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The Gender Game is book one in a brand new series by Bella Forrest. This book was generously provided to me in exchange for an honest review by NetGalley, NightLight Press, and by Bella Forrest. I have to give so much credit to Bella Forrest for such a big change from her Shade of Vampire series. I would classify this book as Dystopian. I loved the world she has created here. It is so unique . This world consists of two societies. On one side of the river is Matrus, ruled by a Queen where women
(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to NightLight Press and NetGalley.) “Once you reach the other side of the river, trust no one, Violet. Do you understand me?” This was a YA dystopian story, in which different genders ruled in different cities.Violet was quite unfortunate in this story that she kept finding her way into trouble. At points it even seemed like she was doing it on purpose as she had very little regard for rules and
3.5 starsThis is a hard one to review. I liked the main character but the world drove me mad. It's not bad world building it's just that the world is so wrong that it makes you want to scream. Imagine a world ruled by feminazis on steroids. With men totally subjugated, told what to do, what to work and tested for violence at a young age and then if the show any sort of spine are (view spoiler)[ carted off to a mine - according to the government - when most likely the poor boys are just killed (...
Ok time to be honest and say although I've read the first two Shade of Vampire stories I just wasn't that impressed so in spite of friends loving that series I'd given up. Then I spotted this on Netgalley and was curious but when I looked online so many good and bad reviews popped up that I thought wow this is a contentious book and I need to decide for myself .Ignore the title and don't expect something along the lines of certain books and blockbusters that are popular with teens recently. This...
Forget the shoddy plot. The childish writing. The bland characters. Forget, even, the anvil heavy symbolism and imagery throughout the narrative. No, perhaps the most problematic thing about this book is the author’s complete misunderstanding of what exactly the patriarchy is. Dismantling toxic masculinity doesn’t work when you position your main love interest as a ‘rugged’ cage fighter who smells of pine and ‘virile’. Dismantling toxic masculinity doesn’t mean making a female character really
WOW! Being familiar with Bella's writing, I was thrilled that she was starting a new series. I dove in expecting the same type of story as I've become accustomed to with her Shade series (which I adore), but this was VERY different - in a VERY good way! The Gender Game drew me in and kept me enthralled from beginning to end. Although Bella tackled a completely different genre and theme in this book, her telltale descriptive writing and personable characters were still present...as were the most
I received this as ARC from Netgalley and I gotta say, I was not expecting this book to be very good. But boy was I wrong.This a story about a world where two countries are split by a river. On one side we have Matrus, on the other we have Patrus. Matrus is ruled by woman. Patrus is ruled by men..See now why I was hesitantIn Matrus there is Violet, our amazing, tough and protective Heroine. After attempting to save her brother from being sent off to the mines and failing, she gets put in the “sy...
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"matrus and patrus" i am in awe at these names. how astonishingly witty and original. another thing that's astonishingly witty and original: battle of the sexes. because wow because i've never heard that before. cutting-fucking-edge stuff right here guys. (EDIT: i just remembered this thing i wrote so i looked at it again and gfdgfgdgfdgfg i realised that not only are they just unoriginal but "matrus and patrus" are ways to make mother and father sound more Fancy and Sophisticated by using the c...
I found myself mentally digging deep into Bella Forrest’s The Gender Game for possibly some unintended symbolism or deep meanings? Two societies exist, separated by a toxic river. Not only are their ideologies different, but the battle of the sexes has taken a very ugly turn as one side of the river is dominated by women and the other by men. The men of Matrus are powerless, pieces of property, much as women have been seen as for centuries past, while the women of Patrus are also the lowest form...
This is the first book I’ve read by Bella Forrest, and I’m looking forward to the rest of the series! This is a dystopian Young Adult series that should appeal to readers of The Hunger Games and Divergent and similar books. First the negatives: the characters aren’t very developed. Main character Violet is fairly developed, everyone else is kind of thin, basically a trope (handsome brooding muscled guy who is drawn to heroine? Check! Teacher/mentor who feels heroine is best student she’s ever ha...
I enjoyed this book so much! It has a riveting storyline, intriguing characters, and a refreshing protagonist. it's fast paced. has many twists and turns. for me its been a long time since i read a dystopia series and or book, and this one is pretty good one to get me but into it, the only thing i didn't like is that it dose copy the hunger games just a bit in it's wording. but besides that i would recoomend it to anyone who likes dystopias and Sci-fi books
DNF at 25%I was sent this book by the publisher on Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.Sadly, I can't bring myself to finish this book as of right now. I can't say that this book is really bad, but I also didn't enjoy anything about it. I found the writing extremely flat. The narrative was full of pointless information and tiny details that only bored me, and it was a info-dump nightmare. Even the new characters were introduced in a very info-dumpy and totally not realistic way. Like, she
i never saw a premise so awfullike... how can anyone not see how inherently transphobic and enbyphobic this isi bet there isn't a single trans character in this book & that non-binary genders aren't mentioned at allthis looks like it's such a huge mess smh
In this curious story about the split between the genders, we see a dystopian world where the countries of Matrus and Patrus are split by a toxic river. Patrus is a Patriarchy, where women have no rights and belong to their husband. They are little better than pets and are treated as such. In Matrus, we have the Matriarchy. Women are the ruling class, allowing few men to live in their midst. They tolerate little violence and even test young boys that are born to screen them for 'undesirable' mal...
I have to stop buying $1 Young-Adult Kindle Reads and expecting them to be well written and well plotted. Played myself.
Actual rating 2.5 stars.I received this in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley. Thank you to the author, Bella Forrest, and the publisher, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, for this opportunity.The Gender Game is set in a world where the community is divided on two sides of a river bordered by toxic wasteland. One side is a society dominated by men, and the other a society dominated by women. This seemed like a unique and exciting foundation for a novel, but, unfortunately, i...
*ARC received from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review*2.5 starsWhen I saw the blurb, I immediately wanted this book. Then I saw the author and knew I just had to have it. But sadly I'm left underwhelmed and confused. The biggest letdown was the romance because.... What romance? There was 1 kiss and what I would call a barely there friendship. The whole book leads up to this big climax and the climax just ended up being a big ball of confusion. Who did what and why? Then there were burst...
(I got a free copy from NetGalley)The premise of this book is ridiculous. The secret service of a country, with direct input from the queen, needs two people to carry out a dangerous mission in order to prevent a national crisis. Who to choose? How about our protagonist, a 19 year old juvenile delinquent, currently incarcerated? She has a history of impulsive, self destructive, violent acts and no experience at anything related to this mission. Her only skill is she has been trained in self defe...
(I received a copy from Netgalley, In exchange for an honest review.)A generous 3.5I felt quite sorry for the main character in this at points. For most of the story she was an okay character, but there were times where she annoyed me slightly. This started out quite good, and I was really interested to see where it was going to go. Unfortunately though, after the first 25% or so, it went downhill a bit for me.It was still an interesting read, but there were a few parts that dragged for me, as t...