book currently but I have read and I liked it. It's a fun trashy quick read. Like the bachelor isnt a good show but you still watch every episode and enjoy it. This is literally the bachelor in a dystopian setting. I honestly wish I could find something similar.

[Tessa]

Hahaha everyone's saying that The Betrothed is just like it, so you may like that. It comes out sometime this month

[M]

Tessa HC (onceuponabookworm) wrote: "Hahaha everyone's saying that The Betrothed is just like it, so you may like that. It comes out sometime this month"
Omjgbsdfjh I neeedss it. Thank you for sharing!

[Lucy Tonks]

heyy! i wanted to ask y'all, your thoughts on the characters, especially on america and maxon

[Lucy Tonks]

i'll be honest the only reason the selection is not a 5 star book for be is how annoying america was. but on the other hand i really loved maxon, he's such a sweetheart :)

[M]

Ive never understood that. What makes America annoying? I don't see it at all, I liked her.

[Nicola]

I liked America too 😅 Maybe I’m missing something! I’m about to start The Elite but I don’t mind her character!

[Tessa]

Well... I don’t quite know how to explain it, but her indecisiveness, and attitude really bug me

[Lucy Tonks]

yeah, her indecisiveness drove me mad too, but another thing that i found really annoying is how reckless she could be, she maybe some bad decision, that hurt people she cared about, that sometimes hurt her... and those are only a couple of things that come atm in my mind. but maybe it's just that i have a really different personality than america, and i would have done things differently

[Tessa]

So what do you think about it?

[M]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts about Americas character. I still don't see how thats different from any other YA character but at least I understand better now.

[Tessa]

Who else felt like this book and series as a whole was the hunger games with romance? Not saying that THG doesn't have romance, but this was like THG when it's about romance

[M]

I do see the similarities between this and THG thanks to the cast system and the selection game in it self can be like the hunger games game only you get to stay alive. But in general I don't see it. I see where you are coming from but to me theyre kind of insignificant because the stories them selves were utterly about different things even if you leave out romance hunger games games from them.

Eliza, well welcome to the club. Are you going to binge read other books in the series?