The Testing
Ratings29
Average rating3.8
I have read this book about 4 times now. And every time I enjoy it so much. There is something this book have that I like so much, that I don???t see in so many books I have read. And actual smart character. So many main character always have the ???smart??? characteristics, as if the is the only important or good thing people can be. And yet in the story they overlook so much and make so many stupid decisions. It makes it hard to read. But in this book Cia really is extremely clever.
Another thing great about this is that the romance part of the story isn???t awkward or forced or feel at all like it shouldn???t be there. It???s weaved through the story so naturally that I really didn???t mind it. I really love this book and will probably read it more times in the future.
Less wordy/scifi version of Red Rising, hints of Hunger Game, and something else. I adore this book and am so ready to reading the next one. MC was a little sharper than most people would be, but hey.. Ill take it. I wish we had Internet so I could post full reviews. Typing on the phone blows. /ramble
A more grounded slightly more believable Hunger Games. Can't wait to see where the story goes from here.
definitely a mix of the hunger games, divergent, and the maze runner but not completely like them which is why i liked it so much! this book is exactly the kind of thing i would have read and rated 5 stars back in 2013 when it was first published, but now that i'm 22 (and not 16.... bleh) i have higher standards for 5 star books.
i read almost the entire thing in one day, and i was thinking about how much i was excited to sit and read it throughout my shift at work, which is normally one of my criteria for a 5 star rating but the character not really having much of a personality brought down the rating. i have the other two books in the trilogy sitting on my shelf begging me to read them.
i will say though, the plot twist at the end really had me shocked.
The best YA book I've read since The Hunger Games!! While I find myself comparing this one to The Hunger Games a few times but it has its own charm and kept me hooked after around 1/3 of the book. Can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy.
Once you get past the first, say, 70 pages (?), it really kicks off and gets interesting. I loved it and cannot wait to read the sequel.
Oh well. I keep looking for the great surprises I had with the Unravel me series, Marie Lu's Prodigy or even Veronica Rossi's saga. Come on, even The hunger games. But it's just ok.
Girl-has-to-pass-test-at-a-certain-age-to-be-accepted-by-society (meaning government). The testing is hard, some members are killed throughout the process as a form of punishment, she makes a connection with two boys, one of them romantically. Sounds familiar?
Yep.
I'll still read The testing 2, but I hate to do it half-heartedly.
DNF @ 50%.
I went in knowing it would be a palette cleanser but it was really hard to care about anything.
If Hunger Games and Divergent had a baby, this would be the result. It's not particularly remarkable, but I still loved it. I love this genre of dystopian YA with a thoughtful, intelligent, kick-ass female protagonist.