Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) in Reading Addicts

Jul 13, 2018 Alyssa Campbell rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2018

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(2.75)

I'm not sure... it's just not holding my interest. Too much repetition that lead to a lengthy book and characters that just fall flat.

I appreciate what this book was trying to do. Ultimately, it was trying to show the battle in Mare, and really in all people, of who to trust and who not to. Reds have hated Silvers for being their oppressors, but should they really hate ALL silvers? Do all Silvers hate Reds? Where do you draw the line between killing most Reviews at: Bright Copy Book Review

(2.75)

I'm not sure... it's just not holding my interest. Too much repetition that lead to a lengthy book and characters that just fall flat.

I appreciate what this book was trying to do. Ultimately, it was trying to show the battle in Mare, and really in all people, of who to trust and who not to. Reds have hated Silvers for being their oppressors, but should they really hate ALL silvers? Do all Silvers hate Reds? Where do you draw the line between killing most people of one blood and sparing others? To me, it's easy to see that this was supposed to be about race, but I don't feel like this ridiculously strong and important message is as powerful as it should be.

Instead, the author focused on making the heroine an anti-heroine (and a really horrible one). I hated Mare. Can NOT stand her. She doesn't want to be the one making the hard choices make choices, but she doesn't like when others are in control. She doesn't want to be a leader or an outcast, yet she acts exactly like both. She doesn't like being blamed for the awful things she does and she thinks that everyone around her should understand and back every decision she makes, even if they are horrible. She doesn't even give a shit about her family! She's too busy thinking about Maven, a guy she met briefly and thought she cared about, who turned out to be a monster. GET OVER IT!!!! This guy freaking BRANDED you and you still miss the person you thought he was? He put a freaking collar on you. He tried to kill you, break you, and you're still thinking about him every waking moment instead of the people you're killing or the people you're attempting to protect? How selfish can you be?

But, noooooo. Everything Mare does is to protect others right? She's little miss perfect. Drives me crazy. Little miss fragile.

I'm just not feeling this as much as I would like to. I really would love for this book to bring a voice to discrimination and acknowledge the bias towards the grouping society uses based on color (of skin or blood). How not all Silvers believe they are better than everyone, how not all Reds are good. People are people. You cannot define a person by their characteristics or anything beyond their control and make assumptions about them. Everyone is different, and all situations are different. All people are equal. THIS is the message I want to be sent, I really hope the last book gets there because the potential is real, but unfortunately, I don't think this series will dive as deep as it should.
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Apr 29, 2015 TheBookLion rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dystopian, apocalyptic, dystopian-stories, badass-heroine, young-adult, young-heroine, a-prince, what-the-fuck, fucking-cliffhanger, mare-maven-cal

This book messed me up. MESS ME THE FECK UP!
Shade told Mare to not trust anyone. Shade. Oh my god. Shade.
Good one Aveyard! Good one. Ripped people's hearts out and it comes out a great book but it's so realistic in some emotional ways.

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I don't know where to start and I don't want to summarize the story, people need to read that and get their chests ripped open and acid poured it in. Morbid I know but that's how I felt through the entire book.

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Jun 19, 2016 Megan W rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2016

The more I think about this book, the more excited I become for the next one. The ending was so epic, I felt so many emotions. I don't want to spoil anything here but the ever changing dynamic between Mare and Cal and Maven is what these types of books are all about for me! Bravo. 5 stars. ...more

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Mar 26, 2017 Kai rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopia, read-2017

This was another great story in the story. Finding this story was extremely hard to put down. The story of Mare and Cal continues as they begin the fight to find the new bloods before Maven finds them and kills them. I found myself wanting but hating the scenes with Mare and Cal just wanting them to get together properly. Finding myself getting annoyed as they were never honest about how they really felt. This is a great book that you will struggle to put down. With the twist at the end I will d ...more

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Dec 02, 2015 Olivia ツ rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, kindle, audiobook, library, read-in-2016

*YAWN* I think I would have enjoyed this a lot more if I hadn't read so much dystopian fiction before. I wasn't a huge fan of book one and had hoped that book 2 would make me a fan. It didn't. The story is of Mare running around falling into trap after another. Conflicted and torn between 2 guys. Sometimes 3, it wasn't very clear and I lost interest in that portion of the story. I was bored and found myself skimming the last 4 chapters. I think I'm done with this series. ...more

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