Possession [Paperback]

I enjoyed reading the book, it kept me in and I didn't want to put it down, but I feel there was a slight something missing that could have made the book a 5 star!

Admittedly it was nice to see a girl who rebels, that you don't see in many books, it always tends to be the boys and the girls just go along with it because they are dumbstruck by love.

The love hate relationship between the two o these characters was one of the things that helped to keep me hooked I think, I liked the characters but I do believe Violet could have been just a bit more interesting, just a little bit though.

I read the book and a did enjoy it but think it could be slightly better, I will be reading the second one as it has just come through the door this morning which is quite lucky I guess!

I brought my copy from my local water-stones store and left a review on here:)

This is one of those books where I think readers are going to be divided, some of us will love it and some of us won't (despite trying). I really, really wanted to love this because it has such great potential to be brilliant. The basics of the plot are as follows (since Amazon UK appear to have forgotten to give us a product description for this one so I've summarised one):

Violet is classified as a "Good girl" which means she lives in the "good" section of town where girls and boys don't mix. Goodies like Violet don't have to worry about starvation and infact they don't have to worry about anything because it's all under control. But under control by the Thinkers. Thinkers tell people (subconsciously, as the Thinkers send instructions whilst we sleep) how to live, who to love, how many children to have - essentially they set the rules and if you don't follow them then you're in big trouble.

But there's always one isn't there? A rebel, someone who doesn't accept being controlled. And that someone is Violet. Violet breaks smaller rules all the time, but she gets caught a lot too. Infact, this time Violet has gone too far and she's been arrested for walking in the park with her approved match Zenn. Good girls don't walk in the park with boys. But Violet isn't the only one whose been caught, Jag (a baddie living in the bad zone) has also been taken to prison.

Essentially we follow the two opposing worlds as they try to escape the prison but also escape control. What I loved about this story was the love-hate relationship between these two characters. They were well developed characters but I have to admit I just didn't like Violet. I found her irritating (she waffles on about the same things A LOT and she's not particularly interesting either), which is something I've never experienced before with a character. Having said this, I tried my best to look past this and enjoy the Dystopian world that had been created which actually was quite interesting.

Initially I picked this up because the idea sounded great, and if I'm honest, I was looked for something that would be similar to Ally Condie's "Matched" series (which is a much much better version of this story) and I was left disappointed. I'd like to recommend this but I really struggled to finish it so I can't. It's a shame though because it did seem like it would be a great read.

Possession is a thoughtful novel set in a world not unlike our own but in the near future. Technology has been developed to be used as a way to monitor and control the general population into near slavery.

The story follows the story of Vi. Vi is a good girl who does bad things like walks in the park with boys even though she is told not to. The story kicks off when she is once again arrested and put into a cell and meets Jag.

The thing I liked most about this story is the volatile relationship between Vi and Jag. They spark off each other, fight like cat and dog but also make an awesome team. I liked seeing how Vi was so drawn to Jag even though she shouldn't have been but also seeing how at times she stood on her own two feet and did things herself.

The plot has several twists and turns along the way which were definitely entertaining and added to the complexity of the story and the pace all the way through was break neck meaning it ended up being a vey fast read.

The only thing I would say against it is I did get the feeling whilst reading it that I read the story before. There were lots of ideas taken from other books and used in the slightly different way and I'm starting to get the feeling that dystopian fiction has had its day.

By the time I had finished the book I was left with the feeling that there was lots more story left to tell and that the author had only just started to set up the story. I imagine the story as a whole will have many more twists and turns left to throw at the reader.