As the last entry for this week's Saturday Pages I have a book that was one of my "me" reads but that also counts for my Dystopian Reading Challenge 2014!
Frozen by Erin Bowman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Last year I quite enjoyed Taken, Erin Bowman's dystopian debut and with a rather interesting ending, I was quite excited to read Frozen and find out what happened next.
As always with a sequel you can expect some spoilers for the previous book, but I will do my best to keep it as spoiler free as possible for Frozen.
The story starts with Gray going on a mission lead by his father to try and contact another of the settlements in the Laicos Project, one that was considered a failure since the population ended up killing themselves in internal fights. But the people at Crevice Valley have reasons to doubt that and to want and try to turn any survivors into allies against the Order.
The journey brought many conflicts into view and even more after a pair of unexpected things happened. I wasn't expecting the Forgeries to be so central to the plot developments in this book, but they were. Not only they challenge the Rebels and Gray's certainity of what they know and how well they know each other, but also give some food for thought about what we consider real and human, how we separate us and them? What can we justify that way?
I wasn't sure what to expect when they reached the north settlement, but not exactly what we got for sure! I was so surprised about how a few generations could turn things back so quickly even when they had the technical advantage a while back.
Even if I had a few issues with the uneven pacing and I so wasn't a fan of Gray's inability to make up his mind between the two girls, and kept pushing and pulling both along, which proved quite a bad idea with such a dire mission underway, I really enjoyed this book and I don't think it suffers from middle book syndrome. While the love triangle isn't really resolved do to a quite brilliant plot twist near the end, we get a lot of plot progression, character growth and we can expect some really interesting things in the showdown between the Order and the Rebels (and their newly gained allies!).
Well deserved 3 to 3.5 stars for this one.
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Frozen by Erin BowmanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Last year I quite enjoyed Taken, Erin Bowman's dystopian debut and with a rather interesting ending, I was quite excited to read Frozen and find out what happened next.
As always with a sequel you can expect some spoilers for the previous book, but I will do my best to keep it as spoiler free as possible for Frozen.
The story starts with Gray going on a mission lead by his father to try and contact another of the settlements in the Laicos Project, one that was considered a failure since the population ended up killing themselves in internal fights. But the people at Crevice Valley have reasons to doubt that and to want and try to turn any survivors into allies against the Order.
The journey brought many conflicts into view and even more after a pair of unexpected things happened. I wasn't expecting the Forgeries to be so central to the plot developments in this book, but they were. Not only they challenge the Rebels and Gray's certainity of what they know and how well they know each other, but also give some food for thought about what we consider real and human, how we separate us and them? What can we justify that way?
I wasn't sure what to expect when they reached the north settlement, but not exactly what we got for sure! I was so surprised about how a few generations could turn things back so quickly even when they had the technical advantage a while back.
Even if I had a few issues with the uneven pacing and I so wasn't a fan of Gray's inability to make up his mind between the two girls, and kept pushing and pulling both along, which proved quite a bad idea with such a dire mission underway, I really enjoyed this book and I don't think it suffers from middle book syndrome. While the love triangle isn't really resolved do to a quite brilliant plot twist near the end, we get a lot of plot progression, character growth and we can expect some really interesting things in the showdown between the Order and the Rebels (and their newly gained allies!).
Well deserved 3 to 3.5 stars for this one.
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I was superexcited about this book, but now I think I'm gonna pass.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good read but that triangle...
DeleteHeeeh. I am SO GLAD I hated book one :p I'm sorry, but I did. It was just not for me. Thank god. Because this? I would never have been able to read this. Love triangle not finished? Damn it. NOT OKAY, lol :D But anyway! Amazing review sweetie. <3 And I am happy that you somewhat liked this book :) Thank you for sharing. <3
ReplyDeleteThank you sweetie!
DeleteI enjoyed the book but the love triangle really annoyed me, even if by the end it served a purpose that I didn't expect.
I haven't read the first book so I should probably check that out first. :p
ReplyDeleteYep, definitely check Taken first and see if you like it!
DeleteMmmm AGREED. I loved Taken but Frozen was a bit disappointed and I definitely agree about the pacing!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping the pacing will be fixed on book 3, which I'm still very excited about!
DeleteThanks Nikki!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Pili! I had rather mixed feelings about the first book, partly because I guessed the big twist pretty early on. It's good to hear that this one lived up to your expectations for the most part, though.
ReplyDeleteWendy @ The Midnight Garden
Thanks Wendy! I'm hoping the final book will be the best in the series yet!
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