Prodigy Review
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If
you’ve read my previous review on Legend by Marie Lu, the first book in the
Legend series, you’ll most likely already know that I wasn’t quite sure if I
liked the book or not. And unfortunately, the same problems again apply to this
book that I found with the first one.
I
didn’t find the plot that engaging as I had done with the first book. Though I
do admit I quite liked the bigger scale of the book, and how we finally got to
know a little more about how The Republic came into existence and its place in
the rest of the world.
Again,
my biggest problems with these books so far are the main characters young ages.
I find it completely illogical that two fifteen year olds would how so much
sway over this government, and are that much of a threat.
I
also feel a little confused by the ending of this book. I know there is a third
book, Champion, and yet, it seems things could have very easily tied themselves
up and the series could have finished there, if not for the unresolved issue of
Day’s health.
I
was also wondering why Day has never told a single person about being
experimented on after ‘failing’ his trials. This, we know, didn’t actually
happen. June finding out Day’s actual test scores plays a big role in swaying
June that she is on the wrong side, and yet, this fact is never actually
mentioned to any sort of official or the public. I guess it all comes into play
in the third book, but I just found it a little odd. Every the doctor at the
end was aware of Day’s, and thousands of others being experimented on, and yet,
still nothing comes of it.
In
addition, I’m just going to touch on this sore spot lightly, but what on earth
was all the shit about June being ill?
Why
does it come on so quickly, like literally, within a few hours she can barely
stand and passes out a bunch of times? And yet, there is no actual name for
this mysterious illness, we are never told what made June ill, and if will now
cause later problems or if it was serious. And, by the end of the novel she is
fit and healthy. What kind of illness comes on that strong that it renders the
person useless, and is then done away with. It rather irked me, and just made
me resent June slightly. Which I didn’t like because I had grown to really like
June’s character.
I
much prefer June to Day, though I still find that the book benefits from the
duo point of views. I enjoyed June’s colder and more methodical approach to
things.
I
quite liked the story line of June going undercover in her previous Republic
alliances, while she helped put in place the pieces of the Elector’s assassination.
That was all quite thrilling, and I was starting to like the young Elector
himself.
I
don’t have any issues with the writing in itself, but I didn’t connect as much
to the characters as I had in the last one.
Will
I be reading the final instalment, yes; but at this point, I think it’s based
solely on my curiousness on how the series will end. I’m not particularly attached
to these characters and their lives. I would just rather finish the series that
leave it sitting on my shelves.
I’m
choosing to look past the negatives that I’ve found and hope to have the third
book satisfy me and if it surprises me, than I would be happier to remember the
series on a more positive note.
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