Renegades by Marissa Meyer Review
Renegades by Marissa Meyer is a thrilling book following Nova, a super-villain set on taking down the Renegades. The Renegades are a group of prodigies who use their superpowers to try and handle all evil in the city. Nova began disliking the Renegades at an early age after her whole family was killed by a group of evil prodigies while she hid inside a closet, waiting for the Renegades to come to rescue them. When the Renegades didn’t come, she realized that they will always let people down because they can’t take care of everyone. Her uncle, Ace Anarchy, founder of the Anarchists, a group of villain prodigies, took her in and gave her the name of Nightmare due to her power to put others to sleep by touching them and the ability to never need sleep. Now, as a 16-year-old, Nova plans to take down the Renegades by joining them and taking them down from the inside.
This book perspective switches between a boy named Adrian who is already a part of the Renegades and Nova. But, I do feel like the majority of the story was told from Nova’s point of view. Adrian is the son of a famous superhero with the power of drawing things and making them come to life. He’s always been a supporter of the Renegades and believes they only do good for society. But, he does feel like he doesn’t do enough for the prodigy team which drives him to create his own character as a hero of the city which he calls the Sentinel. Throughout the book, he appeared to be a determined and compassionate person which made him a likable character.
In my opinion, the book helps the reader bond with the characters and enjoy their personalities. Nova and her friends were presented as imperfect prodigies with a sizable amount of flaws that are unique to each character. For example, Nova’s flaws have changed the way the story went since the very beginning. I also liked how Meyer wove subtle romances into Renegades and let them develop rather than forcing two characters together. For example, from the beginning of the book, Adrian and Nova are put together but not in a way that makes them fall desperately in love with one another within the first few chapters. I also enjoyed how Nova interacted with different characters and how her demeanor changed depending on who she was with.
Nearly all aspects of these books were creative which made the book fun to read. I particularly enjoy when new fantastical ideas and plots are brought to life in a story. Renegades did seem to come to life when I read it. Like The Lunar Chronicles, this book is a science fiction novel. If you enjoyed The Lunar Chronicles and Heartless, the chances of you enjoying this book are quite high.
This is a very thorough analysis, and I liked how you included a lot of details from the book to support your claims. Your summary of the book was also very nice, as you provided me with enough information to understand the basic plot of the book. The only suggestion I have is to make the formatting of the review a bit better. As I didn't enjoy The Lunar Chronicles, I don't think I'll be reading Renegades, but I still appreciate your review.
ReplyDeleteThis review was very informative. I usually don't like books that are the same genre as what Renegades seems to be based off of your review. However, Renegades seems different from what I am currently reading now, so I will be sure to give it a try for the sake of variety.
ReplyDeleteI've read Renegades before and I really like your review on it! I agree that Marissa Meyer allowed the characters to come together but not in a way that seemed rushed. I also liked the fact that you mentioned other titles of books that Marissa Meyer had written before so that we could get a good sense of what this book would be like.
ReplyDeleteI read Renegades a year or so ago, and this review definitely does it justice as a unique fantasy book with romantic elements. I like how you included a detailed summary at the end and compared it to other books so that readers can decide if they might like it, but it might be nice if you included more details about your own opinions on the book instead of mostly summary. Overall, great job!
ReplyDeleteYour review is definitely informative, and as an avid Marissa Meyer reader myself, I will be sure to look for this novel the next time I'm in the library. I appreciate your in depth summary of the novel's plot and extensive analysis of the characters, complete with examples from the text itself. Furthermore, your characterization of Marissa Meyer's writing style was extremely helpful, as I was worried it would be drastically different from her previous novels which I thoroughly enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteGreat review! It was very informative, and I agree with most of it, except for the part about Marissa Meyer letting Nova and Adrian come together naturally. In my opinion, during the Renegade trials, Adrian has no reason at all to pick Nova except for plot reasons and 'there's something about her,' which feels very forced and push-together-y. I love the series though and again, great review!
ReplyDeleteI have been meaning to read this book, so thank you for reminding me to! I think the summary was very descriptive, which I enjoyed. However, I think you could improve this review a little bit by spending more time describing what you think of the book instead of what the book is about. Overall, I think I will definitely look at this book because it sounds like you really enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic review! Your synopsis of the book entailed the perfect amount of information to provide the reader with a good idea of the plot without giving them too many details and spoiling it. I also really liked that you explained the book followed two different perspectives, but focused more on Nova. I am intrigued by these types of books and it seems like you enjoyed it, so I will surely be checking this out soon!
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