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peridot_kintsugi's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Death of parent, and Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking
Minor: Mental illness, Torture, and Police brutality
prairieraven's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
abby271's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Sexual content
hyithia's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
- illustrative imagery
- excellent world building
- steady character development
- captivating plot
- effective narration style
- made me think more critically about how technology can be used or misused depending on one's view
-enjoyed how throughout the book we slowly learn more about the main character; the book slowly reveals more and more about her backstory in an entrancing way
-satisfying ending
-mixed feelings about romance? there were subtleties present in the narrative that pointed towards romanic interest, but it still felt like it escaleted too quickly
- excellent world building
- steady character development
- captivating plot
- effective narration style
- made me think more critically about how technology can be used or misused depending on one's view
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Suicide
elaineh7's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I received a copy of this book as part of my subscription to FairyLoot.
"Poster Girl" follows a young woman named Sonya. Sonya long believed in the Delegation's moto: " WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT". She followed it without question or second thought. But when the Delegation fell, and she is locked up with other important members of the Delegation in the Aperture, she begins to rethink everything. She is given the opportunity to earn her freedom and get out from under their watchful eye. Sonya is tasked with finding a missing girl, a second born to a family who should not have had a second child under the rules of the Delegation. Through her investigation, Sonya uncovers decades old secrets that could destroy her community's reality.
I really liked the idea of this book and the exploration of how surveillance is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. It is easy to feel like wherever you are, technology will find you, and that might not be such a great thing. I also greatly appreciated that this book does not get too techy in explanation. I have a very visceral understanding of technology, so too much detail about the cloud would have really taken be out of the story.
Sonya as a character felt kind of flat to me. I wanted to see her complete her task, but I was never rooting for her. She is flawed and we learn something about her that is heartbreaking, but I never felt super connected to her as a person.
I think Veronica Roth does dystopian well, but this particular story just did not grab me like her others. Perhaps this was too futuristic with technology for me personally? Overall, I felt like this story was fine. I am happy I read it, but I likely will not think much about it.
I will probably pick up Veronica Roth in the future, just maybe not anything set in this world
"Poster Girl" follows a young woman named Sonya. Sonya long believed in the Delegation's moto: " WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT". She followed it without question or second thought. But when the Delegation fell, and she is locked up with other important members of the Delegation in the Aperture, she begins to rethink everything. She is given the opportunity to earn her freedom and get out from under their watchful eye. Sonya is tasked with finding a missing girl, a second born to a family who should not have had a second child under the rules of the Delegation. Through her investigation, Sonya uncovers decades old secrets that could destroy her community's reality.
I really liked the idea of this book and the exploration of how surveillance is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. It is easy to feel like wherever you are, technology will find you, and that might not be such a great thing. I also greatly appreciated that this book does not get too techy in explanation. I have a very visceral understanding of technology, so too much detail about the cloud would have really taken be out of the story.
Sonya as a character felt kind of flat to me. I wanted to see her complete her task, but I was never rooting for her. She is flawed and we learn something about her that is heartbreaking, but I never felt super connected to her as a person.
I think Veronica Roth does dystopian well, but this particular story just did not grab me like her others. Perhaps this was too futuristic with technology for me personally? Overall, I felt like this story was fine. I am happy I read it, but I likely will not think much about it.
I will probably pick up Veronica Roth in the future, just maybe not anything set in this world
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship
silvernfire's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment
starrymess's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
kari_f's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
3.5
“You felt it, but you taught yourself to ignore it, because it was everywhere, because you didn’t trust yourself. Because they told you not to trust yourself.”
Dystopian to the core, Poster Girl exists in a world 10 years after an uprising they overthrew a tyrannical government known as The Delegation. The main character, the daughter one of its leaders, is locked away in a community made up of Delegation leaders and the family members who survived the uprising. She is given an opportunity to gain freedom by completing a seemingly impossible task, and as she plays detective, she discovers details that make her question everything she’s ever believed in.
Things I enjoyed:
👁️ The world building was done well, and it was easy to jump in and understand the motives of those on both sides of the uprising.
👁️ The main characters were deeply flawed people trying to make amends and grow from their past experiences.
👁️ The book almost has a dystopia within a dystopia, if that makes sense. Life under The Delegation marks the classic dystopian environment, and we go a step further here to see the society that followed the regime. We are treated to the aftermath of the uprising and we see whether life can go back to what it was or if the new government is just as terrible as the previous one. We also have a child of The Delegation as our main character, rather than someone who is standing up to the tyrannical government.
👁️ The book is unnervingly relevant, and it’s easy to see how technology and capitalism advanced together to get their society to where it was. The precursors are all present in our real world.
Things I think could have been better:
👁️ There were big storylines that didn’t feel resolved by the end.
👁️ The pacing was a bit slow in areas.
👁️ It felt like there was some depth missing, and I would have loved a bit more layering as the main character learns more and more about her family, her co-prisoners, and The Delegation’s many misdeeds.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and felt like it was a pretty solid dystopian story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual assault and Classism
chadreadsrom's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol