Always been a Veronica Roth fan although I found this to be a little disappointing. I did still enjoy it but it felt very different from the other books of hers I’ve read and loved

Firstly, I want to say I really enjoyed The Divergent books (except book 3 fell alittle flat towards the end), because of this I was excited to read something else by Veronica Roth. I also love a good dystopian fiction, so this should have been a no brainer for me. I loved the sound of it and the blurb really gripped me.

However, this story just isn’t working for me. I haven’t even finished chapter 1 and it just isn’t doing it for me. I just feel like I’m rereading divergent but slightly different. Maybe 1984 crossed with Divergent, I’m even getting Hunger Games vibes. With the different sections and people getting more or less depending on the area they live in.

I wish I could give this book a good do. Maybe I'll try again in the future, but at the minute I just feel like I’m reading something I’ve already read a hundred times before.

Everyone knows Sonya Kantor's face - she was the poster girl for the Delegation who ruled the Seattle-Portland megalopolis.
The Delegation monitored everyone via Insights - ocular implants that recorded everything that was done and said.
When the Delegation was overthrown, Sonya was imprisoned alongside other people deemed to have done wrong by serving the Delegation.
Ten years after the fall of the Delegation, Sonya is given the chance to earn her freedom by finding out what happened to a missing girl who was taken from her family by the Delegation.
Sonya's search uncovers buried secrets and truths she might not want to face.

The blurb for this book really intrigued me, and I was looking forward to reading it.
I found Sonya to be a likeable and relatable protagonist. She was being punished for something that she'd done as a teen, something that wasn't harmful, but as the face of the Delegation she couldn't exactly be allowed to walk around freely by the new regime.
I liked finding out more about Sonya and I really felt for her - her family were all dead and she was basically waiting to die herself, living with barely anything of her own, in a place that sounded really stifling and depressing.
I really liked Sonya's relationship with her neighbour Nikhil, who was someone she knew from before their imprisonment.
The setting was interesting, as was the comparison between the Delegation and the Triumvirate who replaced them - it was quite thought-provoking.
The plot was enjoyable and held my attention. While I was surprised by some things that happened, I wasn't gripped.
The writing style was easy to follow.

Overall, this was an enjoyable read.

I really enjoyed this book. Before I started reading it I remember reading a review on Goodreads that says Veronica Roth is really good at the aftermath of a dystopian event and that really hits the nail on the head. Set 10 years after an uprising of a surveillance state, we follow Sonya, AKA Poster Girl, the face of the Delegation which was overthrown, as she tries to find freedom from her prison by solving the disappearance of an illegal second child.

I enjoyed the plot and although a bit slow at times I really liked reading how the people loyal to the Delegation were coping in their prison, and how the outside world was trying to revert back to a pre-digital age. The one thing that was a bit meh was the romance angle which just fell a bit flat.

I gave this book a few chances, but it wasn't for me. I loved her other books though. Thank you for the review copy.

Veronica Roth is back in the dystopian genre and I couldn't be more thrilled. It was a great addition to the genre. Scarily reflective of the modern age, but that's what dystopian fiction is, right?

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an e-ARC copy of this book, in exchange for this honest review.

Veronica Roth does it again. I really loved this story and it is a shame that it is a standalone book. I enjoyed the characters and dystopian world that is similar but not the same as our own. I have missed Veronica Roth and hope she returns soon with another book

I love Veronica Roth's adult books, and this did not dissappoint. With a really interesting set up, with our main character Sonya being the literal poster child for the previous overthrown dystopian government, having been held in a prison for loyalists for the past 10 years. That is until her dead fiancé's brother comes to her with a proposal - she works with him and the new government to uncover the mystery of a lost child, and she can earn her freedom.

This book was a really interesting read, as it takes a loyalist to an arguably totalitarian government, and throws them into a situation where she has to interact with a world she has no idea how to exist in, as one of the most recognisable faces of the previous regime. I really enjoyed reading about this dynamic, and seeing Sonya's progression throughout the book.

I really liked Sonya as a character, and like Roth's other adult novels she really felt like a fully formed person. She has lived a full, and at many points painful, life that have lead her to be the jaded, cynical person she is at the start of the novel. She was just the sort of protagonist I love.

I wasn't sure the big twist of the book was completely earned or set up, however it did surprise me, so that was good. I also thought the book was paced really well, and I loved the world building Roth does throughout.

I also wasn't totally convinced by the romance in this book, but it definitely grew on me throughout, and I had definitely warmed to me by the time the characters got together.

I really liked the ending of this book, and where Sonya ends up. I think it was a really realistic ending and while it was somewhat bittersweet, it was the best ending for her, and I really liked the way Roth built up to this ending.

I loved this book and read it in two sittings, I couldn’t stop reading. Thought-provoking, shocking, heart-breaking, harrowing… i felt palpably tense reading this from beginning to end in a great way. It had, for me, feelings of a Malorie Blackman novel; which is meant as a great compliment! A great dystopian novel that makes you think differently of certain aspects of the society we live in today. I will certainly be looking out for additional works from Veronica Roth after reading this!

I really enjoyed this novel from Veronica Roth not having read anything from her since the Divergent series. This was an intriguing and exciting dystopian novel.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for a copy of the novel in exchange for an honest review

I’m on the fence about this novel. It’s set in a future which doesn’t feel like a hundred years from ours, with a surveillance state which has been overthrown and a protagonist who, due to their age, was incarcerated for being a supporter of the old state. We then have a mystery and some romance which works well, it’s just, I think it felt a little tropy and on the nose - I want escapism, however, this felt like I was reading the news from tomorrow. Almost scary in that respect. So, this is for fans of the Divergent trilogy, future dystopia and easy sci-fi.

Sonya is the former poster girl for the Delegation. She's been imprisoned for the ten years since the Delegation fell, when an old enemy comes to her with a deal: find a missing girl who was stolen from her parents by the old regime, and earn her freedom.

I really loved this idea of exploring a dystopian world in the wake of an uprising, it poses very interesting questions about those in power and those complicit by existing within and benefiting from certain regimes, as well as whether anyone in power can truly be good. I also liked having an older protagonist navigating this landscape as it's not something you see often in dystopian narratives.
Sonya is jaded, and critical of both sides, and she doesn't shy away from the parts she played in an oppressive system, all of which make her a compelling character to follow. Her relationships with others, both in "the Aperture" and beyond were dynamic and didn't feel simply surface level.
The world building was nice and straightforward, with just a few necessary complexities that were relevant to the story we were following.

Overall a really enjoyable and unique twist on the genre.

Thank you netGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for my e-arc of this title, received in exchange for an honest review.

This was yet another really interesting and well written book by Veronica Roth! I found the exploration of surveillance in society both fascinating and disturbing at the same time, given that the world that Sonya operates in is not too far removed from our own. The steps society would take to get from where it is now, to where it got to in this book are not many and entirely plausible, which is certainly an unpleasant thought. I thought that Roth did a fantastic job at examining the benefits of such a society, allowing the reader to understand why people would accept such restrictions and miss them when the society was overturned. This was very much a plot and ideas book, rather than a character study, but given that Sonya was the eponymous 'poster girl' and somewhat of a blank slate for people to hold up as a behaviour goal, the lack of character depth worked well. This won't be a book for everyone, but I found it very compelling indeed.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This is my first novel by the author that i have fully read. (yes i am behind the curve here). I really enjoyed this dystopia novel. It was s slow burn mystery thriller that you picked up little breadcrumbs of the story all along. It seemed every supporting character in the novel had a role in the overall impact. The explosion of this was a shock and i even said no freaking way at some points because it was unexpected. This book is about being the top of a regime the princess of this royalty and what happens when that reality is overthrown and you become the outcast and the criminal. This book gives many vibes to it such as : Atonement, Hunger Games, 1948 and others. I think it stayed in its own lane and so I am not connecting them and judging them more that it has a nod to these other classic books/books many of us have read. This book is also set in a futuristic Russia, with conspiracy, mystery, big government, politicians with bad pasts and the families all caught in the middle.

Veronica has always done dystopian stories incredibly well, and I was ecstatic to receive my copy of Poster Girl to review. In many ways, this book was hard to put down - it was unexpected, and different in a way that was refreshing. However, parts of the book fell flat and I was surprised to learn that this was being marketed as Adult, as it felt very YA to me. With a few edits, I feel it would be a major hit for the YA audience more so than adults.

Firstly, I love Veronica Roth and will read anything she writes. I also love dystopian fiction, so this should have been a no brainer. However, this story just didn't work for me, I wasn't engaged with the characters or the story. I can see why others would love it, the concept of being on the losing side is fascinating. I wish I had loved this book, maybe I'll try again in the future.

I didn’t really think this was my cup of tea as a book but I wanted to give it a try as I have enjoyed some of her others and I was right but I did read it and I can see others being a blittle g fan of this book! Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for access to this book

I’ve enjoyed Veronica Roth since Divergent came out when I was a teenager, so I was really looking forward to this one.

The setting, the world building and the characters instantly drew me in. I don’t usually get along with dystopian novels but I really felt for our main character and was rooting for her.

Really disappointed when I realised it was a stand alone, but looking forward to what Veronica Roth does next!

This was an interesting take on dystopia! Instead of focusing on the rebellion, it focuses on a woman who was a teenage girl as part of the old, bad government before it was overcome. I liked this perspective as we follow Sonya through her realisation that her old government wasn't good and she was groomed to be a certain way as a teenager. It's some really tough realisations for her and I liked that progression for her character. Overall, an interesting book with some very strong themes around technology and morals.

WOW!!!!! Hooked from the first page and read this book in one sitting… Full of tension and suspense. A real page turner