Problematic Review: Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth.

Found on: Goodreads. 

The Problem: A young adult author wrote a blog post basically claiming that Care the Mark was racist. This was all it took to start a with hunt on Twitter. The opinion of one person was enough to convince people (who hadn't even read the book) , that it was racist.  Twitter has been filled with comments about how white people cant have an opinion on racism. Right...there is nothing racist about telling a whole race of people they are not allowed to have an opinion. Anyways, the whole situation surrounding this book is why I'm blogging again. A very politically correct  attitude has developed among the young adult blogging community lately. If a ya author writes a book with all white characters they are racist, but it they include people of color they're culturally appropriating. So young adult authors are basically screwed no matter what they do. If is no wonder why so many authors now fear accusations of racism. 

Shortly before the release of Carve the Mark, Veronica Roth participated in this harmless interview. People with nothing better to do decided that to label CTM as ablest. This is easily one of the dumbest accusations I have ever seen. 

Trigger Warning: Review contains spoilers!!!

The review: Carve the Mark was surprisingly boring for a book with so much controversy surrounding it. It took me a very long time to get just half way through this book. I just felt like nothing much happens after the beginning. Akos just spends a lot of time hanging out with Cyra, Crya's brother pops in every now and then to do something evil, and this is all that happens for the first like 300 pages. I was expecting an adventurous science fiction novel, but it was more like a fantasy romance. 

I also feel like Carve the Mark tried to be a a little too much like Star Wars. Instead of the whole "I'm your father" thing we got , "We don't have the same father." Also there is the whole force like power that people develop in their teens. Not very original! 

I did enjoy the romantic relationship between Cyra and Akos, They don't fall in love instantly which is refreshing to see in a ya book. I really liked the two of them together. It gave me something to root for in this otherwise dull novel. I won't be reading the sequel just because I don't care enough to continue their story.

This is yet another problematic book, that doesn't deserve such a title. The entire time I was reading it  I was like "where is the racism?" Crya comes from a very diverse culture, which is mentioned throughout the book. It is also revealed that Thuvhe i.e. the white people started the conflict. There is just no reason at all to call this book racist!

Problematic Review: Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali

Found On: Twitter

The Problem: A whole bunch of sheep in Twitter were offended by the cover. They decided (without reading it naturally) Max was a problematic book, that "Normalizes Nazis.". I even saw one Twitter user apologize to all her Jewish friends. I honestly thing it is stupid to criticize a book for normalizing Nazis. Nazis were normal people like you, and me. This is what makes is so damn scary!

The Review:

Wow what a ride! I had no idea what to make of this book at first. Max is a baby, but he has the mentality of an adult. He remembers being in the womb and he can understand pretty much everything going on around him. It was kind of hard to get used to at first. I did eventually get used to it.

What I enjoyed most about this book was definitely, the relationships that Max develops throughout his childhood. Some of the stuff that happens with his mother is absolutely heartbreaking. This book made me cry on several occasions. He also develops a friendship with an older Jewish boy. Through this friendship, Max begins to question the things he has been brainwashed into believing.

Max doesn't not deserve to be considered a problematic book. There was nothing in this book that was pro-Nazi. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I suggest that all you Twitter sheep stop judging this book by its cover!

Amount of Times I Cried: At least 6.

Rating: 4 stars.

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Since I quit blogging 6 years ago, the young adult book blogosphere has become littered with butt hurt sjw's. To see evidence of this one needs look no further then Goodreads where these problematic books (and their) authors are the target of salty social justice warrior types. These butt hurt millennials are the reason I decided to start this new blog. I'm ONLY going to review books that are considered problematic by the politically correct crowd. I'm doing this because, I abhor political correctness and censorship!