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2.5 rounded up. A fun YA adventure, but having it from Will's POV negated any awesomeness the single (1! No other females were main or secondary characters, nor did any have more than a bit part in small scenes) female character may have had. It's a good yarn for the age group it's aimed at.
The train's pretty cool too, though I could only think of Snowpiercer (graphic novel turned film with the same premise, but dystopian/post-apocalyptic) as I read the descriptions of the various cars and class separation.
The train's pretty cool too, though I could only think of Snowpiercer (graphic novel turned film with the same premise, but dystopian/post-apocalyptic) as I read the descriptions of the various cars and class separation.
On one hand, this was some good hard sci-fi. There's an interesting universe to be explored, a plot that takes some time to get going, and a main character that I was lukewarm about but eventually understood and maybe even liked.
On the other hand it had a balls to the wall, take no prisoners attitude about the universe Leckie created. You either get on the ride and understand it all, or you don't. No learning curve. I might have enjoyed it a little bit more had it been just a touch easier to get into.
On the other hand it had a balls to the wall, take no prisoners attitude about the universe Leckie created. You either get on the ride and understand it all, or you don't. No learning curve. I might have enjoyed it a little bit more had it been just a touch easier to get into.
Originally posted at The Wandering Fangirl.
There comes a point in a book series where you have to wonder why a writer keeps going (popularity, of course) and you can see it. I love Sookie Stackhouse a lot, and I love Eric Northman, and I love the world of Bon Temps. But Deadlocked felt sort of lackluster. Sookie and Eric seemed shells of themselves, and the tension between them felt manufactured. Everything about the book seemed to have the characters walking through the motions, which makes me sad.
I need book Sookie and her awesomeness to remind me why I love this series so much after every weekend of TV Sookie.
(God, I can’t stand TV Sookie.)
There comes a point in a book series where you have to wonder why a writer keeps going (popularity, of course) and you can see it. I love Sookie Stackhouse a lot, and I love Eric Northman, and I love the world of Bon Temps. But Deadlocked felt sort of lackluster. Sookie and Eric seemed shells of themselves, and the tension between them felt manufactured. Everything about the book seemed to have the characters walking through the motions, which makes me sad.
I need book Sookie and her awesomeness to remind me why I love this series so much after every weekend of TV Sookie.
(God, I can’t stand TV Sookie.)
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Boring.
There is nothing interesting or new in this one, just another paint-by-the-numbers dystopian novel with lots of twists and secrets and action and instalove triangles and characters I barely remember at all. I did skim the last half of the novel, but at that point I was bored and only wanted some answers to all the secrets flying around.
One good thing: Gray gets answers pretty quickly (and more questions, but then those get answered as well). That was nice.
There is nothing interesting or new in this one, just another paint-by-the-numbers dystopian novel with lots of twists and secrets and action and instalove triangles and characters I barely remember at all. I did skim the last half of the novel, but at that point I was bored and only wanted some answers to all the secrets flying around.
One good thing: Gray gets answers pretty quickly (and more questions, but then those get answered as well). That was nice.
