wordsofclover's Reviews (2.16k)

Ruby caught a sickness that killed a majority of her class, and children both older and younger than her. She was one of the lucky ones...except she wasn't so lucky because now she's been sent to a special camp because of the abilities the sickness has given her and hundreds of other survivors, all children.

Years later, Ruby is still stuck in the camp until she's suddenly broken out by a kindly doctor. Ruby's different to the other children, her abilities are more dangerous and soon she discover's she could be used for all kinds of dangerous anti-government activities. On the run, Ruby meets other children like her and soon discovers that true friendship and kindness can still exist.

I really loved this book. It completely kept me on the edge of my seat, I had no idea what was coming around the corner which made me love it and hate it at the same time. For some reason, I always thought this book was something to do with fey or demons, I think because of the cover and the strange symbol, so I was pleasantly surprised when it ended up being more of a dystopian tale.

I felt the premise of this book was very solid, from the build-up of the sickness to when Ruby ended up in camp. The fear, the colour sorting and the brief glimpses of Ruby's abilities. The camps reminded me very much of WW2 concentration camps from the designated uniforms, the work and the bullying from the guards. Which, I can only presume, was done on purpose.

There was so much suspense in this book. I never knew who Ruby could really trust, from Cate and Rob, plus yucky Michael, to Liam and grumpy Chubs (who ended up being a sweetie). I really loved the friendship that formed between this gang, not to mention the friendship that was already existing between Zu, Liam and Chubs. They may be my new favourite buddy group in a novel for the time being.

Clancy Grey was such a mystery for me. I didn't know if he was going to end up causing another love triangle or if he was someone just not to be trusted. For a while, it almost seemed like his Orange powers were seeping out of the page and affecting me! The whole time the gang were at East River, I felt like the whole thing was a bomb waiting to go off. It was so worrying and really kept me on the edge of my seat!

The ending was great and heartbreaking (it reminded me a little bit of Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood) and I can't wait to continue on this adventure!

I always enjoy Cecelia Ahern's books but this one is probably one of my favorites so far. It was so witty and when a book makes you laugh out loud on packed public transport, you know it's a good one.

The idea of having to face to someone who has had to deal with all the consequences of your choices is brilliant and the fact that meeting your Life was a norm in this book and no-one questioned it was great. It meant the reader could just accept it as well.

Lucy was a great character, we could tell she used to great fun, vivacious, spontaneous and very open but that was all a part of her with Blake and we could see how all the lies turned into someone who was just a shell of her old shelf. Watching her slowly come out was great.

One of the best things I liked at the end was that not everything had a simple solution...yes, her wrong number was actually the right number for her but she didn't suddenly have a magic epiphany of what she wanted to do with her life job-wise and has ended up probably cleaning carpets and there wasn't a magic reconciliation with her father and they became best friends. She realizes that is never going to happen and that is fine by her and she tells herself that it's ok and she will just have to try her best in not going out of her way to annoy her.

And the very last paragraph made me well up a little bit. It felt very emotional and I think if there was anybody reading the book going through a tough time, it would be a really great and inspirational help to them.Beautiful :)

I was not expecting much of this book because I had read some bad reviews of it and that it suffered from middle-book-syndrome but I actually enjoyed it a lot more than The Maze Runner.

I think it might have been that I understood and was able to picture the surroundings better and just had a better grasp of the plot(though I still think it doesn't make much sense) but I liked that there was a Group B and that there were all these bad-ass girls in the picture now.

I don't know what is going on with Teresa but I can't help but mirror Thomas's feeling of betrayal and I feel myself rooting for Brenda.But who know if Brenda has something to do with WICKED...I guess I just have to read the third book and find out!