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gingerpuff11's review against another edition
3.0
This is the first book of five. It was not very good, but I did read all five and I liked it better by the end. I give the series 4 stars overall.
erinmichelle1126's review against another edition
3.0
Not bad...good story but poor character development.
woolfardis's review against another edition
1.0
It's got an interesting concept that kept me reading, but the execution was abysmal. A young girl born in to a world of super powers without one, making her the odd one out. We follow her journey in to the wider world as she finds out so she is.
Whilst it's nice to have a teenage protagonist who isn't completely devoid of any intelligence and isn't entirely self-absorbed, Mira was unfortunately boring and unrealistic. There were quite a few grammatical errors and the writing was stuffed-full to the rafters with unnecessary adjectives.
The dialogue was the worst part, with unbelievable conversations and terrible info dumps. The 15-16 year old students were behaving at approximately a nine-year-old level. The relationship between Mira the protagonist and her parents was a mile away from any realistic one and the plot plodded along at a dreary pace. A nice idea but not done well.
Whilst it's nice to have a teenage protagonist who isn't completely devoid of any intelligence and isn't entirely self-absorbed, Mira was unfortunately boring and unrealistic. There were quite a few grammatical errors and the writing was stuffed-full to the rafters with unnecessary adjectives.
The dialogue was the worst part, with unbelievable conversations and terrible info dumps. The 15-16 year old students were behaving at approximately a nine-year-old level. The relationship between Mira the protagonist and her parents was a mile away from any realistic one and the plot plodded along at a dreary pace. A nice idea but not done well.
aceartemis7's review against another edition
3.0
This book reads like a young-YA book. Its got good morals lesson, but the kids dont feel like theyre young adults to me (even though they're a senior). I really like the story, after a few chapters in, the title makes sense, there's alot of predictable moments. I like the Mira's parents, theyre supportive, very much like what parents supposed to be like. Overall, this is a good book to be read to someone (like a parent to a child, or a teacher to a student, etc). I was hoping Mira's power actually got revealed in the end... but maybe in the sequel!
PS - I bet Mira's power is to find a way through obstacles.
[Won from Member's Giveaway at Librarything.com]
PS - I bet Mira's power is to find a way through obstacles.
[Won from Member's Giveaway at Librarything.com]
rosenectur's review against another edition
4.0
Since I read this series back-to-back I am going to review it as one entry. The first thing you have to know about this series is that it’s set in an imagery world where they have absolutely NO IDEA how to educate children. If this is going to bother you then don’t read the Powerless Series, because it will be a big deal in the first few books and really set the underlying tone for the world-building.
The next thing you need to know is that because of the education system the military is run by power hungry dunder-heads. If an completely incompetent military will drive you nuts that you probably shouldn’t read this series.
Those things aside, this is one of the most unique worlds I’ve ever visited in a book. The author’s idea for the world is so outrageous that I just had to read through all the books to find out where he was planning on taking it.
The back drop is a world where everyone has some sort of power, everyone that is except for Mira. These powers range from useful (controlling the weather) to bizarre (sweating oil or giving birth to random animals.) Basically instead of relying on scientific understanding to get things done they reply on finding someone who has the power to do it.
We being the story with Mira, who has been kept from the outside world by her fathers ability to control the weather who has created a cloud wall around their home. Her mother (who has the power to put you to sleep with a touch) and father are afraid that a powerless person would be a freak and wouldn’t be able to make it in the outside world. So they’ve kept her at home teaching her from a series of scientific manuals.
Teenage Mira finally gets to join her peers in school and tries her best to fit in. The problem is that her peers do think shes a freak, and the education system is set up to pit power against power to see whose power can win in a fight (really, I warned you that their system was the worst.) It becomes a story about overcoming the odds, coming of age and learning to work together.
Like any series some books are better than others, but over all I enjoyed the journey.
The next thing you need to know is that because of the education system the military is run by power hungry dunder-heads. If an completely incompetent military will drive you nuts that you probably shouldn’t read this series.
Those things aside, this is one of the most unique worlds I’ve ever visited in a book. The author’s idea for the world is so outrageous that I just had to read through all the books to find out where he was planning on taking it.
The back drop is a world where everyone has some sort of power, everyone that is except for Mira. These powers range from useful (controlling the weather) to bizarre (sweating oil or giving birth to random animals.) Basically instead of relying on scientific understanding to get things done they reply on finding someone who has the power to do it.
We being the story with Mira, who has been kept from the outside world by her fathers ability to control the weather who has created a cloud wall around their home. Her mother (who has the power to put you to sleep with a touch) and father are afraid that a powerless person would be a freak and wouldn’t be able to make it in the outside world. So they’ve kept her at home teaching her from a series of scientific manuals.
Teenage Mira finally gets to join her peers in school and tries her best to fit in. The problem is that her peers do think shes a freak, and the education system is set up to pit power against power to see whose power can win in a fight (really, I warned you that their system was the worst.) It becomes a story about overcoming the odds, coming of age and learning to work together.
Like any series some books are better than others, but over all I enjoyed the journey.
bluebec's review against another edition
1.0
No, I couldn't read this it is awful. The story might have some redeeming features (I just don't care) because the writing is terrible and the characters all unlikeable. There isn't enough time to read crap when there is so much good fiction out there.
theyasmindiaries's review against another edition
5.0
Interesting set of characters. I like the story line.
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