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A review by akookieforyou
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
3.0
*3.5*
I absolutely loved the concept of this book. Having a Gossip Girl style story, with a bunch of extremely rich people and all of their drama, and scandalous behavior, but make it slightly futuristic? Sign me up!
And while there definitely some fun moments, I found that certain things didn't work for me, and I wish there could've been some better execution on others.
Since this story is following five different character perspectives, you're inevitably going to have some shine brighter than others (hence why I usually don't love multiple povs). And man, some of them really were slogs at times. At least it made the entertaining ones that much more entertaining.
Personally Avery, Leda, and Watt's perspectives were the most engaging. Not neccesarily my favorite characters, but they had the most amount of drama and intrigue going on. While Rylin and Eris's were less engaging overall, probably because they lived in the lower parts of the tower, and weren't always as involved in the wealthy people problems.
Interestingly, Leda and Watt have different trajectories in my mind. I started off liking, feeling curious and sympathetic towards Leda, and then growing to really hate her. Meanwhile Watt started off seeming quite scummy with the way he'd use his supercomputer and hacking skills to trick women, but he eventually became someone I liked and cared for a lot by the end.
Rylin and Eris were all over the place in terms of enjoyment and likability. They both had entertaining parts, but overall felt kind of boring. Eris was annoying with her whining about being poor, I felt for her, but it got old fast. At least she found a nice girl to be with though. And Rylin felt the most disjointed from the book, rarely ever interacting with the main cast, and most of her problems were separate as well. She just felt tacked on in some ways.
And lastly, we have Avery. She's probably my favorite character honestly. And that's because she genuinely cares about her friends and family, shows sympathy and compassion for people that are having a rough time (without being judgmental), and she has an interesting internal struggle. Honestly I almost wish the book would've just solely focused on her, it might've gotten a higher rating then.
My only other major complaint besides the different levels of intrigue for the characters, is the poor establishment of romance and romantic tension. We have three major romantic relationships that blossom throughout this book, but I feel like the author kind of just glossed over a lot of the elements that makes them interesting and worthwhile, while also being believable. Suddenly someone is just in love with someone else, and we don't even get to see any of it, everything is just briefly mentioned in passing. I just think it would've been better and made us more attached to the characters and their heartbreaks if we got to see their love portrayed better.
Overall an interesting read. I might actually pick up the next one, because that cliffhanger was very spicy!
I absolutely loved the concept of this book. Having a Gossip Girl style story, with a bunch of extremely rich people and all of their drama, and scandalous behavior, but make it slightly futuristic? Sign me up!
And while there definitely some fun moments, I found that certain things didn't work for me, and I wish there could've been some better execution on others.
Since this story is following five different character perspectives, you're inevitably going to have some shine brighter than others (hence why I usually don't love multiple povs). And man, some of them really were slogs at times. At least it made the entertaining ones that much more entertaining.
Personally Avery, Leda, and Watt's perspectives were the most engaging. Not neccesarily my favorite characters, but they had the most amount of drama and intrigue going on. While Rylin and Eris's were less engaging overall, probably because they lived in the lower parts of the tower, and weren't always as involved in the wealthy people problems.
Interestingly, Leda and Watt have different trajectories in my mind. I started off liking, feeling curious and sympathetic towards Leda, and then growing to really hate her. Meanwhile Watt started off seeming quite scummy with the way he'd use his supercomputer and hacking skills to trick women, but he eventually became someone I liked and cared for a lot by the end.
Rylin and Eris were all over the place in terms of enjoyment and likability. They both had entertaining parts, but overall felt kind of boring. Eris was annoying with her whining about being poor, I felt for her, but it got old fast. At least she found a nice girl to be with though. And Rylin felt the most disjointed from the book, rarely ever interacting with the main cast, and most of her problems were separate as well. She just felt tacked on in some ways.
And lastly, we have Avery. She's probably my favorite character honestly. And that's because she genuinely cares about her friends and family, shows sympathy and compassion for people that are having a rough time (without being judgmental), and she has an interesting internal struggle. Honestly I almost wish the book would've just solely focused on her, it might've gotten a higher rating then.
My only other major complaint besides the different levels of intrigue for the characters, is the poor establishment of romance and romantic tension. We have three major romantic relationships that blossom throughout this book, but I feel like the author kind of just glossed over a lot of the elements that makes them interesting and worthwhile, while also being believable. Suddenly someone is just in love with someone else, and we don't even get to see any of it, everything is just briefly mentioned in passing. I just think it would've been better and made us more attached to the characters and their heartbreaks if we got to see their love portrayed better.
Overall an interesting read. I might actually pick up the next one, because that cliffhanger was very spicy!