And I didn't understand several of her choices in the third, though I admired her drive and convictions. I was very frustrated with her through most of the second, but she brought it around in eventually. I was really proud of Ivy through the first section. Although not delineated on the page, in my head The Revolution of Ivy is set up in three parts 1) survival 2) 'i'm not worthy' aka relationship angst and 3) revolution. Surprisingly (for me), I didn't enjoy this book quite as much as the first one, although there are certain aspects - like Bishop - that were amazing. I'm excited to see how book two builds on this all going forward, especially and hopefully the swoon ). I feel awful for admitting this, but I liked Bishop's dad better of the two, despite disagreeing with many aspects of how he ran the government. Nor did I believe he'd be a better leader considering his current decisions.
Though I'm all about democracy, and agree there are some huge issues in their current society, I couldn't connect with Ivy's belief in her dad's cause.
We don't spend much time with them and what we did see was not favorable. I think a lot of that is because I didn't like him (or Callie) at all. Although we're told of its merits, I was never on board with Ivy's dad's plans. I mean if the world was almost destroyed from nuclear wars, these people are holding it together pretty well considering. Obviously there are some glaring women's right's issues in this town, but I wanted more urgency felt to them. I wish we'd gotten more of and overall look at this world, as well as a stronger look at why things needed to change in Westfall. And this story had such a lovely slow burn romance and lots of swoon, which was all so well done. And though it takes her time to get her head on straight (and I wanted to yell at her a few times!), I was proud of her in the end. I like that she's impulsive and straightforward. I totally get all the love for Bishop now! Actually, I related to Ivy a lot as well, more than I expected to. I don't think I could have survived a longer wait. Thank goodness I waited to read this until book 2 had released.
0 kommentar(er)
