The Girl Who Dared to Think Kindle Edition

An author who is highly verbose is not necessarily a trait that should be avoided by the reading public. Some of our most renown authors could be classified as such; the names of Dickens and Tolstoy quickly come to mind. These are authors who use the extra discourse to further have the reader understand the focus of the novel, to paint an illustrious portrait of the environment to which he/she is leading us or to further deepen the characterization of its cast. They never use this space to bloviate upon meaningless events that send the reader through mazes that lead no where, and never respond like they are being paid by the word rather than the substance.This author, Bella Forrest, is certainly not in that classification. At the end of this long, drawn out word salad we have no idea of what this so-called tower looks like, what occurred to cause it to arise nor how this society was able to build something that is mechanically impossible to produce (a structure that is 1 mile high! 526 stories!). We also have no conclusion of how are heroine can ‘strap’ her way around this edifice carrying a 200 pound man on her back! What we have, instead, are weakly developed characters, more effort put towards meaningless and trite descriptions of events that have nothing to do with an overall plot, and a leading heroine who makes decisions based on impulses rather than any pure thought. This last trait quickly leads to the death or misfortune of everyone around her. Ah yes! What a great role model for YA to follow!This menagerie of diffuse thoughts goes on and on for a number of sequels from this hollow beginning. It will do so with out me, however..................

I’d like to give it 4 stars but something major (to me ) holds me back. Even though the author went to great lengths to describe the tower, I was never able to grasp it. It became this thing in my head that I had to overlook and just focus on other parts of the story. The tower is so integral to the storyline that I found myself frustrated very often. Maybe it was just me.... but even looking at the cover didn’t help and I just couldn’t visualize their world. If I had been able to, I know I would have enjoyed this much more.The lashes partially eluded me as well. I didn’t understand exactly what they were. I had to picture them as Spider-Man’s webs in order to get past it. Like just how big IS this apparatus? How does it connect to her? Is it threaded through special clothing only?Anything that I tried to piece together from the story regarding lashes, frustrated me so I blew it off.That said, I was made to care about the characters and look forward to seeing what happens next.

I'm a little over all the YA dystopian books as they are nearly all written in the same style with the same plot line, but The Girl Who Dared to Think actually got my interest in a big way. It reminded me slightly of the Children of Eden (fantastic book, cleverly written btw), in the world building.Liana is our main character, who lives in a literal tower as the world was destroyed years ago. The AI (yup...you already get the gist of what's going to happen...) that powers the tower provides everything they could possibly need with floors for agriculture, security, medicine, and so on. Definitely not a bad place to live considering the alternative is a wasteland, but for Liana and her fellow people life is not about enjoying the things around you, it's all about the number they wear on their wrist. Each person, when they reach a certain age, is given a bracelet to wear that shows off their number ranking that the AI gives them by monitoring them. A ten is the highest ranking, but Liana knows that tens rarely, if ever, show real emotion. If you fall to a three, you are required to get treatment, and it's something Liana desperately wants to avoid. And when the horrible happens, and her number starts slipping she knows it's only a matter of time before they come for her.Okay, so I really can't go much farther with the plot as I don't want to give it away. That being said...I really liked this book! The characters were nicely fleshed out, and I empathized with all the characters. The plot moved along at a good speed, and there might have been one or two times when I was starting to get bored, but that was only due to the love scenes that did bore me. For some reason I just didn't care about Liana and Grey in that sense, and I do love romances, so that was surprising. I think I was just too into the story to care about slowing down for the little romance that blossoms. It wasn't done horribly, nor was it instant, I just wanted to see the action. The end does have a cliffhanger, but not a terrible one. Luckily for me, all the books are out in this series so I'm pretty happy...until I noticed it's SEVEN books. Really? Seven? I've started series before that were awesome, I'm looking at you Gender Games, that after the fourth or fifth book I was ready to call it quits as it was the same old, same old with no conclusion in sight. Let's hope this one doesn't disappoint!In all, I really did enjoy this book!

Bella Forrest did a fantastic job with this one. If you’re a fan of strong female leads, a dash of romance, and a flawed post-apocalyptic society, then this is the book for you.The author managed to do a lot of world building without hindering plot advancement, and not too many details with the potential to bore the reader.The Tower is life, and every person must dedicate their lives to service the Tower. But with a flawed ranking system bound for failure, how can a curious Liana keep her head down?

The book was really well written and mostly quite gripping... but I hate it when books end suddenly with no warning in the middle of an event seemingly just to get you to buy the next one. Makes me want to dump it just to resist the mercenary pressure put on the reader by a cynical author. Writing should be about meeting the needs of the reader, not just enlarging the bank balance of the writer.I hadn't realised it was the 1st book in a series of 7 books. Not trusting the same type of ending to happen again in each book, I decided to read the reviews of the last one in the series (The Girl Who Dared to Fight) and that made it very clear to me why there was no way I was ever going to buy the rest of them despite really dying to know what happened next. I strongly suggest you read those reviews very carefully before wasting your money!It is a very sad thing when a capable author completely cops out of providing a satisfying conclusion to the tale they have woven so convincingly up to that point. The cop out wasn't even original by all accounts and review after review said how disappointed they were!

Apparently these books are for young adults.. I think they mean teenagers? Well I’m definitely not young and I love this series! It is definitely my favourite series since the Divergent series. I’ve read some of Bella Forrest’s work before and, whilst I have enjoyed it, I always saw it as a bit of light reading before moving onto something more challenging and immersive. The Gender Game series and this series go above and beyond my expectations! I absolutely love how the two intertwine. Unlike with other series like The Maze Runner, I really feel an attachment to the characters and become deeply invested in their fates. Fantastic work!!

Ever since the tower was introduced in the Gender Games books, I hoped I could learn more.. and here we are. The idea of the tower is a terrifying concept and bordering on totalitarianism in its concept, I would not fit in and nor do I have the balls to take on the system! Bella Forrest gives your younger readers an amazing read tackling relationships, challenging identity and how we all fit into society. As an adult I have found the books compelling but sometimes obvious, this has not stopped me obsessively reading them and I always find a surprise around the corner to challenge my concept fo the story and proving me wrong. I have recommended these books to my friends, I wish they had been around when I was a teenager, young people have a feast of interesting relevant books to read now a days and Bella Forrest seems to give them what they want.

A well thought out concept with a great storyline to go with it. The characters are engaging and very likable. The concept of the wristband and being judged on your emotions is a great idea for the storyline. Makes you appreciate our ability to use free will unlike those in the books. The book is very fast paced and gets you hooked and engaged in the storyline very quickly. Definitely worth the read. Can't wait for book 2!

It is one of those books, that you start and then don't want to stop. It does slow towards the end.The characters are nicely described, as is the action, without constantly using similes and metaphors.The latter types of books seem to get the accolades, but I prefer the books that are able to paint the picture without constant use of them.