The Fates Divide audiobook

I got this on the strength of Divergent not the last book in this series. This was a lot better then the first book. I wanted to give it 3.5 stars but is it such an improvement on the last book I thought it deserved a round up rather then down. It is still very slow paced, and there are probably less fights in this book then there were in the last book, but the story is much better and fills in many of the holes/problems in the first book. There is a lot more political intrigue, maneuvering, and manipulation along with some big plot twist.The book is written in the first person for Cyra, and Cisi (Akos' sister), and in the third person for Akos himself. This I think was a good choice as in the past Veronica Roth has said she write better in the voice of her female characters.Since the last book the brutal war on the planet Thuvhe, between the Thuvhe and the warrior nomadic Shotet has been notices and taken center stage in the interplanetary politics. Everyone has their own agenda. With the return of the most ruthless leader for the Shotet people causalities are mounting on both sides. Is all hope for peace gone?Akos, Cyra and Cisi has seen their fates as both a curse and a burden. Now they might has to accept that their fates were just the start of their journey and their gifts/powers can be used for so much more. Maybe it is the comic fan in my but I love when people push the boundries or find new applications for their powers. These characters current gifts develop as much as their characters in this book.The book starts off as slowly as the other book left off, you have to get past the first 150 pages for the book to really get going the last 200 or so pages is where it really turner into a page turner. However they are still parts that are drawn out or not the best thought out plans. This could be put down to the characters being quite young and reckless, so no knock on the writing. I good book I am glad I persevered with it.

As I was one of the few who actually liked the first book Carve the Mark I am really excited for this continuation of the story!Edit 16th April - ThoughtsI enjoyed The Fates Divide more than the first one. This was a good continuation of the story. I felt immersed into it right away - Veronica Roth didn't take long to get right to business. The characters and their relations felt more flashed out - it was like a game of chess and we saw every piece move across the board. It didn't feel like Cyra and Akos were the main characters at times - the rest were just as important if not more. I noticed this already in the Divergent series - sometimes the side characters are more important to Veronica Roth than her actual main characters. I didn't have a problem with it in this case - it all played into the theme of "the fates", the invisible hand moving the pieces across the chess board.And no side was painted evil - Thuve and Shotet may be enemies, but both sides have their good and bad people. And just because of the bad people, you can't condemn the good people aswell. This was made clear perfectly throughout the book.Veronica Roth really has a way with titles - she always stays true to the theme. And she always comes back to the title/the theme of the title, in this case Fate. It all revolved around fate - are you the slave of your fate or can you choose your own fate?I absolutely love this about all of her books!The twists and turnes were real! At one point I just sat there, jaw dropping and needed to take a minute to process all the information. This story kept me hooked all the way through!And I absolutely loved this book, up until the actual ending. I think the problem was that I had Allegiant in my head and expected such an ending. I couldn't stop comparing it.It would've been a pleasing ending, if Veronica Roth wasn't the author. I honestly absolutely loved Allegiant and its ending. (view spoiler)[ I would've loved for Cyro and Akos to die. Ok, that sounds cruel. But then they would've become martyrs, legends even. Their sacrifice would be the ultimate reminder for the rest of this solar system, a reason to keep the piece. A Kereseth and Noavek dying for each other, their people enemies at war, but their love is undying.Ok, my little fantasy is probably getting out of hand here ... maybe the way Veronica Roth wrote it, it's better :'D (hide spoiler)]I would love this to become a movie. Honestly, I think this could be turned into a great movie adaptation!Edit 14th April 2018It's here!!! I have it ["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>

I actually really loved the completion of this duology! I remember being hesitant about reading the first book when it first came out because of the mixed reviews but I usually don’t let that prevent me from checking out a book, and I actually did enjoy the first. But in my opinion, this second book was even better! There were so good twists and yeah someone does die in the first 20 pages, but the story just keeps you interested. I honestly probably would have said this is a one sitting read but it was really nice out and my husband was home and the dogs wanted to go out a lot so had distraction after distraction. Anyways, this is a good finale to the duology. I am completely satisfied with this duology! Enjoyed it very much!My quick and simple overall: everyone plays out for their fates but the fate isn’t set in stone with the way it works out. Very entertaining conclusion!

This duo-logy had characters that were everything but at a different level. Emotional...throwing suppressed feelings flying everywhere.Intelligent...striking your mind numb and starting it again.Fierce...in a way that led you to think was fate really a must weapon or all you have to do is have belief in yourself.Independent...still bound by invisible chains.The story line was a bit shaky but I loved how the characters hada few choices to make but still managed to get out of those few options what they wanted.A good story overall.

Space was not a finite container, but that didn't mean it was empty. Asteroids, stars, planets, the current stream; space debris, ships, fragmented moons, undiscovered worlds; this was a place of endless possibility and unfathomable freedom. It was not nothing, it was everything.I had some mixed feelings about the first book, but I entirely loved this one! It was so good!The inclusion of Eijeh and Cisi's perspectives really added a lot to the story and the world. We got to see so much more through them than just through Akos and Cyra, and it was greatly appreciated. I got my more planets wish and got some awesome visuals along the way (Ogra is my dream aesthetic)The themes were great in this, and the pacing was also great. Everything was great.I was hesitant about the Lazmet death retcon, but it was done really well and added a lot to the story. The plot twists were all super effective and the hard-hitting moments were pretty intense.Let me just say that I hate Isae Benesit and will never like her. The end.(note to Veronica Roth: PLEASE do not make this a trilogy! Two is fine! An unresolved political drama is perfectly okay to leave hanging. Don't pull an Allegiant on us again!)

While the first novel was very much a world-building novel that focused on just one or two specific locations, The Fates Divide is somehow more of an introspective character piece that spans across different planets. It focuses less on the larger world and more on how the characters perceive it. The world-building in Carve the Mark was done through the characters of Cyra, Akos, and company, but the world-building in The Fates Divide is what complicates and develops the characters’ interpersonal relationships. It’s a really fascinating, yet subtle, switch.Another way The Fates Divide is different from its predecessor is the pacing and urgency of the story itself. The political intrigue, as well as the constant threat of pain and suffering, set a pretty quick pace in Carve the Mark. The Fates Divide is much more deliberate and slow-moving. Yes, political intrigue, pain, and physical suffering are still present, but they’re not the driving force of the novel.

Okay wow just tear my heart into pieces and stitch it all back together why don't you

4/5 stars Death isn't the only punishment you can give someone. You can also give them nightmares. TW: Self harm, genocide, PTSD, violence After the events of the first book, the second book picks up in a blast and blooms war and dangerous currents in its wake. More POVs are added, and specifically Akos' sister's point of view, more characters get tangled in the story and everything expands as revalations keep piling up and the world is better explored. I read this a few days after a reading slump, with my heart in my throat, hoping it wouldn't pull me into another one, but it was thankfully quick and fun, exactly like the first installment. The characters developed for better or worse, the plot thickened and the world building got deeper as we saw more planets, something that was probably my favourite part of the book. The way trauma and grief are presented in the story were also something I absolutely loved. It makes me so happy that more and more authors strive to present mental health and mental illness in a respectful and well researched way, because it is something that touches so many subjects of one's reality. The characters here go through a lot of dark things such as war, betrayal and even genocide, in a way, and I was really glad the author chose to present this in a raw and aching manner. The way each character deals with their demons is also interesting to study, as some characters developed for the better and some for the worst. The romance in this book was not as subtle as in the previous, but it was still not the main focus, and I find myself being drawn to romance-less books more and more, so it served me well. The family relationships and friendships were also pure in their own way, blooming in a time of harshness and destruction. Ιt all made me tear up, and I realised how much I love well-built dynamics.In general, this was a great conclusion that kept the momentum of the first book while building upon the world and the psychological profiles of the characters, and it thankfully erased my reading slump and made me want to read again ♥ I recommend for fans of the older YA fiction, who also dip their toes in sci fi!Until the next review, have a wonderful, happy bookish year! ♥~Mary ♥

4.5/5This was such a *very* solid sequel to Carve the Mark, though it did take a little while for me to get fully into (potentially because I was still ill and fighting of jet lag from Japan..). The ending to chapter 26 was a turn that I absolutely did not see coming, which definitely set up the remainder of the book. Before this point, it felt a little static - almost as though Roth was reintroducing us to the characters (or alternatively letting us get used to the four points of view as opposed to two). I'm super chuffed that I picked up this duology on a total whim in the library. Am I allowed to say (as a 25 year old) that I'm quite into Veronica Roth's writing style? Even if I'm not, I just said it anyway...

what a brilliant series.i know, i know. i’m in the minority group who actually thinks this duology was utterly amazing. but i don’t care, i really do.this is a story about origin, resilience, hope, strength, identity, family. it made me think a lot about xenophobia and preconceptions we gather along in life.“But right now I’m standing among people who lost something. Friends, family. (...) How can I think that these people are any different from my own, any more worthy of violence or loss?”the worldbuilding is simply fascinating. as a big sci-fi fan, it completely satisfied me in this matter. i also think veronica knew how to work with the languages in a natural and soft way. i also am a huge languages fan, so... i’m Satisfied™.i also loved cyra and teka’s relationship. it felt tender and real and i could really see the feeling of friendship between them.if it depended on me, i would say i’d like to see more of cisi and isae. but maybe it’s just me being a shipper. also, cyra and akos were just beautiful.the writing was excelent. i felt no line was wasted. and the lights and the stars put up a show inside my head.

Though I gave them the same rating, I preferred this book to the first one. I was expecting more from the climax it wasn't as intense as I expected, but still was good.I really liked all of the characters, I ship Akos & Cyra so much.Akos makes really bad life decisions for the majority of this novel TBH.Pacing was good.Ending was beautiful and didn't murder me the way I expected it to.But really Akos, get it together!

The Fates Divide was spectacular

El Destino los hizo conocer. Y ahora los va a dividir. Uno no puede oponerse a su propio destino. Sería tonto, además de inútil, porque no puedes ir contra algo inevitable. Akos Kereseth y Cyra Noavek son muy conscientes de esto, y sin embargo, desde el momento en que su destino se ha hecho público, se encuentran balanceados entre la aceptación de su destino y el deseo de probar lo imposible y cambiarlo. Después de haber sido preso y de haber estado en situaciones inimaginables, después de que la familia Noavek cambiara para siempre su vida, matara a su padre, secuestrara a su hermano y le separase para siempre de su familia, Akos no pudo evitar enamorarse locamente de Cyra, a pesar de su destino de morir al servicio de la familia Noavek. Y cuando el padre de ésta, Lazmet, un tirano despiadado y desalmado que creía muerto, regresa a los focos reclamando el trono de Shotet después de la traición de Cyra y el secuestro de Ryzek, Akos está convencido de que su fin está cerca. En el momento en que Lazmet desencadena la temida guerra entre thuvhesitas y shotet, tanto Akos como Cyra saben que no tienen otra opción, deben tratar de detenerlo de todas las formas posibles. Aunque para Cyra esto podría significar quitarle la vida a su padre y que Akos pierda la suya. Los dos descubrirán cómo el destino que impulsa sus vidas puede sorprenderlos de maneras absolutamente inesperadas pero, ¿podrán dar el paso necesario para conseguir la tan deseada paz y el tan deseado mundo mejor?Destinos Divididos es la esperada conclusión de Las Marcas de la Muerte, un libro en el que todo está a punto de explosionar, donde los destinos tendrán un papel protagonista y un punto final en el que nuestro protagonistas tendrán que darlo todo para poder salvarse a sí mismos y a su mundo. Contado a veces en primera persona y otras en tercera, en esta ocasión nos vamos a encontrar con cuatro narradores diferentes, Cyra, Akos, Cisi y Eijeh, que se irán intercalando a través de los capítulos y páginas, que se disponen en diferentes partes numeradas. Así, el libro empieza momentos después de los últimos acontecimientos del libro anterior, capítulos que te hacen recordar mediante datos lo que ha pasado anteriormente si, como yo, hace tiempo que habías leído el libro y te acordabas de pocas cosas, momentos que carecen de acción pero que ayudan mucho a meterte dentro de esta siguiente trama que supondrá el final de todo lo que se ha visto hasta ahora. Una vez pasan esos momentos más introductorios con los que la autora hace que recuerdes desde qué punto partimos, empieza aquello que seguirá ya hasta el final. Es aquí donde la lectura empieza a coger los primeros ritmos, enfocándose hacia el futuro con primeros problemas y misiones en las que nos veremos sumergidos, en los que también empezarán a aparecer los primeros giros y sorpresas que no esperabas y que te dejan con la boca abierta. Poco a poco la lectura va moviéndose más y más, la cosa se va complicando y pronto tendremos un libro lleno de peligros, lleno de carreras y pequeñas batallas que dan el entretenimiento suficiente como para estar atenta a lo que está pasando, momentos que no se hacen demasiado abrumadores o pesados, que viajan sin problemas, con comodidad y suavidad, enganchándote más a esa trama que empieza a mostrarse algo más bélica, más estratégica y más diplomática. Gracias a los continuos cambios de visión, no nos vamos a estancar en un solo punto, sino que siempre va a haber cosas que ver, más revelaciones empezarán a aparecer y las respuestas a esas preguntas que nos dejó el primer libro empezarán a resurgir para volver a dar esos giros en la trama que tanto gustan y asombran. La verdad es que la lectura es una que va cogiendo ritmo a medida que avanza, que empieza algo pausada pero que cada vez va más deprisa, un libro que se lee sin problemas hasta el final, uno que albergará todo lo que queda, la resolución a lo que hemos visto hasta ese momento, el paso final de cada uno de los planes y alianzas que se han puesto en marcha para tener unos capítulos finales plagados de tensión, muerte, sangre, miedo y tristeza por tener que decir adiós a esta historia.Algo que me gustó mucho del primer libro fue la ambientación que creó la autora, algo que se comió buena parte del comienzo de Las Marcas de la Muerte pero que yo disfruté como una enana conociendo esas poblaciones, sus historias y creencias. Quizás para muchos y muchas fue algo que se extendió demasiado, no para mí, y en este libro se mantiene todo esto, esa originalidad. En el libro anterior habíamos caminado por dos zonas importantes, Thuvhe y Shotet, y en este libro somos capaces de conocer otros planetas desconocidos hasta ahora pero que, sin embargo, también han conseguido parecer reales, tener vida. Ogra, por ejemplo, es un planeta casi desconocido incluso para los protagonistas, y descubrir con ellos los secretos que guarda me ha gustado muchísimo. Su forma de actuar y de defenderse, su vegetación, su fauna, sus habitantes, su manera de vivir. Todo ha sido extraño, sí, pero también extraordinario. Veronica se encarga bastante bien de hacer muy real todo eso, de hacer como si de verdad existiera, de crear lugares sólidos que consiguen recrearse en tu mente sin problemas. Y eso ocurre con otro de los planetas que aparecen, de manera rápida y superficial, uno de los más ricos. A pesar de que la estancia allí es corta se huele su opulencia, esa creencia de sus habitantes de ser los mejores, de tener todo el poder, de pensar que todo el mundo bebe de su mano. Se ha notado a la perfección su egocentrismo, su egoísmo, lo estirados que son en realidad.No obstante, este segundo libro no me ha dado todo lo que yo esperaba me iba a dar, o buscaba que me diese. La guerra es algo muy, pero que muy importante en este libro y la aparición de Lazmet parecía que iba a darla y mucha. Sin embargo, no ha sido así. Creo que el libro se ha basado más en los preparativos que en la acción en sí. De acuerdo, hay escenas en las que sí se pone en marcha esas ideas, pero son pocas. Y la guerra en sí no tiene demasiado peso. Creo que todo sucede de manera muy precipitada y suave, demasiado light. Las resoluciones, ese enfrentamiento épico que parecía que iba a haber entre los shotet y Lazmet con el resto de los planetas no ha ocurrido. Éste parece que va a ser un gran villano, difícil de vencer, y cae como si nada. Me hubiera gustado más dificultad, más acción, más muertes. Como digo, se me ha hecho todo demasiado fácil, una resolución que puede estar bien pero que no ha dado todo lo que podría haber dado. Otra de las cosas que no he entendido es la visión de Cisi y Eijeh, los hermanos de Akos, a la hora de narrar esta segunda parte. Salvo ara dar dinamismo y cambiar cada dos por tres de ubicación y quitar pesadez, no he entendido para nada sus intromisiones ya que no aportan casi nada a la historia. Han hecho bien poco, igual que aquellos que están a su alrededor, así que volvemos a lo que he comentado antes, esa falta de intensidad en casi todo cuando una guerra se avecina por el horizonte y lo que hay que hacer es darlo todo y batallar con uñas y garras para poder sobrevivir. Por último, no he entendido algunas decisiones que ha hecho Veronica con respecto a algunos de sus personajes principales. Los ha cambiado de repente, incluso ha hecho que me gusten menos por las cosas que hacen sin ningún tipo de sentido. Son cosas que parece no haber sido pensadas bien, una manera de dar un destino a esos personajes y de que hagan algo sin hacer demasiado, tampoco.En resumen, Destinos Divididos ha sido una conclusión que me ha gustado pero que, sin embargo, peca de no ser más intenso. Con una trama como la que se avecinaba podría haber sido un último libro para recordarlo mucho tiempo después de terminarlo, pero no ha sido así. A pesar de esto, es un libro que he disfrutado y me ha entretenido, el final agridulce de una historia que, estoy segura, volveré a leer más de una vez.

Ho sentito molti parere negativi riguardo questa duologia, tuttavia non mi trovo per niente d'accordo. Avevo dato 4 stelline al primo libro e mi sento di darne 4 anche al secondo. La storia ricomincia dal punto in cui eravamo rimasti con la fine di "Carve the mark", proponendo stavolta non più solo il punto di vista dei due protagonisti ma anche quello di alcuni personaggi secondari. Lo stile è a tratti più lento e più coinvolgente, ma anche le parti più descrittive mi sono piaciute e le ho ritenute necessarie, visto che nel primo libro avevo trovato alcuni vuoti che inizialmente rendevano difficile la comprensione del world building. A proposito di questo, devo dire che ho amato l'ambientazione: in questo libro vengono coinvolti anche altri pianeti con i loro personaggi, a differenza del primo libro dove la storia si svolge unicamente su Thuvhe. Ho amato i colpi di scena, il rapporto tra i vari personaggi, la loro caratterizzazione. Le emozioni dei personaggi mi sono arrivate in modo molto forte e ho capito e condiviso anche le decisioni estreme e dolorose di alcuni di loro, perché nonostante fossero negative seguivano comunque una logica necessaria. Non ho dato 5 stelline perché ho trovato il finale un po' frettoloso. Avrei preferito che l'autrice si soffermasse di più su alcune scene e su alcuni passaggi secondo me fondamentali, anche se devo dire che l'epilogo chiarisce molti aspetti futuri. Nel complesso ho trovato questa storia emozionante e originale, due libri che si leggono molto velocemente e che mi sento di consigliare.