Tag: #dystopianfiction
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The Maze Runner Review
I had thought I completed my 2000s dystopian binge when I finished the Matched trilogy but I realized I would be remissed if I hadn’t read The Maze Runner. So in I go to the maze with very little idea of what it is really about. Only to find Dashner’s world to be a dangerous…
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Review
This book was certainly full of surprises. I’ll admit, I didn’t read this when it first came out because it seemed unnecessary. I mean who wanted a book about President Snow? And about yet another District 12 tribute, especially as we already know what will happen? But those low expectations were probably a good thing…
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Reached Review
The last book in the Matched trilogy brings forth loss and new beginnings. The Rising finally breaches the Society, but their methods may lead to their downfall as the cure for the Plague that they had spread throughout the cities have triggered anuncurable mutation. Now the Society is trying to wrest control from the Rising…
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Four Review
“How is it possible to live the same story twice from different vantage points?” Four asks himself when he talks to Tris after her first fear simulation, and it is fascinating how similar Tobias and Tris’ upbringings are, encouraging a connection that will come to change their lives admist the revolution. This collection by Veronica…
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Allegiant Review
As the series intones, one choice can change everything and six weeks after the reveal of the Edith Prior interview, it’s clear that the city will descend into war thanks to Evelyn’s shortsighted controlling tyranny. So Tris and her friends have to make a choice when they are recruited by the shadowy Allegient group that…
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Insurgent Review
Full disclosure, as with Divergent, I saw the movie of this book but since it’s been forever, I only remember three scenes from it so this felt almost brand-new. Just hours since the ending of Divergent, Roth quickly picks up the momentum in Divergent with Tris and her friends (and some enemies) heading to the…
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Mockingjay Review
The final book in the gut-punching trilogy asks us readers to choose which cute boy is cuter and. . . okay I’m joking. While I can see parts where Collins pushed back against the urges behind the scenes for more love triangle, Katniss and is undoubtedly the star of this book as she tackles the…
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Divergent Review
We get to the last of my dystopian trilogy trifecta. Well technically, it could be called a quartet as it has the Four prequel but it’s a prequel so it doesn’t really count. Anyway, much like The Hunger Games, I never read the books. I saw the first two movies and I’m aware of the…
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Crossed Review
The second book in Condie’s Matched trilogy picks up quickly with Ky burying a body as part of his work as a decoy in the Outer Provinces. Technically, burying the bodies of his fellow decoys are not part of the job description, Officials couldn’t care less about the bodies as long as their jackets and…
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Matched Review
Does anyone remember the Matched trilogy? Cuz I remember the big debut of this book way back in third grade, and it was everywhere but it didn’t quite reach the same level of memorability as other dystopians like The Hunger Games or Divergent. Anyway, since I’m on a YA binge, I decided to read this…
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