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A review by ellawh
The Selection by Kiera Cass
2.0
The Selection
2.5 stars
Every time I walk past this book in my local library, or in bookstores, I always joke with my friend about how ugly it’s cover is, so jokingly I decided to read this, and let’s just say it lived up to my expectations— that is— not much at all.
By reading this book I could clearly tell that it’s written in the The Hunger Games era, which isn’t always something bad, but in this case it is. Does a cast system assigning it’s people with jobs and divide them of their worth by their casts sound familiar? Yes of course, just like the districts of Panem. But the similarity between The Hunger Games and The Selection doesn’t end there.
Our protagonist America Singer (Guess what she’s good at!) is a part of The Selection, which is essentially like the bachelor, but with the prince. The selection is live tv, the anticipates gets a makeover and pretty dresses (which America obviously thinks is stupid because she’s not like other girls and could never ever bear wearing nail polish), and they get interviewed on tv. Which does not sound like a really bad and watered down version of The Hunger Games, minus the bloodshed, at all.
The plot is just so boring. I’m not a fan of romance books, they bore me, I need another plot too. But this book has absolutely no lore, it’s just about how America is in love with some boy, but then has the prince falling in love with her, and she’s kind of in love with him, but despite her and her family starving for years, becoming a queen is not for her. She’d rather starve, honestly same though. Both America and the prince Maxon are extremely cringe and kind of unlikable.
I forgot to add, sometimes some rebels, which America hates and nobody knows anything about, attacks the castle. But there’s nothing more to that.
This book wasn’t boring, but that’s only because it was so stupid that it made it entertaining. I could honestly find this on wattpad. I wish America luck, must be hard living on the castle and having the unproblematic prince in love with you and wanting to make you the next queen. Will I put myself through the next book, no one knows (probably because I’m bored).
2.5 stars
Every time I walk past this book in my local library, or in bookstores, I always joke with my friend about how ugly it’s cover is, so jokingly I decided to read this, and let’s just say it lived up to my expectations— that is— not much at all.
By reading this book I could clearly tell that it’s written in the The Hunger Games era, which isn’t always something bad, but in this case it is. Does a cast system assigning it’s people with jobs and divide them of their worth by their casts sound familiar? Yes of course, just like the districts of Panem. But the similarity between The Hunger Games and The Selection doesn’t end there.
Our protagonist America Singer (Guess what she’s good at!) is a part of The Selection, which is essentially like the bachelor, but with the prince. The selection is live tv, the anticipates gets a makeover and pretty dresses (which America obviously thinks is stupid because she’s not like other girls and could never ever bear wearing nail polish), and they get interviewed on tv. Which does not sound like a really bad and watered down version of The Hunger Games, minus the bloodshed, at all.
The plot is just so boring. I’m not a fan of romance books, they bore me, I need another plot too. But this book has absolutely no lore, it’s just about how America is in love with some boy, but then has the prince falling in love with her, and she’s kind of in love with him, but despite her and her family starving for years, becoming a queen is not for her. She’d rather starve, honestly same though. Both America and the prince Maxon are extremely cringe and kind of unlikable.
I forgot to add, sometimes some rebels, which America hates and nobody knows anything about, attacks the castle. But there’s nothing more to that.
This book wasn’t boring, but that’s only because it was so stupid that it made it entertaining. I could honestly find this on wattpad. I wish America luck, must be hard living on the castle and having the unproblematic prince in love with you and wanting to make you the next queen. Will I put myself through the next book, no one knows (probably because I’m bored).