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#rr we set the dark on fire #rr fantasy #rr ya #rr 2021 #rr commonplace book

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

#rr we set the dark on fire #rr fantasy #rr ya #rr 2021 #went up from 3 stars to 4 stars over the course of me reading it #but i'm ranking in relation to other ya books i've read #not in relation to every other book i've read #i've def read ya worse than this and i would consider this above average in comparison to other ya novels in my experience #rr book rating

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

#rr 2021 #rr we set the dark on fire #rr fantasy #rr ya

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

(i wanna k*ss a g*rl 🥺🥺)

#im getting more into this book in the second half #like it's not mindblowing or anything but it's def not the worst ya novel i've ever read and im actually starting to get kinda invested #rr we set the dark on fire #rr fantasy #rr ya #rr 2021

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

#rr we set the dark on fire #rr ya #rr fantasy #rr 2021 #it's enjoyable enough to read if i don't think too hard but i dont rly have any capital T Thoughts

why do ya novels always have to blatantly spell out their themes and arguments. they always feel like they're talking down to their audience. some subtlety, please, some nuance

#rr we set the dark on fire #rr fantasy #rr ya #rr 2021 #with some exceptions of course #i think im just too old for ya #but honestly teenagers arent idiots they can handle more complex ideas

yeah some of this writing is uh. not great

i mean it's just very typical ya style writing, which is to say, not great

#honestly some of it isn't bad but then there are lines that make me roll my eyes so hard #rr we set the dark on fire #rr fantasy #rr ya #rr 2021 #at least it takes place in an alternate fantasy universe so there isn't super awkward slang obviously shoe-horned in to appeal to the youths

ok here's the next book i'm reading! it's a ya fantasy novel i put on my reading list years ago before realizing i don't actually like most ya, and my dad got it for me for christmas. so we'll see if it's any good. the cover is pretty at the very least

#rr we set the dark on fire #rr fantasy #rr ya #rr 2021