My rating: 3 of 5 stars
i have to admit this is the first YA book that i actually finished reading! not even Hunger games has that effect on me, despite following the hunger games movies. and i have never even touched the divergent series.
of course, most YA moves along similar storylines and somewhere along reading Red Queen, i cannot helped but being reminded of both the movies mentioned above, with a bit of x-men (the mutants concept) in between and some royalty fantasy. So in a way, Red Queen and the next books coming after this is a mix of everything YA, but surprisingly quite a unique storyline on its own.
i am definitely surprised at myself for actually completing the book, although i am pretty sure that what made me pick up and bought the book (and the Glass Sword together) are the many bookstagrams accounts i follow at IG.
the book just gets more complicated by the pages because really, once i thought i pretty much get where the story is going, it twists and turns, keeps me motivated to know where this is going. i love the descriptions of the places in the book, i appreciated how the characters unfold themselves so that readers could really understand and sometimes foresee how the characters are thinking and behaving. but i believe more will unfold in the next book.
learning that there are two types of people the silvers and the reds, i like the idea that there is a ‘new generation’ coming out of humanity to bring back equality. it’s about a red girl from a humble background thrown into situations and consequences that eventually leading her finding out about her true self and the reality of the world and its hidden secrets underground going on within the walls of silver royalty. unexpectedly and tragically, the end will bring her to a fate of war she never imagined she, not just be a part of, but could very well lead.
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