Lauren O. (LoMel) - , reviewed on + 134 more book reviews
This book was a doozy in a variety of ways. It´s an emotional rollercoaster that gets so graphic and tense for the last fifty pages I had to stop and put the book down multiple times and felt nauseous after reading some of the descriptions of the violence inflicted on the students in and around the square. I think as emotionally difficult as it is this book is a valuable read. My main criticism is the same as many other reviewers have noted, which is that this book could easily have been 200 pages shorter. While I´m sure the descriptions of infighting and power struggles among the student leaders are accurate, I just don´t think we needed as much of them as we got, along with some other extraneous details. The choices about love interests also seemed a little weird for the character, but to each their own. I think this book is worth reading though, even if it can turn into a bit of a slog through some sections.
