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The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I really enjoyed this book, it was a solid YA dystopian and did a good job of critiquing misogyny and religion in our modern day society. Definitely do not read if you don't like gruesome, gory books!
Some of the pacing was a little weird with us jumping months in a single page and I thought the book would have benefitted from the beginning being a little longer to fully flesh out the world, systems and history. But I thought the author did a good job overall and definitely shocked me with some twists and turns. You know it's a good dystopian when you can relate to the experiences of Tierney!
I thought the romance could have been left out as it sort of undermines the message of feminism in the way it was carried out i.e. Tierney wouldn't have survived were it not from the help of men rather than surviving completely on her own due to her actions and abilities and I'm glad Ryker dies so we didn't end with them running away and having either an ambiguous ending or the world continuing on
I appreciated that the ending wasn't ambiguous (*cough cough* The Giver) but still left parts up to the imagination as to how the system gets demolished.
Ending spoilers: I'm not a huge fan of the pregnancy trope but I didn't mind it too much here, I'd probably be more shocked if she wasn't pregnant tbh. Also, I'm so happy that Gertie's scumbag husband-to-be died!
Some of the pacing was a little weird with us jumping months in a single page and I thought the book would have benefitted from the beginning being a little longer to fully flesh out the world, systems and history. But I thought the author did a good job overall and definitely shocked me with some twists and turns. You know it's a good dystopian when you can relate to the experiences of Tierney!
I thought the romance could have been left out as it sort of undermines the message of feminism in the way it was carried out
I appreciated that the ending wasn't ambiguous (*cough cough* The Giver) but still left parts up to the imagination as to how the system gets demolished.
Ending spoilers: