I gave it more than it’s fair share of a chance, I read the original 3 (honestly can’t remember if I read the 4th or not, that’s how bored I was of the whole series). I kept being like “this was supposed to be good and I love SciFi. When does this get good?” From the premise and description on the back it should’ve been a series I loved but it just… wasn’t. I can usually remember details about books I’ve read, even if they’re just meh to me, but this series was so bland that I just can’t remember a single bit of it. I picked it up in Barnes and Noble recently to try and reread chapter 1 or something, see if maybe I could jog my memory or something, and was just immediately like “ugh no I remember now why nothing stuck, it’s too boring” like two pages into it.
I remember telling a friend after I finished book one, they asked me what I thought and I said “it’s kinda a lesser Hunger Games” and I love Hunger Games. This may not be a fair comparison but that’s what I remember saying at the time. I remember that but currently no actual details about the book.
Please, tell me what you like about the series. Maybe I’ll actually try and give it a second chance. I wanted to like it, and I know sometimes books just aren’t for everyone, but I can’t wrap my head around people actually suggesting it at all. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it on a BookTok’s “I don’t recommend this book” yet but maybe the algorithm is just feeding me the positive ones because it thinks I like it.
Feel free to post spoilers about the first 3 books, I know I did read them. Unsure about book 4 or 5, I just checked their publication dates and I definitely picked up book 1 after book 5 was out but cannot remember reading them. I may have DNF’d the series after book 3.
by WilhelmTheDestroyer