Review: Eve
Author: Anna Carey
Rating: 2/5
Genre: Dystopia
Recommend To: People who don't mind complete stupidity and an occasionally good plot
**Spoilers**
Hmm so this was another dystopia, sci-fi, plague apocalypse, novels. And yeah it was good. Sometimes.
The Plot: Eve learns a horrifying fate has been set for her (and to be honest it was definitely gruesome and psycho) and she runs away from the school she’s lived in for ages. On the way she meets another student who ran away, Arden, and a boy named Caleb (typical boy saves girl thing going on). Even though she’s been taught to fear all men (and yeah some of the men in this story she has good reason to fear) she falls in love with Caleb, an essentially “good man.”
Characters:
Protagonist: Eve is probably one of the reasons I didn’t love this book. God, she is just so, so….stupid. I feel like the smartest decision she made in the whole book was running away and even that didn’t have much planning behind it and she would have died if she hadn’t met Arden and Caleb. Yeah fine she is pretty, pretty useless. Ok, fine, that was mean. After all she has been sheltered her whole life. But seriously. She falls in love with Caleb and then when he says he doesn’t want her at the camp because it isn’t safe she has a breakdown and becomes a whiny brat. I mean okay, with girls like Eve it makes sense why guys think girls are weak, stupid, and clingy. Then, it gets worse, after almost being raped by Leif, she says she isn’t sure whether she loves Caleb (nice sweet guy, rescues her repeatedly) or Leif (guy almost kicks her out of camp, later forces her into a make-out/almost rape session). She isn’t sure. What? And then her dumbness with the radio message causes two sweet people helping her to die. Wow, look how she repays people helping her. Just stupidity on her part throughout the book. But she is a very nice person. I’ll give her that. Sweet and docile and stupid.
Arden, the Best Friend: I liked Arden a lot. She was fiery, not fragile, rebellious, defiant and stubborn. Even before the plague her life wasn’t too great and I started to really care for her because of how she fought for survival. I want more Arden.
The Romance:
Caleb: So he saves her, and they go riding off on his horse. Then they hide in an abandoned helicopter. It’s obvious. Love. He protects her in the camp. They kiss. Happy, happy. Wait no, Eve is dumb so they fight.
Then….
The Villain?
Leif: Enter rushed love triangle caused by before mentioned stupid Eve. Leif isn’t evil, per say. No, he just almost kicks Eve out of camp, then she learns why he is the way he is (dead brother) and then she and Caleb fight (stupid Eve). Then she angrily plays piano with Leif in the room next to her. Later that night he practically attacks her (Caleb to the rescue) and she says she isn’t sure who she loves. Wow what a hard decision.
Caleb storms off and Leif sells her off to be used. Yep, again that was a really difficult decision.
Overall: I guess I focused a lot on the bad points of this book, kind of hard not to do when the bad point is the MAIN CHARACTER. Oh well, there were good parts too. The book moved well, the plot was interesting. Lots of action and the end leaves a definite cliff-hanger. Minor characters with some depth included and a great dystopian world with a culture that’s completely fallen to pieces. Great if you love dystopian novels although there are better ones available.
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