“Idiots are highly flammable, love. Let them all burn in hell.”
Alright, I know that quote is very inspiring. It’s meant to offer up some confidence for our girl Juliette. But, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO GO KILL 600 PEOPLE. I MEAN, COME ON. I have a lot to say. A lot of feelings. I can’t really be bothered to write an intro paragraph. So, here’s my best attempt: I’m shook. I’m so shook. Here are the reasons why:
Rating: 5 Shells
Welcome to possibly my biggest rant since I read The Selection.
Did this really have to exist? Did my own eyes really have to see all of this? I feel betrayed.
Rating: 0 Stars (I’m sorry. Is that rude? As the self proclaimed biggest fan of Divergent that I am this was just offensive. I don’t like the rating, but it’s necessary.)
***PROCEED WITH CAUTION; MARKED SPOILERS LIE AHEAD***
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*This was previously posted on my Goodreads account
You see, I have a lot of mixed feelings about Carve the Mark. I hesitate to call it bad because I really do enjoy V Roth’s writing. However, it’s just Not Good. There were too many times where Cyra and Akos felt like Tris and Four and too many moments where I considered a big ole DNF to consider this good. Allow me to call Carve the Mark what it is: slow, book slumpish, but if you force yourself to sit down and read 200 pages of it (no, I definitely didn’t have to do this) it’s oddly…enjoyable? Yea, I’m confused about this too.
Rating: 2 Shells (trust me, I’m just as upset about this as you are)
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We’ve come full circle, kids. The first book I officially reviewed (not including one certain 4,000 word rant…ahem..The Selection) was This Mortal Coil. And here we are! One year and some months later reviewing This Cruel Design. This fact is irrelevant but there it is and now you can’t unlearn it! Anyways, How do you follow up the wild ride of This Mortal Coil? I mean, it’s like how they’re making a Frozen 2 and a Toy Story 4 in the same year. Can we even handle that? Will they be as good as their predecessors? Time will tell on those. But as far as This Cruel Design goes, I think it stands up well compared to the thrill-ride of This Mortal Coil.
Rating: 5 Shells
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