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reader4evr's review against another edition
2.0
I really enjoyed Variant and picked up the sequel right after I finished it (which I mind you that I hardly ever do!). In the end I was kind of disappointed. Throughout the story there were some questions that were answered but it was kind of boring overall.
I'm pretty sure that this is not going to be a trilogy and I just felt like I still had more questions at the end (I literally went "what!?" after I read the last sentence).
I'm pretty sure that this is not going to be a trilogy and I just felt like I still had more questions at the end (I literally went "what!?" after I read the last sentence).
labrynthofsuns's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
celjla212's review against another edition
2.0
The first book in the series, Variant, was very original and left me with a huge cliffhanger. I was very much excited to get into this book, but unfortunately the sophomore offering failed to deliver.
Feedback literally picks up where Variant stopped. Benson meets the real Jane, then she shows him where all the non-robot Maxfield kids have been living. It a weird, complicated situation, but Benson doesn't stop to question it too much.
The biggest problem I had with this book is that the author doesn't take the time to actually explain anything that's going on. I get that this was the second book in the series, but the reader is being thrust into a new setting, with new characters, and is left to figure things out on their own. The big twist at the end of Variant was that some of the people had been robots the entire time. Going in to Feedback, I was expecting to learn more about WHY this was, who was behind Maxfield, and many other things. But these answers were never really given voice.
I tried to like Benson, but I felt like he was causing trouble where there didn't need to be any. A love triangle was also the last thing this book needed, no matter how short-lived it was. Benson may have been confused about his feelings for Jane and Becky, but he had to realize that they weren't the same people he thought they were.
The action in the book didn't really start rolling under after the 200 page mark. To me, the plan had very little preparation and everything moved really quickly once Benson decided his course of action.
I felt like I was moving along blindly while reading this book, and that's not a good feeling. I finished it because I was hoping I'd learn more about the forces behind Maxfield, but I was ultimately disappointed.
Feedback literally picks up where Variant stopped. Benson meets the real Jane, then she shows him where all the non-robot Maxfield kids have been living. It a weird, complicated situation, but Benson doesn't stop to question it too much.
The biggest problem I had with this book is that the author doesn't take the time to actually explain anything that's going on. I get that this was the second book in the series, but the reader is being thrust into a new setting, with new characters, and is left to figure things out on their own. The big twist at the end of Variant was that some of the people had been robots the entire time. Going in to Feedback, I was expecting to learn more about WHY this was, who was behind Maxfield, and many other things. But these answers were never really given voice.
I tried to like Benson, but I felt like he was causing trouble where there didn't need to be any. A love triangle was also the last thing this book needed, no matter how short-lived it was. Benson may have been confused about his feelings for Jane and Becky, but he had to realize that they weren't the same people he thought they were.
The action in the book didn't really start rolling under after the 200 page mark. To me, the plan had very little preparation and everything moved really quickly once Benson decided his course of action.
I felt like I was moving along blindly while reading this book, and that's not a good feeling. I finished it because I was hoping I'd learn more about the forces behind Maxfield, but I was ultimately disappointed.
amandawhitt___'s review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Boring...
lsparrow's review against another edition
2.0
Perhaps it didn't help that I waited over a year between the first of the series and this one. I enjoyed the first book much better than this one. I still was interested in the storyline however in this one I felt much less connection to the characters. Also the end felt so thrown together as if suddenly the author realized that everything needed to be tied up neatly and yet left with space to continue the series. The whole premise of the storyline seemed less believable in this book and started to just not care. at least it was an easy read.
deedralapray's review against another edition
3.0
Perhaps it's because it took me a couple of months on and off picking this book up, but I only liked it. There was not a lot of explanation behind the "Why". I am still left scratching my head. It was almost what I had imagined, but there needs to be much more explanation of how Maxfield came to be. I don't want to include any spoilers, but the ending with the explanation of what sinister force was behind the academy was dull compared to the world in which the academy and town where build.
justlily's review against another edition
The dreaded second book curse. No matter how much I like a first book, inevitably I absolutely hate the second. And here we are. This is confusing and boring and I'm 150 pages in and I just don't care enough to keep going.
literarylover37's review against another edition
1.0
Very disappointing. I wasn't in love with the first one but I expected so much more from this.
melissasbookshelf's review against another edition
2.0
Just okay. The audiobook narrator was good, but the story just didn't hold my attention. The action scenes were few and far between. The ending just left more questions than answers.