My more major, less literary complaint: the pacing of this is extremely strange. I am now prescient and it is a goddamn curse.īasically what I’m saying is that I saw a twist in this book coming and I blame Chekhov. If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there.” This is a very great quote to ponder as a writer, but as a reader it sucks SO BAD. In that course, we read a couple of stories by Anton Chekhov, and Chekhov’s got this quote, maybe, which may or may not go something like this: “If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. Life is filled with these perfect symmetries, etc.Īnyway. Just in time for me to be in the hugest fantasy mood of my life!! Ideal. I am currently taking a class called “The Art of Fiction,” and it has threatened to single-handedly absolutely full-on ruin reading one hundred percent of YA fantasy for me. Let’s divide this into two very broad categories. Yes, I am claiming to be “approaching” this review even as I am clearly an excessive number of words into it. And now I am approaching this review with trepidation, because I DON’T KNOW HOW I FEEL!! The point of all of this is that I approached this book with trepidation. Which caught me off guard, because that was in very early 2017 and I hadn’t realized past me’s lack of reliability yet. But it gets worse, because I hated the book Heartless with everything in me. See the level of illogical we’re working with when we reflect on 2015?Īnyway. Even though I could sleep for at least 14 more minutes if I, you know, didn’t do that.” Example of an opinion I held in 2015, for proof: “I should wear full makeup, including eyeliner, to school every day. But anyway, I read most of them in 20 me, as has been stated many a time on this account, canNOT be trusted. I do remember loving all of the Lunar Chronicles books except Cinder, which was meh. Because I also used to say that the Lunar Chronicles were my favorite series, before I realized that was patently false. She used to be my Favorite Author!!! (Capitals and excessive exclamation points for both emphasis and flair.) Or I used to say she was. But most importantly (and actually, you know, semi-relevantly) I don’t know how I feel about Marissa Meyer. I’m currently addicted to watching feature-length episodes of a British quiz show on YouTube, when up until two days ago I was convinced I was racist against British people. I’m currently sitting here eating baby carrots, and I’m not happy about it, which is characteristic, but the sheer fact that I’m ingesting a vegetable in the first place is astounding. Without further ado: My Renegades and Archenemies reviews! (I’m sure I could have made that rhyme if I tried harder, but alas.) So I’m sure you all can guess how that worked out. However, these books were at least very readable!! And while I did not love Renegades, I was very confused by it, and therefore down to launch right into the sequel!! Which I thought had potential! Which meant I would have to read a thousand pages of Marissa Meyer writin’ superheroes whether I liked the first book or not. Mainly because I had not read Renegades yet. When I got word I received an ARC of this book, I was launched on a rollercoaster of emotions that did Not let up.
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