*MINOR BUT PREDICTABLE SPOILERS AHEAD*I picked this book up browsing in the library... all I can say is, I'm glad I didn't buy it.The basic premise is very typical dystopian- supposedly utopian world which is meant to be for the greater good, but the MC discovers the government is actually lying and covering up everything. Not original, no, but that's not necessarily a deal breaker.The big issue I had with this book was the characters. Evie is dull and seems indecisive, not to mention she hardly does anything. When she does do things, she normally makes stupid decisions. Raffy is just annoyingly stubborn and also seems to have very little depth to his character. I can buy him and Evie being together at first because they're the only two who seem to rebel against the System, but I really find their relationship implausible later in the book. Lucas was alright; I found him a little unbelievable, but not actively annoying like Evie and Raffy.Another major issue was how dull all the events seemed. Even in the most exciting, action packed sections, I didn't really feel like anything important was happening- there was little build up or suspense. Similarly, the only issue I felt Evie showed any real emotion over was that of her parents- her interactions with love interests felt very flat and forced to me. Really, I saw little chemistry between her and any of her love interests.Despite all this, though, I found it easy enough to finish the book- nothing much wrong with the writing style, I don't think? I have read the Declaration series, but that was a while ago and I don't really remember it- nonetheless, I think Malley let herself down a bit with The Killables. Apart from a vague curiosity to know what is going to happen in Evie's personal life, I really don't care much about reading the sequels to this. No doubt they'll establish a supposedly better, free society and then discover more corruption and imperfection in it. There were two main problems with this book.1) The third person narrative just didn't work in my opinion. If a book like this is written in the third person, it loses its impact and its relateability (is that even a word?!)2) There was just not enough plot. Two people run away, find some other people then go back to not fight the bad people. It felt like I was reading a long piece of information, most of which was not needed in the story.Another thing was the prologue referenced from wikepedia. It confused me some what, as it was not from a scientific source and it was just plain weird.I did actually really enjoy reading this book, although I'm not 100% sure why...
Do You like book Sentiment 26 (2012)?
hmmmm. I guess 3. this could go down after I read the next book.
—ntshantsha
