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was a really enjoyable book, I havent read many scifi books and I found this book to be really good, I could very much see this book as a movie, At first the terminology was a bit confusing, such as the Day, the Icons, and the Lords, The plot involves the Lords which are essentially aliens never have been seen have come to earth and using Icons giant structures that possess a power to kill they have taken over the earth on the Day.
Not everyone is dead and the rest have been allowed to live their lives to a lesser extent, with some people enslaved and forced to work on the Lords projects which are unknown.
Certain cities were destroyed completely and are known as Silent Cities, The other cities are run by Embassies that are led by Ambassandors, However, there are those that survived the power from the Icons, This book did explain some things such as the basics through the plot and transcripts but a lot of questions are still left, Such as is there more children with gifts What are the projects What do the Lords look like What do the Lords want I would like to point out that I hated the names of the characters.
I liked the sassyness of Dol and the powers of Dol, Ro, and Lucas, I didnt quite understand Timas power, Dol and Ro have a strong friendship and a romance that doesnt truly develop, The romance seemed a little forced with Dol and Lucas and I would have liked more of a natural feel to it though I was rooting for those two.
Though every
emotions the four of them feel seemed real and realistic,
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I liked this book, but I didn't love it, My problem with it was the writing since the characters and the overall were pretty interesting,
The writing was just too repetitive and I'm pretty sure this is why this book is so long, Sentences are repeated to show emphasis or the fact that someone's feelings are soooo strong, which is kinda silly to me, I know it's the author's writing style, but I don't think I'll be reading more of her books, I could overlook that if it happened sporadically, but it was like every other sense, Every other sentence. You see what I did there
I went into this book knowing close to nothing about it and I was a little surprised when I realized the plot involved aliens taking over the world.
I really liked that expect and it was refreshing to me since I don't see a lot of YA novels revolving around aliens, I liked the concept of four young adults destined to save the world and how the author portrayed big cities being taken by aliens,
The beginning is very slow and a little boring, but it does get better towards the middle, I really liked the ending, I think it closed the story really well and it left a window opened for a sequel, Like I said before, I won't be reading the sequel again, mostly because of the writing style but I'll admit I'm a little curious to see how this story will be wrapped up.
Not curious enough, though.
If you're a fan of dystopian YA, like Hunger Games and Divergent, I think you'll enjoy this book, Those other books are better, no doubt, but this one is pretty good too,
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Icons is yet another post apocalyptic/dystopia/alien novel that unfortunately doesn't really have anything new to deliver,
Years ago everything changed on the day the Icons dropped from the sky and a lot of people died, Now Dol and her friend Ro are captured by the Embassy and they meet two other teens with similar "dots" on their wrists, Together all four have to unravel a conspiracy and use their uncontrollable emotions to save their future,
So pretty much this book follows a basic formula that may sound familiar, Aliens come to earth, a lot of people die, there are people with abilities that can stop it, wait there is a conspiracy too, and oh of course a love triangle.
I could pretty much guess where everything was going and so about midway I had a hard time trying to focus on it,
Also, there was a lot of confusing stuff that I still don't understand, Like the whole thing with the dots on their wrists was different, but I feel like I still don't get it exactly, I feel like I'm missing a lot of specific information there, The whole dot thing weirded me out to, I don't get why it was almost sexuallike
Another thing I feel like I'm still confused about is the aliens, I was extremely bummed to not find out what the aliens actually are, what they look like, or anything, I guess your supposed to read the next books in the series to find out, but I don't think I'll be making that commitment,
One big thing I did like about Icons was Ro, I LOVED his character. He was so good to Dol too, Very early on in the opening part with his birthday present to her I could already tell I was going to like him for her, Sadly, there is a love triangle though, Dol's character really irritated me because of her with Ro/Lucas, She was so wrong to Ro and he was her ride or die dude for real! Well Dol's character irritated me anyway because she was a bit dull.
Although, I can't say I liked any character in this book other than Ro,
I do have to say that there were a few other interesting things happening in the book, For example there was a twist about all of the four teens that I didn't see coming, I really do enjoy a good twist! Also, I found all of the emotions and dot stuff fascinating and unique, even if it was a bit odd, I think this would have been better for me if it didn't feel like something I've already read multiple times before,
Overall Icons is an average book, I think I am just really done with "alien" novels that do not have any good alien action or information about the aliens, I can say I like this better than The Fifth Wave, which I couldn't even finish,
I recommend Icons for fans of Alien novels without any alien information or action, YA Dystopia novel super fans, and anyone who wants to see for themselves what the heck the dot/sexual thing is all about.
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I CAN'T EVEN.
Everything about this book is phenomenal everything, I was emerged into the world of the Icons immediately, and I never for a second wanted to put the book down, When I would, it was the only thing on my mind, And whenever I picked it back up, I would readpages in one go, Icons is definitely a favorite ofand of all time, I have been pushing this book onto everybody lately, and I don't see that stopping anytime soon, Seriously, if you haven't picked up Icons, you're missing out, It's wonderful!
Dol is such a fantastic main character, She's strong, loyal and fierce everything I like in a protagonist and she never let me down during the book, And Ro and Lucas were just great, What I love about this love triangle I guess you could call it that is that both loves feel genuine and real, The relationships aren't forced, and there are obvious reasons why Dol is attracted to both Rol and Lucas, Stohl did a stunning job with these characters and their development during Icons, Brilliant.
The whole concept of the Icons Freaky as crap, They honestly scared me, even though we didn't get to see much of them which I'm hoping we do in book two!, The fighting, the war, the struggle, the survival, everything about Icons worked for me, and this is easily one of the best books I've read,
Overall, what else can I say about Icons except that I love it so, so, so much and it is mindblowing Fastpaced and captivating, Icons didn't just exceed my expectations it blew every book I've read in a long time out of the water.
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