Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Nov 13, 2017 Maryam rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: dropped, dnf

Honestly I'm so disappointed.. dropped at 50% ...more

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May 23, 2016 Renata rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, ya, fantasy

Update: upon a second reading I still think this book is pretty dumb, byeee

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This book was pretty dumb and felt like a slightly cynical mashup of a few other popular YA books, but like, it really made me appreciate The Hunger Games even more because Suzanne Collins made the world of Panem feel so real and you really understood the stakes for Katniss so deeply and so quickly, and here it was kind of like....oh they're poor I guess? some of them have super ...more

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Feb 12, 2015 Megan rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: apocalypse, young-adult, dystopia, romance

So, this book was ok. I admit I expected a lot more due to all of the 4/5 star reviews. But I guess I've read more than they have because I saw the big twist coming before the midpoint of the book. *shrug* I'm totally willing to read a sequel if the library gets it though.

(Plus apparently this is a ripoff of Red Rising, but I haven't read that, so I can't say.) ...more

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Apr 01, 2015 alana rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, dystopia, addicted-to-ya-2015

Red Queen was an Addicted to YA BOTM for 2015. The story reminds me of a lot of other dystopian YA fiction, but I still felt compelled to read it quickly. Society is divided into two classes -- the privileged, magical Silvers and the common, oft-sent-to-perpetual-war Reds. Red Mare's life changes when she is sent to work for the silver royalty and discovers magic where it shouldn't exist. There are battles to the death in the manner of Hunger Games and more love interests that I can actually rem ...more

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