Tag: Dystopian
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Book Review: Fearless by Lauren Roberts
When I picked up Powerless by Lauren Roberts back in late 2023, I was not amused. In fact, I quickly put it on the DNF pile. I wasn’t intrigued by it, and I couldn’t see myself continuing this story. However, my curiosity wasn’t extinguished at all. In summer 2024, this book got another chance. I…
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Book Review: Prodigy by Marie Lu
Nearly five years ago, I finally read Legend by Marie Lu. The series was already quite old at the time, but I’m still so behind on YA novels so hadn’t read it yet. The timing couldn’t be more ironic as it was at the high of the Covid-19 pandemic and we were about to enter…
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Book Review: Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi
I can’t remember when I saw the announcement for Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi, but I do remember that my first reaction was something like ‘Another book in the “Shatter Me” universe? This is definitely feeling like this world is being milked out.’ When I saw that this story takes place ten years after the…
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Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
When The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins got first published in 2008, I assume no one expected this book – and its sequels – to become what we call a “Classic” in young adult literature. At the time, I didn’t know YA books even existed, so when I first heard about it was with the…
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Book Review: Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
As stated in this post where I outline my bookish goals for the year, focusing on my backlog is one of the key goals for 2025. I have so many books I tend to forget about because of all the interesting new stories being published. A book I indeed forgot about was Noughts & Crosses…