#rr fantasy

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big james flint energy

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hhh gay people...

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god i love gay acknowledgements

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and here's the quotes for this one

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so that was actually a lot better than i thought it would be

things i liked

i really liked the romance, it was sweet and evocative and heartfelt (and thankfully i was wrong about there being a love triangle)

the writing wasn't half bad and was actually quite beautiful at times

i generally don't care about plot much, but i did find the plot pretty compelling and i'm invested enough to want to read the sequel

things i didn't like as much

the themes and political commentary were really overstated and obvious. like i guess it could be useful for young kids who are just starting to question the government, but i was just like yeah i get it the cops are bad rich people are bad oppression is bad i know

the dialogue was pretty awkward in some places, i definitely caught myself rolling my eyes at some of the writing

it was just overall pretty simplistic and didn't make me think deeply about anything, which is fine but just not what i generally look for in my reading experience

so yeah overall pretty typical dystopian ya fare. didn't blow my mind or anything but sometimes a book can just be interesting and fun to read and that's ok. would recommend if you're into ya, 4/5 stars

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i think the political aspects of this book feel too obvious and oversimplified but the romance is... 🥺🥺

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ok... actually some of this writing is makin me feel things 🥺

(i wanna k*ss a g*rl 🥺🥺)

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i don't rly have much to say abt this book tbh. it's just typical ya dystopia but with added misogyny (and possibly a bisexual love triangle of some kind?). systemic oppression for dummies