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emilyburdick's Reviews (389)
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed the second installment of The Lunar Chronicles way more than the first. I thought it was more action packed and moved quicker, making for an easier listen through. Although I’m not a fan of instant love, I enjoyed the dynamic between Scarlett and Wolf. Cinder still fell a little flat for me, but the addition of Thorne was welcome and in my opinion, helped open her up. I loved their snarky relationship. Also bringing back Iko made my heart so happy!
emotional
inspiring
reflective
Nice imagery and meaningful words. Picked this up because I'm trying to read more poetry, it was an easy read. Beautifully tackles the demons and thoughts that keep us awake at night, and forged a path towards healing.
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was my second favorite book in the Giver series, but still far off from my love for the original story. I really enjoyed getting the backstory for baby Gabe and getting to see more of the world that Lois Lowry created. I think this was my second favorite because it took me back to the original story in a way, just from a new perspective. After Claire escaped on the cargo ship and went to the new community it kind of lost some umph for me but I still enjoyed most of her tale.
I picked up this book to get a fix that The Walking Dead gives me and have to say I wasn’t fully into it in the first half. It was slow going and Higson is straight up ruthless when it comes to killing characters. I was left thinking, how can I ever grow to love these characters if he’s killing them off so rapidly? However, he had me in the second half. Once the Jester showed up I was suspicious, but when they made it to the palace? I KNEW shit was about to go down. And boy did it go down. I am invested in this 7 book series. Even with the rapid annihilation of his mains, I am invested in them and their development. Higson does a great job of making you love someone in a short time. And he is so realistic in his representation of kids surviving in a zombie apocalypse. There’s bad kids, good kids, dead kids. Tough and weak, smart and dumb, younger and older. He really has a great cast of characters here. Even the minor ones I love and root for. This is certainly a series I will continue to read. UNLESS he does my girl Maxie and my boy Blue dirty. Then we might have to fight. I also want to commend him on making his zombie adults not completely mindless. They do have some semblance of brain capacity left and that makes for more interesting fights between them and the kids. And that last chapter from the POV of one of them? That was a great idea. It truly hooked me on for at least the next book.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love Georgia so much. This is just such a fun, easy to read series that honestly has me laughing out loud sometimes. The books are much steamier than the movie was in that Georgia is pulling in the boys left and right! I love Jas and Georgia's banter. You won't find many (or any) life lessons in Georgia Nicolson's confessions, but you're sure in for a good laugh.
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I went into this book, excited from the end of The Titan's Curse, but this one sort of fell flat for me. I still liked it because I love these characters, but this story was a bit confusing and hard to follow. It might have been better if I read instead of listened to it. It felt repetitive as the book went on, but the cliff hanger at the end had me ready for The Last Olympian. What I did enjoy about this book was we start to see it get a little more serious than its predecessors as the heroes are growing up and Percy getting closer to his predicted fate.
