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To say I'm pleasantly surprised by this book is an understatement! I picked this book up from my shelf on a whim and I am glad I did.
This book is set in the first-person point of view, through Luka Kane. Luka is a prisoner of The Loop, a prison for prisoners under the age of 18. Luka was a great protagonist and I loved seeing the story through his eyes. Luka is also 16.
This book is set a futuristic society where there are no more countries, and instead, Regions. All the Regions are governed by one World Government. The Loop itself is a prison inside one of the Regions, I believe it is Region 86 (don't quote me on this, I am probably wrong). Each night, from 5:30 to 11:30, all the prisoners are put inside of a glass tube and their energy is used to power the building. They call it The Harvest.
To get onto my actual thoughts of the book, I felt like all the characters went through some sort of development, and I loved each of them. Luka, himself, surprised me. I felt like I was not going to be able to connect with him but I did. Progressing through the story in his mind really helped to connect further.
Luka is strong, quick-minded, stubborn (to a point), and forgiving to others mistakes. Inside of a novel, I would be like Luka. He forgives people easily if they can see that they want to change for the better. He has a love interest, Kina.
We do not see much of Kina but when we do, I loved every second of it. Kina has to be my favourite character. She is sassy, strong, empathetic, compassionate, and badass.
The plot itself progressed pretty nicely. I felt that there were no points in the book that I was bored or wanted to put down. The plot of the book follows Luka as he realizes that there is War outside of The Loop. Luka realizes that since Wren, the prisoner's warden who treats him and some fellow inmates as fellow humans with kindness, loses her mind, he has a chance of freedom. Since Wren has lost her mind, his strict schedule has become disrupted; no more breakfast, a daily hour of outside time is gone, government-issued rain is gone. Soon enough, Luka and his fellow inmates' are left alone. This rag-tag team of prisoners are left wondering what is happening outside of the prison and soon come face to face with murderous civilians. Can Luka discover who is behind this? Will he save his family and inmates?
The ending of this book has got me CRAVING the next book. It's such a good cliffhanger to want readers to come back for the second book.
If you need a fast-paced, adventurous, tense, futuristic sci-fi, The Loop is for you!
This book is set in the first-person point of view, through Luka Kane. Luka is a prisoner of The Loop, a prison for prisoners under the age of 18. Luka was a great protagonist and I loved seeing the story through his eyes. Luka is also 16.
This book is set a futuristic society where there are no more countries, and instead, Regions. All the Regions are governed by one World Government. The Loop itself is a prison inside one of the Regions, I believe it is Region 86 (don't quote me on this, I am probably wrong). Each night, from 5:30 to 11:30, all the prisoners are put inside of a glass tube and their energy is used to power the building. They call it The Harvest.
To get onto my actual thoughts of the book, I felt like all the characters went through some sort of development, and I loved each of them. Luka, himself, surprised me. I felt like I was not going to be able to connect with him but I did. Progressing through the story in his mind really helped to connect further.
Luka is strong, quick-minded, stubborn (to a point), and forgiving to others mistakes. Inside of a novel, I would be like Luka. He forgives people easily if they can see that they want to change for the better. He has a love interest, Kina.
We do not see much of Kina but when we do, I loved every second of it. Kina has to be my favourite character. She is sassy, strong, empathetic, compassionate, and badass.
The plot itself progressed pretty nicely. I felt that there were no points in the book that I was bored or wanted to put down. The plot of the book follows Luka as he realizes that there is War outside of The Loop. Luka realizes that since Wren, the prisoner's warden who treats him and some fellow inmates as fellow humans with kindness, loses her mind, he has a chance of freedom. Since Wren has lost her mind, his strict schedule has become disrupted; no more breakfast, a daily hour of outside time is gone, government-issued rain is gone. Soon enough, Luka and his fellow inmates' are left alone. This rag-tag team of prisoners are left wondering what is happening outside of the prison and soon come face to face with murderous civilians. Can Luka discover who is behind this? Will he save his family and inmates?
The ending of this book has got me CRAVING the next book. It's such a good cliffhanger to want readers to come back for the second book.
If you need a fast-paced, adventurous, tense, futuristic sci-fi, The Loop is for you!
Song of Achilles, is, without a doubt, one of my new favourite books. I knew going in I was going to AT LEAST give it 4 stars, but the writing style itself is beautiful. If you have not read this book, please do so, it is totally worth it.
If you have no idea what this book is about, it is told from the point of view of Patroclus, an exiled prince sent to Phthia, where he meets Achilles, the prince of Phthia. Achilles takes Patroclus to be his companion, and the story flourishes from there.
I knew parts of The Iliad going in, but I was still excited to see how Miller takes those events and makes them into her own story. The romance between Achilles and Patroclus is so well written, and I loved every second of the story.
Since this story is a retelling of events from The Iliad, it is set in Ancient Greece. Being a Classical Studies major, I could tell that Miller really knows this stuff. It is like being transported back in time. Plus, out of every author I can think of, Miller is the most qualified (having a BA and MA in Classics, plus tutoring students in Latin and Greek).
As many people from booktok know, there is the infamous page 100-102 scene. As a gay man, it is not descriptive at all. There is a MORE descriptive sex scene further on in the book and it is between a man and a woman. Why is no one talking about that scene? Is it because its straight sex? Why do you feel the need to say the gay sex scene is more descriptive when it is NOT? Or the fact that booktok likes to talk over mlm? I wish for ONE second that booktokers would shut the f*ck up and listen to mlm readers, like myself, who tell them that it is not descriptive.
Overall, this book is one of my new favourites and I will love it until the day I die.
If you have no idea what this book is about, it is told from the point of view of Patroclus, an exiled prince sent to Phthia, where he meets Achilles, the prince of Phthia. Achilles takes Patroclus to be his companion, and the story flourishes from there.
I knew parts of The Iliad going in, but I was still excited to see how Miller takes those events and makes them into her own story. The romance between Achilles and Patroclus is so well written, and I loved every second of the story.
Since this story is a retelling of events from The Iliad, it is set in Ancient Greece. Being a Classical Studies major, I could tell that Miller really knows this stuff. It is like being transported back in time. Plus, out of every author I can think of, Miller is the most qualified (having a BA and MA in Classics, plus tutoring students in Latin and Greek).
As many people from booktok know, there is the infamous page 100-102 scene. As a gay man, it is not descriptive at all. There is a MORE descriptive sex scene further on in the book and it is between a man and a woman. Why is no one talking about that scene? Is it because its straight sex? Why do you feel the need to say the gay sex scene is more descriptive when it is NOT? Or the fact that booktok likes to talk over mlm? I wish for ONE second that booktokers would shut the f*ck up and listen to mlm readers, like myself, who tell them that it is not descriptive.
Overall, this book is one of my new favourites and I will love it until the day I die.
