Every time I walked into Barnes and Noble The Testing caught my eye. Maybe it was the fact it seemed similar to Divergent or the mere fact that it’s dystopian and I am currently obsessed with futuristic novels. Finally, I decided to purchase the book and I was surprised that it resembled The Hunger Games more than Divergent as I expected. I didn’t like The Hunger Games very much, so it would be expected that I wouldn’t like Joelle Carbonneau’s similar novel, but I did. In fact, I enjoyed it more than The Hunger Games. Another plus of this series is that all of its books have been published, so instead of waiting a year for the sequel, I have to wait a few weeks until I can go to a bookstore. While I liked the main idea of this book, there were still parts I didn’t like. I wish it was less violent and I also wish it wasn’t as slow and boring in parts. Though, overall I liked the book and I recommend it to fans of The Hunger Games or if you’re someone like me and just really like dystopias.

-Book Hugger

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