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Hunger for Dystopian: Sampler
Tales of dangerous worlds set in futures both unrecognizable and startlingly familiar. Read sneak peeks of the hottest dystopian books around, including Divergent by Veronica Roth, Gone by Michael Grant, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Variant by Robison Wells, Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi, Eve by Anna Carey, and Partials by Dan Wells.
339 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 20, 2011
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Anna Carey
13 books2,311 followersAnna Carey has been a gift wrapper, face painter, nanny, horrific cocktail waitress, sofa saleswoman and children's book editor. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she can be found writing, reading, and referencing 90s pop culture.
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May 19, 2012
This is the best sampler I have read so far. Only one of these books ended up being something I didn't like.
Divergent/Delirium/Shatter Me- incredible
Gone/Partials- pretty good
Under the Never Sky/Variant- average
Eve -_- ugh
Book samplers are the greatest creation ever.
Divergent/Delirium/Shatter Me- incredible
Gone/Partials- pretty good
Under the Never Sky/Variant- average
Eve -_- ugh
Book samplers are the greatest creation ever.
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April 14, 2014Divergent - loved and couldn't put down
Delirium - loved, but not quite as good as Divergent
Gone - Interesting enough...but I don't NEED to read it by any means
Eve - Interesting. There's something there.
Shatter Me - Very interesting and confusing? and one I'd definitely like to read
Under the Never Sky - Another intriguing one I'd be interested in continuing
Variant - Interesting! One to continue!
Partials - Another good one I'd be interested in continuing
Ranking of books to continue that I haven't already finished:
1-Variant
2-Shatter Me
3-Partials
4-Eve
5-Under the Never Sky
6-Gone
Delirium - loved, but not quite as good as Divergent
Gone - Interesting enough...but I don't NEED to read it by any means
Eve - Interesting. There's something there.
Shatter Me - Very interesting and confusing? and one I'd definitely like to read
Under the Never Sky - Another intriguing one I'd be interested in continuing
Variant - Interesting! One to continue!
Partials - Another good one I'd be interested in continuing
Ranking of books to continue that I haven't already finished:
1-Variant
2-Shatter Me
3-Partials
4-Eve
5-Under the Never Sky
6-Gone
March 13, 2012
Thank you. I was downloading sample after sample to decide what next. This gave me great ideas on what I want to read, and what I will skip. I have already finished Divergent, and loved it. The sample is only 5 chapters, this book holds 9, which decided it for me. I am also pretty sure about the last three. This makes spending $9.99 much easier, and I have more confidence in my enjoyment of the book.
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November 4, 2012I have read Divergent, Under the never sky, Delirium , Gone, Shatter me, Eve. I have found some of my fav. books Here
January 19, 2014
This sampler was fantastic. What a brilliant marketing tool. I downloaded this sample for free from Amazon and I have bought and read 7 of the 8 books in the sample. I have gone on to by the sequels to those books as well. The samples give you just enough that I was hooked. The best hook out of all of them was Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. So glad I happened upon this little gem.
November 28, 2015
Free Download. Good amount of chapters each.
- Divergent, Gone, Delirium, Shatter Me - excellent series
- Eve - great
- Will try Variant & Partials
- Sky didn't grab me
Divergent by Veronica Roth, Gone by Michael Grant, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Variant by Robison Wells, Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi, Eve by Anna Carey, and Partials by Dan Wells.
- Divergent, Gone, Delirium, Shatter Me - excellent series
- Eve - great
- Will try Variant & Partials
- Sky didn't grab me
Divergent by Veronica Roth, Gone by Michael Grant, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Variant by Robison Wells, Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi, Eve by Anna Carey, and Partials by Dan Wells.
December 24, 2013
It's hard to rate a sampler, but it did get me interested in a number of the books. There's a good chunk of each to read, it was free, and a good variety of authors. I'd already read Divergent, but the rest were new to me.
January 27, 2014
Loved all of the samples of these books, can't wait to read them!
January 21, 2021
Divergent
by Veronica Roth
I keep feeling like I should give this book another chance. I don't remember much about the whole story as it's been a long time since I read it. I didn't care enough about it to read any of the sequels. Considering how popular it got, that's kind of insane to me. I think I was coming off having read a ton of dystopians at the time, so they'd all blended together.
Gone by Michael Grant
I really liked this series as a kid. In hindsight, there are definitely some serious issues with it regarding the treatment of an autistic character. I still have fond memories, but don't think as highly of it as I used to as a result.
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
I remember this being a lot better than it seems to me now. The book is definitely one with a fantastic concept, that's for sure. I really like Oliver as an author largely because of this series, too. Definitely about time for a reread, I think.
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Mafi's Shatter Me series romanticizes abuse. Period. I hate this series because of that.
Variant by Robison Wells
I had not heard of this book until now. Thus far, it hasn't really caught my attention. I feel like this is something I probably would have been all over a few years ago, but I dunno about now.
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Haha, I actually thought I'd read this one before, but turns out it was a different book. The missing mother trope isn't really my thing, to be honest, but I've heard a lot of good things about this series, so...you never know, maybe I'll pick it up one day.
Eve by Anna Carey
I'm gonna have to come back to this one when we're not all quarantined because of a pandemic. Oh my goodness, lol.
Partials by Dan Wells
Yesssss, actually this one has been on my TBR for a while. I really need to start it.
I keep feeling like I should give this book another chance. I don't remember much about the whole story as it's been a long time since I read it. I didn't care enough about it to read any of the sequels. Considering how popular it got, that's kind of insane to me. I think I was coming off having read a ton of dystopians at the time, so they'd all blended together.
Gone by Michael Grant
I really liked this series as a kid. In hindsight, there are definitely some serious issues with it regarding the treatment of an autistic character. I still have fond memories, but don't think as highly of it as I used to as a result.
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
I remember this being a lot better than it seems to me now. The book is definitely one with a fantastic concept, that's for sure. I really like Oliver as an author largely because of this series, too. Definitely about time for a reread, I think.
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Mafi's Shatter Me series romanticizes abuse. Period. I hate this series because of that.
Variant by Robison Wells
I had not heard of this book until now. Thus far, it hasn't really caught my attention. I feel like this is something I probably would have been all over a few years ago, but I dunno about now.
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Haha, I actually thought I'd read this one before, but turns out it was a different book. The missing mother trope isn't really my thing, to be honest, but I've heard a lot of good things about this series, so...you never know, maybe I'll pick it up one day.
Eve by Anna Carey
I'm gonna have to come back to this one when we're not all quarantined because of a pandemic. Oh my goodness, lol.
Partials by Dan Wells
Yesssss, actually this one has been on my TBR for a while. I really need to start it.
May 2, 2015
I gave this a 5 star, I like all the other book samplers. But not this one, it's name is Variant. It's weird, when I say that it is because it started out weird and ended the same way. But that is just me saying, other then that I really love this sampler and will buy some of them.
And here is what I will buy in this order: 1.Divergent, 2.Delirium, 3.Shatter Me, 4.Under The Never Sky, 5.Partials.
And here is what I will buy in this order: 1.Divergent, 2.Delirium, 3.Shatter Me, 4.Under The Never Sky, 5.Partials.
June 2, 2014
Great sampler. Didn't even get to finish it. I skipped about reading the excerpts that called out to men, and then couldn't rest until I had finished, not only the book to which said excerpts belonged, but all the books in the *series* in question.
Thank you, sampler, for introducing me to Tahereh Mafi and Veronica Rossi in particular!
Thank you, sampler, for introducing me to Tahereh Mafi and Veronica Rossi in particular!
January 6, 2013
Like the concept of this book. It includes more of each book than a kindle sample, so by the end of each book sample you know if you want to purchase and continue reading the book or not. If you like DT books and haven't read all of these yet, I do recommend it. It's free, so it can't hurt. ;)
February 14, 2013
Good sampler. I had already read 4 of the books, but the other four went on my tbr list, with three of them ones that I'm really looking forward to. One I probably wouldn't have bothered with without reading the sampler.
September 12, 2015
nice little sampling of different books in the genre, some were better than others, but I did enjoy it and have purchased some of the books previewed and intend to read some of the other ones. overall a great collection if you don't know what you want to read next.
December 21, 2013
I'll rate this e-sampler as a 4, not because I "really like" every book sampled, but because I really like how this enabled me to decide whether or not to read the books in the sample. My status updates reveal my opinions on the individual books.
January 4, 2015
A good mix
A good mix of books. Only one from the group I don't plan on reading. I've read two of them already but the others have officially made my list. And they give you enough of the story to get into the characters and the world.
A good mix of books. Only one from the group I don't plan on reading. I've read two of them already but the others have officially made my list. And they give you enough of the story to get into the characters and the world.
December 24, 2015
Great tastes of some novels I've added to my TBR pile. I like that they gave you enough of a sample to really get a feel for the book.
February 2, 2012
A good sampling of some great books - I've gotten a few out of the library to read because of liking the samples.
March 22, 2012
This was cool...helped me know which ones I really wanted to read and others that weren't down my alley.
September 11, 2012
I found a bunch of books I want to read after reading these samplers. I think it's great!
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September 22, 2012Read all of these, they are amazing!!
April 27, 2013
good idea to have so many samples in one book. found a few to read, and a few others i didn't want to.
November 10, 2012
I couldn't figure out what to read next and his had just enough of each book to decide which I had to read and which ones I just didn't have an interest in. Love samplers! :)
January 1, 2013
Great sampler. It gave me a good idea of which books I want to read next.
February 27, 2014
Long enough previews to give insight if the books are going to interest you or not. Looking forward to a few.
January 15, 2016
the best book I've read
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June 23, 2016The characters in this story make interesant and exciting the book
February 16, 2012
A good sampler that makes me want to but all of the ones here
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December 6, 2017This is how I find many the books I read. I read a story, if I like it I find in that series and that author.
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