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I really loved the idea to use ancient Icelandic themes and stories in a modern story, and I loved the magical aspect of the two main characters. I felt as though the emotions of the characters shifted too quickly, but then again, with the time-alteration from the Storks, maybe it was supposed to. It was a really unique book, and I'll definitely be reading the second! I loved the style and how Katla spoke as though she was really a teenager writing the book instead of an author depicting her story. I am excited to read the next one, though I hope the action scenes aren't crammed into four pages (or so it felt like) like this book.

When I started the book, I wasn't sure what to expect. I felt as though the writing was very basic and not unique until I realized that Condie's perspective of the future involves people to be formal and have no unique features to the way they present situations. As I got into the plot I was hesitant to love it because it was the a-typical one girl, falls in love with two boys scenario. however there are so many limitations and reasons that you came to understand as you read as to why the decision is so difficult. the book slightly reminded me of Candor and Fahrenheit 451, though both different. The futuristic societies all predicted, all made sense in there own ways. Can't wait to read the 2nd one!!

I have to say, I wasn't impressed in the beginning, nor was I impressed in the middle. And to be perfectly honest, the ending even didn't THRILL me. It came as a big....rush in 50 pages. However, the way it ended was so incredibly different than other books. There was no resolution. Books that end leaving you questioning what on earth just happened are what I like. And the way this book ended was just BOOM, smackdown. You can see Honor growing up throughout the book in ways that a child really would. She has learned to question and not just believe the people who tell her things. It is our job to ask and doubt, for without doubt, how could we discover?

Absolutely adorable. A great book to introduce kids to other kids with special needs and helping them to understand they aren't weird. They're just unique. Great read

Skinny was amazing. As someone who never lived through an experience like Ever's, Cooner painted a picture for me that made me believe I was living through it. The story was incredibly amazing and you could definitely hear the personal experiences from Cooner woven in through out the book. I won't spoil anything but the ending was perfect. I enjoyed every page of this book and it was something different from my typical fantasy reads. This was real and it meant something. It made me empathic in all the right places and I understood Ever and where she was coming from. This was real. This was amazing. This was perfect.

Best book I read as a child. It taught me to be a leader, not a follower.

Extremely well written. The choice of descriptive words gave me chills and the character development was incredible, even in characters like Julia who weren't alive throughout the novel, it was as though we knew her. I didn't however, care much for the ending. I felt as though it wasn't closed enough and the resolution wasn't as solid as I had hoped for.

My favorite quote from this book:

‎"It was one of those fights where the other persons' words burn right through you and apologies don't keep them from scarring."

The book was a good overall concept, but there were just WAY too many characters that were mentioned in all parts of the book. I'd say there were close to 15 supporting characters, that were possibly supposed to be just background characters but they just had too big a role to just be cast off as a background. It was incredibly confusing at points to figure out who was who. The writing itself was alright, nothing fancy. I wasn't impressed at all, and was expecting more from an author who won a Newbery Honor.