Review: This Shattered World

Review of This Shattered World

by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

 

 

My Thoughts:

I have been in a reading slump for a couple of weeks now, stuck in a loop of bad book after bad book after bad book with seemingly no escape. In Search of Sam was exactly the type of book I needed to read to get out that vicious cycle. It was light. It was fun. It was a bit of a "nothing" read but it had great bunch of characters and a great storyline. What I loved most about it was that it didn't really have a plot. That does sound a bit ludcrious but it meant that the story was more focBeneath was a fast paced short story about a girl in Witness Protection. The story itself was very well written but it was so short! The plot was jam-packed with action but rushed and anticlimactic. I liked the protagonist well enough but she was rather gullible and a bit of sheep. There was some romance attempted - which seems pretty ridiculous when you think about it. How can you develop a relationship in thirty pages? I thought they were cute together but I just didn't believe it would have worked out for Anna so easily. Overall, I enjoyed this for what it was but it could have vastly benefited from some development. Note: a copy was provided courtesy of H.B. Moore through Ebooks for Review in exchange for an honest review. No compensation was given or taken during this process.Beneath was a fast paced short story about a girl in Witness Protection. The story itself was very well written but it was so short! The plot was jam-packed with action but rushed and anticlimactic. I liked the protagonist well enough but she was rather gullible and a bit of sheep. There was some romance attempted - which seems pretty ridiculous when you think about it. How can you develop a relationship in thirty pages? I thought they were cute together but I just didn't believe it would have worked out for Anna so easily. Overall, I enjoyed this for what it was but it could have vastly benefited from some development. Note: a copy was provided courtesy of H.B. Moore through Ebooks for Review in exchange for an honest review. No compensation was given or taken during this proc   For me there are two types of ways you can "like" a book: 1. There are the books that you love because they are written so well you just have to applaud them. Blaze of Glory. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. They have a great bunch of character, there is great world-building, excellent setting, the right mix od drama and emotion and an entertaining and grabbing storyline. Everything works perfectly. 2. Then there are books like Shiver, Unreap My Heart, The Host - books that aren'For me there are two types of ways you can "like" a book: 1. There are the books that you love because they are written so well you just have to applaud them. Blaze of Glory. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. They have a great bunch of character, there is great world-building, excellent setting, the right mix od drama and emotion and an entertaining and grabbing storyline. Everything works perfectly. 2. Then there are books like Shiver, Unreap My Heart, The Host - books that aren't perfectly written, books that your know are probably pretty flawed to the more critical readers, but the characters, they manage to steal your heart, the romance had you melting you to a puddle, the action literally has you on the edge of you seat, anxiously flipping the pages to see what is going to happen next, the witty remarks leave you laughing, out loud... you get utterly and completely involved in them. You fall in love. And to me, those are the sort of books that will always be the winners of the two. Those are the sort of books that you want to find, the reason we all keep trudging through the crappy book slumps, the reason we fall asleep at 2 am with a book clutched to our chests, the reason, even after hours of crying, we crawl back to our bookshelves begging for more. There are lot of things that I could say about This Shattered World but I am only going to say this: I fell in love. The characters stole my heart. Check The romance had me melting and swooning. Check. The action had me on the edge of my seat. Check. I got utterly and completely involved. Check. Note: a copy was provided through Allen & Unwin in exchange for an honest review. No compensation was given or taken during this process.

Details:

Series: Starbound #2

Publication: December 23rd, 2014

Source: Allen & Unwin Australia

 

 4 stars