Dr. Andy's Reviews > The Pledge

WOW I AM SO DISAPPOINTED!

I read this book like 8-10 years ago or something and I freaking adored it so much. It was like the BEST BOOK EVER. HOW WAS I SO WRONG!?

This book really annoyed me. Like the plot was super choppy and the characters were quite ridiculous. Especially Charlaina and Brooklynn. Brooklynn's defining quality was that she was "boy crazy". I'm not even kidding, it says exactly that. She was described this way so many freaking times that I wanted to hit something. Then, to make matters worse, Charlie looks down on Brooklynn for this and gets so high and mighty about it. Like being comfortable in your sexuality is a bad thing! (PSA ITS NOT). Their whole friendship continued to mystify me throughout this book, I do not understand it.

Then there was Max and Charlie. Wow I really loved them the first time and now not so much. Yeah they had some chemistry, but things moved way too fast for this book. It was not my cup of tea. Ugh. Lastly, this book was basically propaganda for this false country. There were pages I would read and think "Wow I literally read straight propaganda for the crown of Ludania" and Charlie was like "these freaking rebels need to stop it". Ugh I just can't with this.