Badly written, transparently plotted, and the concept of the so-called evil "Society" is almost aggressively lacking in sense. I think at some point Condie gave up on world-building and just started trying to make things sound epic, sometimes by rhyming and sometimes just by repeating things twice as if that creates heightened drama. When the lovers finally kissed, "closer, closer" and "at last, at last" were used in the same paragraph.
I had to drag myself through the last 100 pages or so, because I think the writing actually got progressively worse. Plus: civilization saved through poetry? Sounds like that nonsensical Christian Bale movie "Equilibrium."
I need a palate cleanser after reading this crap. Sure, a lot of recent dystopian YA fiction is the starving man's equivalent of "Hunger Games." But even by that low standard, this book is wretched. Even the "Uglies" series (which is hardly prize-winning) is better than this. "Divergent" is DEFINITELY better. And if you want something that's actually worth your time, read "The 5th Wave."
I had to drag myself through the last 100 pages or so, because I think the writing actually got progressively worse. Plus: civilization saved through poetry? Sounds like that nonsensical Christian Bale movie "Equilibrium."
I need a palate cleanser after reading this crap. Sure, a lot of recent dystopian YA fiction is the starving man's equivalent of "Hunger Games." But even by that low standard, this book is wretched. Even the "Uglies" series (which is hardly prize-winning) is better than this. "Divergent" is DEFINITELY better. And if you want something that's actually worth your time, read "The 5th Wave."
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