The 100

Definitely not much of a comparison between the book and the show–I like what another Goodreads user wrote saying that the book and the tv show are more like distant cousins.

As for a review on the book, I think it does accomplish what it attempts. The author seems to focus more on the interpersonal, human element, especially focusing on the individual relationships between a few key characters. There were some sweet moments between the characters and I loved imagining the safety that one felt with their beloved. I don't think the book alone captivated me to keep reading. If I did keep reading, it would only be to see what is different between the book and the tv show. All in all, not a terrible read in and of itself, however, not necessarily for me.

All right, popped my audiobook cherry with this one and I enjoyed it.
Usually when it switches perspective between characters I normally ditch the book as I don't like when books are written with more than two people's perspective, but it worked well with the audiobook. The only thing that didn't work well was when the characters were having flashbacks. There was no indication when they had one, so it was hard to figure out if they were still at the present time or in a flashback.
Otherwise it was decent, I liked it better than the TV-show, and I watched that years ago. The only thing that really annoyed me was Glass.. Who names their character Glass?

Idk. It wasn't great or anything ... I almost felt like dnf'ing, but I didn't because I was reading this for the Book Battle challenge in April.

I definitely like the TV series more, it feels far more polished and developed. Also I like the romance portrayals better as it feels less “cheesy teen novel” which i know, is exactly what the novel is but still...
It was a good read, I'm excited for the sequels. Definitely far more excited for Season 3 of the CW series though (if you were iffy on the book I highly recommend giving the show a chance.)

Read for the Popsugar Challenge (read a book made into a TV show). Sigh. It's my own fault, I was too lazy to read Game of Thrones. Instead, I plowed through this thinly guised romance novel in a few hours expecting...more. Nothing really happens in this story. There are so many flashbacks (for NO reason) and all of the characters we are supposed to care about only have problems that revolve around dating each other. Sigh.

Anyway, the one character who I expected to be the link between the ship and the colony, Glass, does not move the plot along at all. Even after she tells some ship people that the kids were sent down to the planet, no one seems to care. And that's the problem. The people on the ship are the Big Bad, and they are absent from the story. Except for one Lord of the Flies moment, there is no conflict on the planet (besides out of control hormones) either. Yawn, yawn, yawn.

You know it's bad when the majority of the reviews say “watch the show instead”.
I haven't seen the show yet, but I can advise that if you would like to read a story about humans colonizing a possibly hostile planet- there have to be a 100 better titles out there.