The Testing

The best YA book I've read since The Hunger Games!! While I find myself comparing this one to The Hunger Games a few times but it has its own charm and kept me hooked after around 1/3 of the book. Can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

I think this is the most fragmented I've ever read a book – read some chapters on my phone, read other chapters of the physical book, and yet other chapters in the audiobook.

I can't say that I preferred one avenue over any other; however, my biggest annoyance was with the audiobook. The narrator kept switching between Tomas and Thomas as pronunciations of the supporting character's name.

If you liked the Hunger Games and Divergent series, you'll probably enjoy this book as well. Lots of similar vibes. I believe I'll keep going in this series.

Nothin original, as many other dystopian books. The recipe is neat and well written. May I remember this one more than the many others I've read? Probably not more nor less. Love the path, will read the next ones to end the story.

DNF @ 50%.

I went in knowing it would be a palette cleanser but it was really hard to care about anything.

If Hunger Games and Divergent had a baby, this would be the result. It's not particularly remarkable, but I still loved it. I love this genre of dystopian YA with a thoughtful, intelligent, kick-ass female protagonist.

A more grounded slightly more believable Hunger Games. Can't wait to see where the story goes from here.

I have read this book about 4 times now. And every time I enjoy it so much. There is something this book have that I like so much, that I don???t see in so many books I have read. And actual smart character. So many main character always have the ???smart??? characteristics, as if the is the only important or good thing people can be. And yet in the story they overlook so much and make so many stupid decisions. It makes it hard to read. But in this book Cia really is extremely clever. 

Another thing great about this is that the romance part of the story isn???t awkward or forced or feel at all like it shouldn???t be there. It???s weaved through the story so naturally that I really didn???t mind it. I really love this book and will probably read it more times in the future. 

Less wordy/scifi version of Red Rising, hints of Hunger Game, and something else. I adore this book and am so ready to reading the next one. MC was a little sharper than most people would be, but hey.. Ill take it. I wish we had Internet so I could post full reviews. Typing on the phone blows. /ramble

Once you get past the first, say, 70 pages (?), it really kicks off and gets interesting. I loved it and cannot wait to read the sequel.

Oh well. I keep looking for the great surprises I had with the Unravel me series, Marie Lu's Prodigy or even Veronica Rossi's saga. Come on, even The hunger games. But it's just ok.
Girl-has-to-pass-test-at-a-certain-age-to-be-accepted-by-society (meaning government). The testing is hard, some members are killed throughout the process as a form of punishment, she makes a connection with two boys, one of them romantically. Sounds familiar?
Yep.
I'll still read The testing 2, but I hate to do it half-heartedly.

Sadly, I had to give up on this book after about half. I've seen amazing reviews of The Testing, which is mainly why I wanted to read it, but it just wasn't for me.

I'll admit that it had tons of action. The tests that these characters handle are fairly amazing. There just wasn't enough emotion here for me. I didn't care about the characters and so this book was just too mundane for me to finish.

I still recommend this to readers who like The Hunger Games, as it's very similar.