Hey guys,
as lately I seem to be always behind the current craze in the book world I finally managed to get my hands on Red Queen. I know probably no one is really interested in yet another review on this particular book but 1. I don't think anyone's going to complain and 2. my reading list is both outdated and perhaps a bit boring for most. So, sorry guys...
Goodreads Summary:
This is a world divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime. But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance - Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.
My opinion
I'll try to keep it short
I heard about this book the year it came out but I wasn't interested in it - after the Hunger Games series it just seemed everybody was trying to write their own fanfic with changed names. And sadly this reads exactly like this.
The main character Mare is a foolish girl, whose only redeeming quality is that apparently she's aware of this fact. I got a weird feeling of satisfaction every time she called herself that. However, her own stupidity is what was driving the plot forward. She gets herself in a war and a revolution she knows nothing about and she isn't mentally prepared for the repercussions of her actions and all of the deaths that would be the result of them. Not only that, but she also says she would do it all over again. WHY? How mentally deranged can you be to say that, especially when she learns she was nothing but a pawn, and a lot of thing could be very different. She's fighting for a good cause but when you know nothing about literal fighting and strategies just shut your mouth.
One of the themes of the book is the twisted narrative and the distorted image we get in the media. I thought especially now this theme is quite relevant and a lot of people don't stop to think for themselves but blindly believe what's said on TV. Mare was also constantly thinking about the phrase Anyone can betray anyone which proved more than right on numerous occasions. Honestly, this theme is probably the only saving grace of this book.
I know that it won Goodreads best book of 2015 and before sitting down to write mine I read others to see what other people were thinking and I was surprised of how enthusiastic they were. I just don't see it. Granted the last about 40 pages of the book were the best and they did kinda save the book, even though I'm nothing but shitting on it. If I have to give it any rating it would be 2 out of 5 stars and that's only because of the ending. I'm still debating whether or not I should read the following books because I'm an optimist at heart, which may not translate through the screen since I've been ranting about the last 4 or 5 books I've read.
Ultimately the way I feel about this book can be summed up by this gif:
Goodreads Summary:
This is a world divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime. But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance - Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.
My opinion
I'll try to keep it short
I heard about this book the year it came out but I wasn't interested in it - after the Hunger Games series it just seemed everybody was trying to write their own fanfic with changed names. And sadly this reads exactly like this.
The main character Mare is a foolish girl, whose only redeeming quality is that apparently she's aware of this fact. I got a weird feeling of satisfaction every time she called herself that. However, her own stupidity is what was driving the plot forward. She gets herself in a war and a revolution she knows nothing about and she isn't mentally prepared for the repercussions of her actions and all of the deaths that would be the result of them. Not only that, but she also says she would do it all over again. WHY? How mentally deranged can you be to say that, especially when she learns she was nothing but a pawn, and a lot of thing could be very different. She's fighting for a good cause but when you know nothing about literal fighting and strategies just shut your mouth.
One of the themes of the book is the twisted narrative and the distorted image we get in the media. I thought especially now this theme is quite relevant and a lot of people don't stop to think for themselves but blindly believe what's said on TV. Mare was also constantly thinking about the phrase Anyone can betray anyone which proved more than right on numerous occasions. Honestly, this theme is probably the only saving grace of this book.
I know that it won Goodreads best book of 2015 and before sitting down to write mine I read others to see what other people were thinking and I was surprised of how enthusiastic they were. I just don't see it. Granted the last about 40 pages of the book were the best and they did kinda save the book, even though I'm nothing but shitting on it. If I have to give it any rating it would be 2 out of 5 stars and that's only because of the ending. I'm still debating whether or not I should read the following books because I'm an optimist at heart, which may not translate through the screen since I've been ranting about the last 4 or 5 books I've read.
Ultimately the way I feel about this book can be summed up by this gif:
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