Tag: dystopia
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Review: Allegiant
Divergent book 3: Allegiant by Veronica Roth Insurgent was better than I thought it would be, though not as good as the first, so I lowered my expectations for the third book and will hopefully be surprised. Read: Aug 14 – Aug 18, 2023 Book contains: violence, oppression, death, major character death I Was NOT…
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Review: Insurgent
Divergent book 2: Insurgent by Veronica Roth The second book of the Divergent series. Leading into it, the first book ended with such potential, so I’m excited to get started! Read: August 7 – August 11, 2023 Book contains: violence, manipulation, death, murder, non-graphic torture, human experimentation, mind control, depression, suicidal thoughts Darker Than the…
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Review: Divergent
Divergent book 1: Divergent by Veronica Roth A book I’ve been meaning to read since high school. I didn’t read it before because it was “the popular book” and I didn’t do a lot of reading back then anyway, but now I’ve finally gotten to it. Very excited to also watch the movie! Read: July…
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Review: Mockingjay
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 3 stars – it was okay, but it wasn’t for me This is the final book in The Hunger Games series (aside from the prequel book). I was hoping for a strong ending to the trilogy, but unfortunately it didn’t live up to the first book, or even the second. Read:…
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Review: Catching Fire
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 4 stars – I liked it; it was good This is the sequel to The Hunger Games, and I was initially worried that I wouldn’t enjoy this book as much, as I expected it to be a lot about the fallout of the first book, rather than starting anything new.…
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Review: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5 stars – I loved it! Though it came out when I was still in elementary school, this book was very mainstream during my high school years. My mom previously bought and read the books, and I’ve finally gotten around to them. I made sure to avoid spoilers because…
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Review: Dark Innocence
Dark Innocence by PJ Alexander 3 stars – it was okay, but not my style This is another book that was sampled from an ARC website. Unfortunately, I couldn’t have my computer read it aloud to me as I usually would, seeing that it was only available in mobi or epub instead of pdf, so…
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Review: Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell 4 stars – I liked it; it was good I first read this book for a class in high school (who hasn’t?) but only recently found it while browsing my local bookstore. I bought the book on a whim and started reading it less than an hour later to pass…