The Stars Never Rise
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385744171 (038574417X)
ASIN: 038574417X
Publish date: 2015-06-09
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Untitled Series (#1)
Meh. Coulda been worse, coulda been better. I really don't have enough thoughts for a full review so I'll just jot down a few thoughts I had. Things I liked: Nina's fine, and I liked her enough but she's not a character I will love and fawn over. I like Finn too. I think the best part about this...
Holy cow! This story line takes zombies, demons, and the church to a whole new level. Nina and Mellie are a bit of a mess. They try to blend in the best they can so the church doesn't notice them and punish them for one of many many sins. These aren't your typical sins - we're talking about curiosit...
This is not The Hunger Games. I feel that distinction has to be made early on because I was very close to dismissing The Stars Never Rise as such and putting it down because the beginning is the same, albeit more brutally realistic. A neglectful mother who is rarely seen or heard, a big sister who h...
Not the most perfect book but definitely one of the most enjoyable that I’ve read in a long time! I didn’t think that urban-fantasy/dystopian would be a good combination because I’ve never quite read one that really worked for me! But this combination is fantastic. Nina Kane is a sixteen-year-o...
3.5 stars. I liked the gritty side of the world depicted here, with its contrast of apparent, fake "purity" on the one hand, and punishments, hypocrisy and having to do harsh deeds to survive on the other. Overall Nina was a good person who just happened to have to steal and resort to selling hersel...
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