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Not a lot has actually happened yet, but I'm super intrigued. I'm looking forward to read a good chunk of this series during the BookTubeAThon! :D
Yay, I was waiting for the story to get more interesting!
That being said, I did predict most of the major reveals. *shrugs*
That being said, I did predict most of the major reveals. *shrugs*
My thoughts about this are kind of all over the place at the moment. Maybe if I try to write things down it'll make more sense to me.
The first half of this book, I didn't find myself enjoying it much. I wasn't hating it, but I was having a hard time getting into it. The writing style, with the 2nd person and 3rd person confusion, made it difficult for me to immerse myself in this book.
By the second half though, I got used to the writing, so I was excited to finally get into this book, but I still found it kind of slow at first.
At this point, I still wasn't sure if this book really had a plot because I couldn't really see where it was going.
At the same time, I can't really say I disliked this book because the end was pretty intense, some of the parts freaked me out (but in a good way), and Palahniuk in general is just so quotable.
I really wanted to like this more, but, oh well.
The first half of this book, I didn't find myself enjoying it much. I wasn't hating it, but I was having a hard time getting into it. The writing style, with the 2nd person and 3rd person confusion, made it difficult for me to immerse myself in this book.
By the second half though, I got used to the writing, so I was excited to finally get into this book, but I still found it kind of slow at first.
At this point, I still wasn't sure if this book really had a plot because I couldn't really see where it was going.
At the same time, I can't really say I disliked this book because the end was pretty intense, some of the parts freaked me out (but in a good way), and Palahniuk in general is just so quotable.
I really wanted to like this more, but, oh well.
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I really, really wanted to love this book, but, unfortunately, I couldn't. There was so much praise for this, and it definitely took effort for me to find a negative review of it, but I honestly don't get the hype.
1. The concept, while interesting, I didn't find very original. It reminded me too much of The Maze Runner, The Giver, and other dystopian books too much too often, and didn't even execute the concept as well as those other books, so, especially in the first half of the novel, I struggled a lot with its unoriginality.
2. It did not feel real. For science fiction, fantasy or paranormal worlds, I consider this to be the most important aspect. I need to be able to lose myself in the world. I couldn't though. I actually had multiple issues with the book that ultimately led to this one major one:
a. There were too many holes in the concept. I found myself questioning a lot of it, finding several things that logically should've been done some other way and just generally not being convinced.
b. The characters did stupid things - not even because they were idiots themselves, which frustrated me more because it seemed out of character.
c. Connected to points 2a and 2b were just the general feeling this novel gave me that it was doing certain things just to get the plot moving, and for no reason other than that. I hate it when novels do that.
Don't get me wrong; I didn't hate this book. The plot was really engaging at certain points, and I did like some of the characters for the most part. I just can't really say that I liked this novel. I can't.
1. The concept, while interesting, I didn't find very original. It reminded me too much of The Maze Runner, The Giver, and other dystopian books too much too often, and didn't even execute the concept as well as those other books, so, especially in the first half of the novel, I struggled a lot with its unoriginality.
2. It did not feel real. For science fiction, fantasy or paranormal worlds, I consider this to be the most important aspect. I need to be able to lose myself in the world. I couldn't though. I actually had multiple issues with the book that ultimately led to this one major one:
a. There were too many holes in the concept. I found myself questioning a lot of it, finding several things that logically should've been done some other way and just generally not being convinced.
b. The characters did stupid things - not even because they were idiots themselves, which frustrated me more because it seemed out of character.
c. Connected to points 2a and 2b were just the general feeling this novel gave me that it was doing certain things just to get the plot moving, and for no reason other than that. I hate it when novels do that.
Don't get me wrong; I didn't hate this book. The plot was really engaging at certain points, and I did like some of the characters for the most part. I just can't really say that I liked this novel. I can't.
Joe is completely psychotic. It's extremely unsettling being put into the mind of someone so insane, but it was also extremely difficult to stop reading it, so I barely did.
