Genre: YA Dystopia/Sci-fi
Pro-Feminist Content: ★★
Rage-Induction: >:( >:( >:( >:(
Yet another book I picked out based on the cover. I had no idea the author also co-wrote the Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist novel, but I understand that she's now contracted to write an entire series about the world described in Beta. Must be nice to have that kind of pull to lock in a multi-book deal when the first book is so awful.
On goodreads I did say that I'd bump up the rating just a little since I figure Cohn is a little out of her element genre-wise. That's why as bad as this book is, I'm hoping the feminist issues and shoddy writing get ironed out in the next book. Incidentally, the projected title for the second book--Emergent--sounds like it fits in better with the Divergent series, and seems titled that way to make people confused. Wouldn't it be better to name the book Alpha or Gamma or something? Or even, Beta: Insurgency or something.
