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it's fun, but not great.

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-14-23

this is the seventh book I've read by Jason, and it's the first that I would have had a hard time offering a blank recommendation. Jason remains clever and creative enough to keep me coming back, but his tendency to overuse tropes and story structure is becoming more apparent. Like, how many times is he planning on using ticking time bomb? John 2 had the air strike countdown, John 4 used the rods from the gods, and now Zoey 3 has the election. The book is still a lot of fun, but going forward, I hope Jason starts to mix up the format a bit.

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another entry in well worn YA territory.

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-12-22

Whether you're a candidate at the citadel, an attendant at the combat school, a tribute for the games, or a wizard at magic college, the plot beats are largely the same.

If you've got a strong attachment to the setting, or if this is your first YA novel, you'll probably enjoy it a lot, but if you're a regular reader, you've probably already read this book before.

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Why is this book so hyped?

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-18-21

Unbelievably dull. Two-thirds of this novel reads like a wikipedia page dedicated to radio astronomy. The characters all flatter than a pancake, and never develop. Seriously, why both having more than one character if the only difference between them is their names?

Boring, poorly plotted, dense, unimaginative and inaccessible.

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A strong start, but slows quickly.

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-26-20

the first three or so chapters are very compelling, but the plot really begins to slow down toward the second act. The whole novel could have used a few rewrites, for example there are fourteen chapters dealing with the protagonists anexity when two or three would have done fine, and there isn't legal requirement to end every chapter with a awkward sex scene.

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you've read this far ... and heres another one.

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-12-19

I don't even know what keeps me coming back to these novels, they're all laughably similar, nothing really progresses or changing book to book except some military rank shuffling. I always laugh out of loud every time the characters just spill their guts out, pontificating out loud about their plans and motivations and then James McGill will opine "I was starting to understand."

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you always know what you're getting.

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-09-19

a smirking hillbilly bumbles and bullshits his way through a couple of disjointed plot segments, beds a couple of one dimensional prop female characters, and then everyone's rank shifts.

BV Larson's writing is ... problematic at times. I wish he would give up on writing about sex because he isn't good at it. But there enough creative and humorous ideas here to keep me reading. So, I dont know. Mission accomplished?

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entertaining, could use some variety tho.

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-07-19

you always know what you're going to get with a BV Larson, a smirking hillbilly stumbling his way through a high falooting space adventure. I just wish the author could find a new way to introduce skulduggery into the series without Claver. He's tired, one-note, and preposterous. It's time to retire that character and mixed up the narrative a bit.

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a book containing thirds.

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-05-19

one third high minded science fiction, one third confused protagonist, one third awkward sex stuff.

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missing the old place

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-22-19

I miss the old place. I wish I could get more content like this. banana.

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Yeah... it's alright.

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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-19-16

it's definitely worth its asking price and it's not terrible, but I'm glad I didn't pay for it.

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