two reviews in one.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Rating: 3.5 stars
This review will be simple and straight-forward. I enjoyed this book. It was entertaining, and I really liked the premise. I found the whole 'Lorien Legacies' backstory very intriguing, and while it's not necessarily a favorite of mine, I definitely recommend it if you like SciFi/Fantasy-ish/YA genre. I am looking forward to reading the sequel for this to find out what happens next! Should be interesting.

Legend by Marie Lu
Rating: 4 stars
I can't help it. I'm a sucker for the dystopian sub-genre. There's something incredibly exciting about getting to know different imagined versions of our world in the future. I wanted to read Legend the moment I heard of its synopsis. Fortunately, it did not disappoint in terms of delivering an engaging post-apocalyptic story. It had a really 'dark' feeling to it - which I liked - and it eminded me a lot of The Hunger Games, style-wise.
While there's some strong protagonists here, I have to admit I didn't truly feel for them or anything, almost like I wasn't given enough time to fully get to know them and fall in love with them as characters. So because of that, I felt like I wasn't completely immersed in the story.
Other than that though, I enjoyed this book. Give it a try if you like dystopian fiction.

7 comments:

  1. I've been meaning to watch the movie version of I Am Number Four. Honestly, I didn't even know it was a book. I'll definitely make sure to read the book first, though.

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  2. Both of these books are on my to-read list, so it's good to hear that they were worth reading!

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  3. I'm a big fan of both of these! I thought I AM NUMBER FOUR was fun, though perhaps not the best written, but I really enjoyed LEGEND :)

    Great mini reviews!

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    1. I agree, I Am Number Four was not amazingly well-written, but it's obvious its main target really are teens and young adults so I guess I didn't mind as much.

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  4. I really do not read enough dystopian. But hopefully I will pick these two up one day and give it a read since they both osund pretty good.

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    1. Have you read The Maze Runner? That's a really good dystopian!

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  5. i really, really want to read legend. it looks fab. glad you enjoyed it missy :)

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