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Bezig met laden... The White Rosedoor Amy Ewing
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Edit: thought about it some more and I'm going with a solid 3 stars. I really think it should have been combined with the last book. I'm torn between giving this 3.5 or 4 stars. While this one was fast-paced and Violet was less annoying in this one, I feel like not much actually happens to warrant a whole book. I did enjoy this one, but could it have been combined with the last one and made into one book? I think so. I feel like publishers are trying to drag out series way too much now. This could have been a duology, and they could have combined this with the last one. I don't care if it's over 500 or 600 pages, if it's good I'll still read it. Most of the interesting stuff doesn't even occur till the second half of the book anyway. That cliffhanger ending though, had to give another star just for that. There are two possibilities as to why my rating for this book is low: 1.) My love for dystopians diminished thanks to the consistent tropes found within them, and 2.) Although this tale could have been epic had the world building been better developed, this book sometimes felt somewhat claustrophobic. The White Rose by Amy Ewing is the second novel in The Lone City trilogy, which also features The Jewel. Now, I never read the first book, due to it being compared to the Matched trilogy (yeah, not a good comparison in my opinion), but I followed the plot of this book well enough anyway. In fact, I really didn't need to read The Jewel to know what was going on in The White Rose. So, kudos to the author for that. I have to admit, regardless of my apprehension to this book's tropes, I really enjoyed Amy Ewing as an author. She pulled me into the story with ease, and kept me there from the first page to the last. Sadly though (and this is nobody's fault but my own), I do feel I'm over the whole dystopian genre. In other words, maybe this trilogy came out a couple of years too late? All that aside, The White Rose is an interesting tale, perfect for a YA audience who loves a good book about rising up to fight the ultimate evil (in this case, a dystopian government where the upper-classes oppress everyone else). It's got its charm, I'll admit, I just don't think I was the right audience for it at the time of my reading. Review originally posted at: This book was just getting into the action and bam! cuts off. I have to go request the next one now. Thanks for that. Seriously though, it was amazing. I absolutely adored the world building as I did with The Jewel. We join Violet Just after the end of the first book. This is something I really love in writing, the story picking up precisely where it left off. When books start down the road and then revisit through memory, or worse don't tell you what happened it drives me absolutely batty. Batty, I tell you. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Lone City (2) Is opgenomen inOnderscheidingen
Fantasy.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML: The compelling and gripping sequel to Amy Ewing's debut, The Jewel, which BCCB said "Will have fans of Oliver's Delirium, Cass's The Selection, and DeStefano's Wither breathless." Violet is on the runâ??away from the Jewel, away from a lifetime of servitude, away from the Duchess of the Lake, who bought her at auction. With Ash and Raven traveling with her, Violet will need all of her powers to get her friends, and herself, out of the Jewel alive. But no matter how far Violet runs, she can't escape the rebellion brewing just beneath the Jewel's glittering surface, and her role in it. Violet must decide if she is strong enough to rise against the Jewel and everything she has ever known. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It's a fine bridging novel, now to read the next in the series. Lots of learning in this, about the world, about themselves and about the costs. ( )