Tag: dystopian
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Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games is a rare series where every book, including the prequels, is an absolute home run. I find it’s rare for a series to maintain significant momentum in every instalment, but Collins is a true talent, both in her ability to craft such a magnificently terrifying world and to deliver a constant rotation…
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Book Review: The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
The Bone Season series is quickly becoming an all-time favourite for me. I was completely enthralled with the first book, and each subsequent installment that I’ve read since has managed to continue increasing the stakes. In The Song Rising, Shannon keeps expanding on a lush, magical concept with a disturbing backdrop, and I found myself…
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Book Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
When I picked up Red Rising for the first time a couple of months ago, it completely blew me away. It was exceptionally good sci-fi, probably better than I’ve read in a long time, and I was hooked on the premise immediately. You never know how a sequel will fare when the first book comes…
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Book Review: Vox by Christina Dalcher
I picked up Vox at a used book sale because the premise was so fascinating that it immediately hooked me in. Dalcher predicates her story on a United States ruled by powerful, religious men who believe the only meaningful way forward for the country is to silence women. It immediately makes you think of the…
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Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Like many, I was obsessed with The Hunger Games when I was younger. I can vividly remember reading all three books in a marathon fever dream in my dorm room while I ignored every paper and academic responsibility I had until I’d finished. I put off reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes because frankly,…
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Book Review: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red Rising has been on my TBR for ages and I’m kicking myself for not starting it sooner. Set on a futuristic version of Mars, in a solar system where planets have been conquered by humans, this book had a plot that sucked me in immediately and had characters that were gorgeously layered with complexities…
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Book Review: This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This Is How You Lose The Time War was an absolutely gorgeous book. The prose was particularly poetic, the premise incredibly unique, and the story itself was heart-wrenching and beautiful. It was an incredibly quick read, coming in at under 200 pages, but it punched above its weight in the impact it brought. This book,…
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Book Review: The Power by Naomi Alderman
A friend of mine was reading The Power with her book club and reached out to recommend it to me as one she thought I’d like. I’m so grateful whenever people think of me while reading because more often than not, I find they’re spot on in finding me a book that’s enjoyable and that…
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