Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY**

• Rated 5 stars

“will be added.”

Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Tuesday, March 5, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“A very well written book, but honestly? I don’t see what all the fuss is about. I mean I really liked it and it was a very quick read but still it wasn’t so outrageously new and special. It was kind of like Graceling which is a favorite of mine, but still not unearthly. It is perhaps one of the best in the basic of writing and also it’s a very well-crafted world. The mystery was great, unpredictable really. I look forward to the next book.
I don’t know why, but I feel like I have become very skeptical. I’m not really impressed that easily anymore.
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Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Tuesday, March 5, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“If you don’t know what disappointment looks like then here it is; for everyone to see. Look closer. I can’t believe how disappointed I am right now. This was not what I had anticipated. I thought this book was going to be a smash, I mean after reading Destroy me (which was amazing) I thought this would just be brilliant. It wasn't; in more than one way. But let’s say the good stuff first.
I think we can all agree on the fact that Tahereh Mafi, knows her way around grammar and is excellent in putting complicated and long sentences together. But even that doesn't work sometimes. There were some very meaningless Juliette-blabberings that didn't work as they did in the first book but I still appreciated the grammar.
The second thing is the beautiful quote-worthy lines of her story that are just lyrical and I love them all. They were beautiful and magnificent (while not relying on the plot); which is exactly where the problem starts…
*SPOILERS MIGHT BE RECOGNIZED*
Most of the time when I don’t like how the story goes or if it goes as I didn’t want it to; I give a bad review for the book. But in this case it wasn’t just the fact that I didn’t like how the story line progressed or that my favorite character was murdered(not literally) by the other characters; but the fact that the book sort of falls apart. I was expecting for Juliette to become bad-ass and strong and so-to-speak the fire of the revolution but… no, still imprisoned, still silly with puppy love (and can I just add that now I officially hate Adam for being like a wet rag and too angstful and childish and teenage-boy horny-it was kind of disgusting and annoying- I mean there was literally no character to him. He lost all his animation so to speak, I couldn’t connect with him at all and even the memory of the shower-scene couldn’t save him either…)-ok, back to Juliette whose character didn’t develop enough. I wanted her to grow so much more than this. You can’t just make a character grow by dressing her in awesome clothes. She has to have greatness herself. I mean Warner?*adding sigh* He was much more tangible than the rest of them and then perhaps Kenji. But the main characters just lost me…
And I’m sick and tired of every character being force to verbally explain how awful and sick and blood-thirsty Warner is. Because truthfully his character speaks louder than the rest and it clearly [he] isn’t a bad person any more but a complicated and interesting one-which is more than I can say for the others- I mean if Mafi wanted him to appear bad; she isn’t doing it right. Juliette has started to act like the immature teen-written characters with her groundless angst. She ruined so many opportunities. I’m so sad and mad right now… .
But I still have hope for the next book.

****
I really wanted to give it 2 stars but because of Warner I gave three... .”

Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Tuesday, February 19, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 0 stars

“I am so stupid. so very stupid. I can not believe that I actually(and quite literally) lived the judge a book by its cover term by blindly putting a BDSM tragedy-posing as a real novel on my shelf. And FOREVER! I can't even remember when I added it! I in this moment, swear an oath to never do such a stupid thing ever again. I only just realized what it was when I skimmed the pages of it and I AM NOT READING THIS. ”

Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Tuesday, February 5, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“I just finished reading this book and I think I should whoop for myself for my first Maggie Stiefvater and I loved it. It was very beautifully created. You can see quiet clearly that it is an introduction for a series; because a major part of the book is used to describe the characters and with good reason. I do not think that I have ever read any book in YA genre that has had such well-created characters. They are very detailed and complicated; just as real people are and though they are all flawed-just as real people , they are now some of my most beloved characters. The boys specially were very wisely created, I liked each of them for a different reason from the other. Though Blue’s character was not that well based; she is very adorable and likable still. The psychics are very amazing also. And I must say that it was perhaps the first YA book that I was not fallowing for the romance but because I wanted to know more about the characters. I didn’t even cared if there was any romance in it!(big surprise there!)
I am impatiently waiting and cheering for the sequel. Hopefully it will come out in no time…
P.S: My favorite character? Chainsaw!!!!!
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Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Tuesday, February 5, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“A review will be added soon(aka. when I can write one sentence about it, without crying...)”

Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Wednesday, January 23, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“The story needs some major credits. Because it has been ignored while it really should be praised. A story of tangled mysteries and deceits sat well together in an organized and thought-through plot. It is a very good sample for anti-bullying books-which I adore myself, since this issue does need more attention- but it’s also good read for teenagers. The writing is compelling and you can pretty much get involved with the story. The main character is tangible and familiar and you can warm up to her quiet fast- and that’s interesting because she is actually facing a character crisis. If I ever wanted to write a mystery book for the young adult genre, I would have wanted to be able to write like this. ”

Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Wednesday, January 23, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“Divergent
The writing is really good and gripping. But I don’t really know how I feel about the brutality in it. I mean in Hunger Games we know that it is not pursued or appreciated but here it’s not really criticized. Fortunately partly into the story this problem is solved with obvious anti-brutality conversations and references and also the point is crossed that this book could actually be a good source for anti-bullying as well. But still it is quite different from the other books in the category of post-apocalyptic-into-a-dark-future stories. It is somehow confusing and perhaps more serious. And despite the fact that in the book the “candor” see everything in black and white, the facts of the world created in this story are all grey. The characters all stumble around the thin line of saving themselves and harming others in the process. It was defiantly one of the good reads of the past year. The writing is gripping and strong. The characters well-defined and likable.
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Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Wednesday, January 23, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“Wow! That was powerful. It was rough and brutal and very beautifully written and not at all what I expected! Warner was very convincing; because sometimes I rather not knowing the pale perspective because it’s mostly unconvincing and very neglected but this was very well written that I could imagine living in Warner’s head. It was dark and twisted and had this Warnerness (and I can’t believe I’m saying this, because that means things have gone really well and that is why now Warner is a defined individual in my head) and this fragility and secrecy(like those small secret things in us all that no one knows about) that made it priceless. I always liked his character but now I am absolutely in love with him!
And the little war about wanting to be inside someone else’s mind was also nice. Sort of like what this whole book is a look at something we all wanted to know about.
P.S: [SPOILER ALERT] He is a true hero gone to waste! Wow I cannot express my feelings about the Fletcher thing…
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Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Wednesday, January 23, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“This book has grown so much since the first one. It's funnier and smarter; the characters have grown and the plot is more complicated. This is probably one of the most violent YA books also.Even though it's not disgusting or bad in any sense it could be quiet frightening and stressful for those people who are not accustomed to violent parts in books.
I absolutely loved it. I recommend it to everyone.”

Rose B**I AM THE REBELLION~I AM THE MOCKINGJAY** wrote this review Friday, November 9, 2012. ( reply | permalink )