This book was good but not amazing.
I just felt like nothing was accomplished... it’s like there’s a problem, the problem is solved, and then they find out they didn’t really solve the problem and nothing has changed.
I was pretty underwhelmed with the final battle. On one hand, Spensa defeated the delvers wayyyy too easily and I was disappointed that M-Bot had absolutely no role in it.
In moments like this, I didn’t fight for the DDF or humankind. I fought to prove I could.
I still like Spensa as a character, I like the new friendships she made (though I do think it was short sighted to set up this great group of friends in the first book and then make it completely irrelevant in the second book). It was enjoyable, there just wasn’t much wow factor. I did appreciate M-Bot’s musings on what it means to be human, I think that’s really important.
I also just feel like I should mention how the cliches put me off a bit. One of the main parts of Spensa’s character development in this book is her realizing that the people she’s been fighting and seeing as monsters all these years are just people like her own people. That in and of itself is cringeyly cliche, but the way it ran through her internal monologue constantly was even more cringey. (Ex. “Well, that friendly attitude was obviously just an act for my benefit. Krell were terribly and destructive, as proven by how they treated my people” in chapter 23.)
So all in all, mixed feelings, solid 3 stars.
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