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Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
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This is one of those reviews where I don’t even know where to begin. Which makes perfect sense for this book considering how frackin� expansive it is. From the starting shot you are thrown into the world of Reverie, at the exact moment where everything changes. The word building or lack thereof mad it a tad tough to get into the story. There was little introduction to Reverie not to mention how the world got to be where it was or even if it is our world. As the story continued it seemed more and more alien to me, and for a while I wondered.
Aether (ether) storms, pods, savages with their own set of interesting powers, virtual worlds, unexplained illnesses, rogue savages, the list continues. I felt there was too much “stuff� within the book, to allow any sort of grounding or thorough explanation. The surface was barely scratched as to the world under the never sky and I’m not quite sure if the sum of its parts was intriguing enough for me to continue.
Peregrin was the most interesting character, the powers of his people and the politics of the tribes was engrossing. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough of it. Had the story been told from his more simplistic point of view, this could have been an extraordinary read.
Aria, as a character didn’t do anything to hold me. The world was interesting but her character suffered the same lack of depth as the building. The typical tropes of YA dystopians were easy to spot and while I could appreciate the relationship with her mother, it (again) was two-dimensional.
Alas! There is a reason this is a three star book and not a two. The ending was very good. Things started to come together and the paths of the characters at the end as they continue on their respective journeys was brilliant. There was tension and enough of an explanation to maybe, MAYBE, get me to read the next one. We’ll see.
The Audiobook: The narrator here did a decent job, though all the boys sounded alike. She didn’t take away from the story at all, nothing distracting or annoying, but she didn’t particularly add anything to it through the listening.
by
This is one of those reviews where I don’t even know where to begin. Which makes perfect sense for this book considering how frackin� expansive it is. From the starting shot you are thrown into the world of Reverie, at the exact moment where everything changes. The word building or lack thereof mad it a tad tough to get into the story. There was little introduction to Reverie not to mention how the world got to be where it was or even if it is our world. As the story continued it seemed more and more alien to me, and for a while I wondered.
Aether (ether) storms, pods, savages with their own set of interesting powers, virtual worlds, unexplained illnesses, rogue savages, the list continues. I felt there was too much “stuff� within the book, to allow any sort of grounding or thorough explanation. The surface was barely scratched as to the world under the never sky and I’m not quite sure if the sum of its parts was intriguing enough for me to continue.
Peregrin was the most interesting character, the powers of his people and the politics of the tribes was engrossing. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough of it. Had the story been told from his more simplistic point of view, this could have been an extraordinary read.
Aria, as a character didn’t do anything to hold me. The world was interesting but her character suffered the same lack of depth as the building. The typical tropes of YA dystopians were easy to spot and while I could appreciate the relationship with her mother, it (again) was two-dimensional.
Alas! There is a reason this is a three star book and not a two. The ending was very good. Things started to come together and the paths of the characters at the end as they continue on their respective journeys was brilliant. There was tension and enough of an explanation to maybe, MAYBE, get me to read the next one. We’ll see.
The Audiobook: The narrator here did a decent job, though all the boys sounded alike. She didn’t take away from the story at all, nothing distracting or annoying, but she didn’t particularly add anything to it through the listening.
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Reading Progress
January 3, 2012
– Shelved
July 4, 2012
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Started Reading
July 11, 2012
– Shelved as:
dystopian
July 11, 2012
– Shelved as:
romance
July 11, 2012
– Shelved as:
paranormal
July 11, 2012
– Shelved as:
young-adult
July 11, 2012
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Finished Reading
