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olivialandryxo 's review for:
Renegades
by Marissa Meyer
This took me SO LONG to read. I blame school 100%. And as much as I wanted to like this, it just wasn’t that great?? I liked it, don’t get me wrong, but parts of it felt lackluster.
I like the premise. I rarely read superhero stories and I don’t know of many in YA, so I was intrigued by this one. It had some unique elements, I’ll give it that. I liked some of the powers the prodigies had; the ones that stuck out to me were Adrian’s, Ruby’s, Ingrid’s, and Phobia’s. However, at its core, it didn’t feel very original. There was a good group and a bad group, and the protagonist, a member of the bad group, went undercover in an attempt to infiltrate the good group. Instead, she fell in love with one of her teammates, the adopted son of the leaders and founders of the good group.
That was a very basic summary, and I recognize that there’s more to the story. That’s just something I noticed while reading.
Additionally, it’s a very slow-paced, character-driven story, with sporadic action until the last fifty pages. I don’t necessarily have a problem with that, except in this case, this book is 550 pages, and it did drag at times.
Nova’s power reminded me a bit of Juliette from Shatter Me, although from what I understand Nova’s wasn’t deadly.
As long as this book was, I don’t have much else to talk about. I didn’t especially love any of the characters, though I did like the dynamics between them. Nova’s group of Anarchists and Adrian’s Renegade patrol team were both a bit like dysfunctional families, and I liked that. I enjoyed the slow-burn progression of Nova and Adrian’s relationship, because they were both awkward and confused and it was kind of adorable. I have high hopes for them.
I liked Adrian’s dads too. Captain Chromium and Dread Warden have been openly in love since they were teenagers, since the start of the Renegades, and they adopted Adrian after his mom died.
The finale shocked me. I fully expected Nova to be revealed, and she wasn’t. I’m intrigued by Agent N, and I’m curious/afraid to learn more about it and its intended use. The last page completely surprised me, and if it was hinted at prior, those hints went completely over my head. This will definitely up the stakes in the sequel.
This book didn’t quite meet my expectations, and it was mostly an average read. I did like parts of it, though, and I’ll be reading Archenemies (the last book in the duology) when it releases in November, if only to satisfy my burning curiosity.
I like the premise. I rarely read superhero stories and I don’t know of many in YA, so I was intrigued by this one. It had some unique elements, I’ll give it that. I liked some of the powers the prodigies had; the ones that stuck out to me were Adrian’s, Ruby’s, Ingrid’s, and Phobia’s. However, at its core, it didn’t feel very original. There was a good group and a bad group, and the protagonist, a member of the bad group, went undercover in an attempt to infiltrate the good group. Instead, she fell in love with one of her teammates, the adopted son of the leaders and founders of the good group.
That was a very basic summary, and I recognize that there’s more to the story. That’s just something I noticed while reading.
Additionally, it’s a very slow-paced, character-driven story, with sporadic action until the last fifty pages. I don’t necessarily have a problem with that, except in this case, this book is 550 pages, and it did drag at times.
Nova’s power reminded me a bit of Juliette from Shatter Me, although from what I understand Nova’s wasn’t deadly.
As long as this book was, I don’t have much else to talk about. I didn’t especially love any of the characters, though I did like the dynamics between them. Nova’s group of Anarchists and Adrian’s Renegade patrol team were both a bit like dysfunctional families, and I liked that. I enjoyed the slow-burn progression of Nova and Adrian’s relationship, because they were both awkward and confused and it was kind of adorable. I have high hopes for them.
I liked Adrian’s dads too. Captain Chromium and Dread Warden have been openly in love since they were teenagers, since the start of the Renegades, and they adopted Adrian after his mom died.
The finale shocked me. I fully expected Nova to be revealed, and she wasn’t. I’m intrigued by Agent N, and I’m curious/afraid to learn more about it and its intended use. The last page completely surprised me, and if it was hinted at prior, those hints went completely over my head. This will definitely up the stakes in the sequel.
This book didn’t quite meet my expectations, and it was mostly an average read. I did like parts of it, though, and I’ll be reading Archenemies (the last book in the duology) when it releases in November, if only to satisfy my burning curiosity.