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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
i was so excited when i read the synopsis for this book. but yeah it was a bit of a let down
I went into this book excited and enthralled about the premise. I mean, vigilante warriors enacting justice against rapists, child abusers, and murders? Sign me up! However, some of the potential of the book wasn’t quite reached in my opinion. I felt there were plot points/moral questions lost due to the book being YA. I felt it could have benefited from being New Adult, or most of all, Thea being in college. Why were the Black Coats recruiting high schoolers? Unless the book wanted to make commentary on how the Black Coats indoctrinated young women (which I feel it didn’t) it would have made way more sense to be placed in college. I feel the darker themes could be further carried out.
My favorite part (that made me tear up) was Mirabelle’s inheritance. I wish more impactful scenes like that would have been featured in the book, but it felt like the romance scenes with Drew superseded the development of the girls and the Black Coats. Every time Thea was with him I wanted to be somewhere else: learning more about the Black Coats, or about her relationships with Team Banner. I wished we could have seen more of Robin and Julie’s relationship, and more of Nixon’s character. The romance cheapened the plot for me—why are we focusing so much on a contrived highschool relationship in a book about women seeking justice and questions that raises? Drew was alright, but there was so much beyond him that begged to be explored. I do like the moral quandary his father raised though.
The Black Coats had plenty of potential in it’s incredible premises, some of which it fulfilled with the characters that made up Team Banner (who I really wish we would have gotten more of), and its expert handling of grief through Thea’s flashback scenes with Natalie. However, some of its stronger points were very underutilized, which is why I’m giving it two stars.
My favorite part (that made me tear up) was Mirabelle’s inheritance. I wish more impactful scenes like that would have been featured in the book, but it felt like the romance scenes with Drew superseded the development of the girls and the Black Coats. Every time Thea was with him I wanted to be somewhere else: learning more about the Black Coats, or about her relationships with Team Banner. I wished we could have seen more of Robin and Julie’s relationship, and more of Nixon’s character. The romance cheapened the plot for me—why are we focusing so much on a contrived highschool relationship in a book about women seeking justice and questions that raises? Drew was alright, but there was so much beyond him that begged to be explored. I do like the moral quandary his father raised though.
The Black Coats had plenty of potential in it’s incredible premises, some of which it fulfilled with the characters that made up Team Banner (who I really wish we would have gotten more of), and its expert handling of grief through Thea’s flashback scenes with Natalie. However, some of its stronger points were very underutilized, which is why I’m giving it two stars.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about this books.... still need to process what I just read.
A part of me does want to give his more than three stars because a lot happens towards the end it certainly kept me listening. But I'm not sure how I feel about everything that happened so for now 3 stars.
haven’t read a book in a while but this was great (and crazy)
I’m a sucker for feminist vigilante books (They Never Learn is a fave) — and teenage girl vigilantes with cool coats — sign me up! But goddammit. This story had so much potential with the secret society and an initially likable main character grieving for her cousin and the levels of revenge, but it ended up following the same arc as 99% of these books where (almost) everyone ends up feeling bad for doing bad things to bad people and blah blah blah crisis of conscience. And the hypnosis part? Ay yay yay.
I’m rounding this up to 3 stars because it’s YA, and I appreciated the concept, but I did not love this book the way I wanted to.
I’m rounding this up to 3 stars because it’s YA, and I appreciated the concept, but I did not love this book the way I wanted to.
3.5
I really wanted to give this 4 stars but the ending was just.....I don't know. It felt like it was pushing an agenda and I struggled with it. I didn't agree with all of the implications.
I really wanted to give this 4 stars but the ending was just.....I don't know. It felt like it was pushing an agenda and I struggled with it. I didn't agree with all of the implications.
This was a fun YA read with badass women and an interesting plot and interesting characters. I like that the romance in the story was easily overshadowed by other plot lines.