Amy Ewing crafts a dystopian tale that is reminiscent of a historical yet combines an almost fairytale like feel to the entire world she has built up. And it was one of flashiness, splendor and ultimately a great sadness. The loved Violet's character, it did take me a little bit to finish the book f...
Book: The Jewel Author: Amy Ewing Genre: Teen/Sci-Fi/Dystopia Summary: The Jewel means wealth, the Jewel means beauty - but for Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Bought at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake, Violet (now known only as #197) is quickly thrown into the royal way of...
I don't usually like to compare books in reviews but this one was undoubtedly a mix of The Selection and The Handmaid's Tale with occasional echoes of The Hunger Games. And that's pretty much it. If you've read all three of these books, you've pretty much sussed what the story is about. Not that it ...
The whole concept of the surrogates was quite revolting and interesting. I think it's the kind of things that could happen in these circumstances (if women who have money could not have babies.... Most people think money can get you what you want!). It was original and creepy. Violet is a great main...
2.5 starsThere are so many things that bothered me about this book, but because it was a quick read, I finished it anyway. It ends on a cliffhanger, and I'll read Bk 2 because I already have it. I thought that the world building was very weak, and because of the lack of information about why the r...
Po ciężkim dniu, gdy najdzie wieczór ma się ochotę czytać książki, które nie wymagają od ciebie za dużo. Zazwyczaj szukam wtedy coś lekkiego, ciekawego i odprężającego. Tym razem padło na książkę ,,Klejnot", która przypomniała mi o serii ,,Rywalki", jaka swego czasu bardzo przypadła mi do gustu. Jed...
This book is incredible: The Jewel , the story is so amazing it will leave you in sock... I love it, its so good that I didn't notice when I got to the acknowledgments.
Before I read a book, I'll read just a few of the existing reviews - both the positive and the negative. I don't like to read too many because I don't want them to cloud my perception of the book before I read it. However, after I'm done I do like to go back and read more (again both positive and ne...
Has a mountain to climb because of the Handmaid's Tale and it doesn't deal with enough of the questions, the why of this world, the how it came about and why people put up with it. It's not a bad read but it has a problem with the comparisons to works that came before.Violet is going to be a surrog...
TRIGGER WARNINGS: This book contains human selling, eugenics, prostitution, sexual abuse, and miscarriage - thus they may also be referenced in this review.SPOILER WARNINGS: If reading this review via Goodreads, the spoilers are marked. If reading this elsewhere, they are unmarked.For the most part,...
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