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A review by pauh94
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
3.0
All in all, it was a good book. I really enjoyed it and I had lots of fun BUT, my main problem was with our love interest. I just didn't buy it, why love him? And then, our MC is described as beautiful, yes, but she has all the boys vying for her attention? REALLY? Okay, she didn't feign ignorance and I liked that she was like 'yeah, i know they like me but no'.
Then, our MC, she was too fickle, to lost in her own childish mind that she didn't realize lots of bigger things going around her! I was so angry when we would get 49384032 pages of her describing how she felt on Conn pushing her back after she kissed him and not on the fact that she discovers that her parents are fucking mass murderers! And that they fucking died because she was a noisy little girl, which yeah, I don't blame her, but she should've blamed herself a little bit and then be confused because her parents were murderers and they killed Conn's whole family, but no, we don't get that awesome torturous feelings running through her head, we get her kiss with Conn over and over again.
So, in conclusion, the book was great and it gives you an awesome little nudge into thinking about how being different is not that bad at all and that the people who love you will not stop loving you even when they find out you're not who they thought you were, because you're still YOU.
But, again, there's little character development and not enough depth in several specific themes I would've loved to know more.
Then, our MC, she was too fickle, to lost in her own childish mind that she didn't realize lots of bigger things going around her! I was so angry when we would get 49384032 pages of her describing how she felt on Conn
So, in conclusion, the book was great and it gives you an awesome little nudge into thinking about how being different is not that bad at all and that the people who love you will not stop loving you even when they find out you're not who they thought you were, because you're still YOU.
But, again, there's little character development and not enough depth in several specific themes I would've loved to know more.