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thegeekybibliophile's review
3.0
Never try to open the locked doors.
Never question what you are told.
And never attempt to cross the Boundary.
The entire blurb had me intrigued, but this is the part that really caught my eye and sparked my curiosity. (Why are there locked doors? Why is total obedience required? And what the heck is the Boundary?)
It's been quite some time since I read this book, and my lingering impressions of it are few and far between. Given my rating, I suppose it was enjoyable enough to read, though I recall some minor annoyances along the way. (Given the setting, it was likely due to details or language that didn't quite fit the setting, as that is usually the case.)
I wasn't particularly motivated to go on and read the next book in the trilogy at the time, and it's unlikely that I ever will.
I received an advance reading copy of this book courtesy of Lodestone Books via Netgalley.
ccleeds7's review
1.0
While this had an interesting premise, that was the only thing of merit about Boundary. It was one of the very few books I've read that I've thought about DNFing. The characters were flat and 2 dimensional. Their thought processes made no sense. The dialogue and character interactions were absolutely terrible and I spent most of the book rolling my eyes at them. The villains weren't scary, and while the characters kept talking about how much they feared him, then they would go up and sass him. These kids who in theory are friends - and you would think family after literally living their entire lives together - don't seem to actually like each other. The end product was that it read like a terrible version of a Victorian version of the Hunger Games. Would absolutely not recommend.
caveatlectors's review
2.0
This was a DNF at 19%. I was quite annoyed by the grammatical errors and the fact that the author had made a main character nameless for majority of that 19%. I understand trying to keep a character under wraps, but turning “he” and “him” into capitalized pronouns as his name was aggravating to me. I also didn’t find this read enjoyable so I decided to move on to my next book.
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