Review:
After first buying this only a couple of months
ago now, I was initially planning on waiting a while longer and getting through
some older books before I read this. But
after being in a reading slump for far too long, with every book taking me a
couple of weeks before I either gave up or finally finished it, I was in
desperate need for a book which I both wanted to read and one which wouldn’t
seem like too much of a struggle to get through. And after a long hard look at my bookshelves,
I decided that this would be the one to revive my urge to read – something I am
pretty sure it did.
One of the first things that I found worked
well was the four-way split POV. I liked
how we saw the world through more than one set of eyes, as well as how
different each character was, with everyone having different personalities and
roles to play in the story. I also
enjoyed watching as they all evolved and grew as people as the book went
on. My only problem with the split POV
was that sometimes I found it confusing as to who was speaking, especially when
they had scenes together or it went over an event that had already been told
from another’s perspective.
Staying on the topic of characters, I also
liked how all their stories slowly began to interlock, with them all having an
impact on the other three’s lives. I
really enjoyed watching as the four grew together and slowly but surely began
to interweave themselves into one or two plots instead of four completely
separate ones.
One thing that I think really helped me get
through the book was the writing style, which, despite not being particularly
unusual or unique, I found to be more interesting than most, something which
really kept me reading. The different
sections of the book also helped to make the book more manageable, as instead
of being one 370 page book, the way it was split up made it more like ten, 40
pages sections; something which I found alot less daunting almost.
As for the story, all in all I enjoyed most
of the plots and subplots, with all them nearly always incorporating more than
one of the four main characters into each.
However, I did find the story slow to start, likely down to the four
different characters who all needed to be introduced and whose stories needed
to be set up before everything could really begin. Due to this, I would definitely say that I
preferred the later half of the book to the first, as by this time everyone was
well in pursuit of their goals and they well all beginning to develop as
characters.
In addition, this may be an explanation as to
why I loved the ending/ last section of the book. I really liked how everything ended on a huge
cliff-hanger, as it allowed the individual reader to truly decide the
character’s fate, rather than the author already setting that in stone.
Favourite:
Scene(s):
Protest outside the air base
Character(s):
Anita
Quote(s): “The best books, they
don’t talk about things you never through about before. They talk about things you‘d always thought
about, but that you didn’t think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly, you’re a little
bit less alone in the world.”
“Who’s dumber? The guy who
does his own thing or the girl who does someone else’s thing?”
“You didn’t win the
game of life by losing the least…. Real winning was having the most to lose,
even if it meant you might lose it all.
Even if it meant you would lose it all, sooner or later.”
Relate a:
Song(s):
The Kids Aren’t Alright –
Fall Out Boy
The Fall – Imagine Dragons
Other Book(s): Perks of
Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky
Rating:
4/5
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