*COURTESY OF NETGALLEY*
This book is a well-written piece of literature. I
can’t find it in me to fault the writing. The plot was paced out perfectly by
giving extra attention to fleshing out every character. Titus Rogen came across
the villain with the dark murky past. Marla, whose notes sent to Imitations in
Twig City is the sort of character you can’t judge till after you have finished
the series. Ida and Lonnie are the sort of people you want in your support
group. Daniel is …
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Imitation climbed the plot arc mountain with finesse. I stayed up till after midnight to climb down from the conflict plateau.
I liked Ven’s voice – brave with a side of scared. Although there is insta-attraction featured here, it’s justifiable – since it would have been the natural course for any girl in Ven’s shoes. Because, hey when you have a character like Linc Crawford who is a hybrid between Four in Divergent (both the Pre – and Post – Tris versions of him) and your average everyday awe-inspiring biker dude (see what I did there?), you really can’t help but forgive her, especially when we know that she hasn’t seen that many Y-chromosomes in Twig City.That being said, what sets this book apart from the other dystopian books?
I liked Ven’s voice – brave with a side of scared. Although there is insta-attraction featured here, it’s justifiable – since it would have been the natural course for any girl in Ven’s shoes. Because, hey when you have a character like Linc Crawford who is a hybrid between Four in Divergent (both the Pre – and Post – Tris versions of him) and your average everyday awe-inspiring biker dude (see what I did there?), you really can’t help but forgive her, especially when we know that she hasn’t seen that many Y-chromosomes in Twig City.That being said, what sets this book apart from the other dystopian books?
The Imitation Club: “We have CLONES”
Uh. Orphan Black is way too amazing. I didn’t find Book One compulsive enough to induct me into the Imitation Club. I also don’t think I will pick up Book 2 unless I find it lying around within an arm’s reach. It was a good read (I didn’t feel like I was subjecting my eyes to torture or killing time pointlessly), but not great enough.
How
helpful was that, eh? I can’t pinpoint out exactly what made it short of a
Great Enough Read. Maybe I’m suffering from the Too Much Dystopian Syndrome and
everything just feels the same.
VERDICT:
3 stars
… And An Announcement
Okay.
There isn’t a better way of saying this. I am going to take the rest of the
month off my blog. Reasons:
Day one: I hate my book already. #NaNoWriMo2014
— Aneta Augustine (@jackedbylit) November 1, 2014
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| EXAMS. And this isn't even nearly whole pile. |
Oh
yes. Only an overly ambitious fool like me would decide to participate in
NaNoWriMo when she has her semester-end exams as well. Just. Bear with me,
alright?
What
do you have to look forward to? In December, I am going to post some fabulous
reviews of some fabulous ARCs I received (thanks Netgalley!) and some posts
from when my mind was high on coffee and all things nice.
