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The Roar Emma Clayton When I heard my brother talking about this book it sounded like just another dystopian, 'world in catastrophe' book. But the more I got into it I found out, that despite it being a world in disaster book (which I usually don't care for) it was unlike the hunger games, or m...
Not quite as gripping as the first book, perhaps because there was so much literal ground to cover. While The Roar had some improbable bits, that was nothing compared to the sheerest fantasy pretending to be science in this one.* So, yeah, I had more trouble sustaining my disbelief. Which meant I wa...
I read this two years ago, and I remember I was hugely impressed by it. The sheer scope of the novel was amazing, and I loved the twist at the ending because oh boy you knew shit was gonna go down in the second book after that. If I ever wanna read the sequel I'll have to re-read this, but all in...
2.5 stars.Rather lackluster. Nothing outstanding or memorable. There was virtually no character development, very little dialogue, it was all action and nothing else. And even then...the ending was pretty anti-climatic.The series, and the characters especially, had so much potential and it was all w...
2 12 stars. Interesting idea. I got bored pretty frequently though. I wanted more than what I got about the characters. Some of the events were a little too unbelieveable. Also, why haven't we, as a race in these futuristic books, realized that virtual games are always dangerous in some way and that...