Review. Girl in the Arena. by Lise Haines. Eighteen-year-old Lyn has lived her entire life in the world of gladiators, and this modern-day version. Uber enters the arena first to thundering applause. I’ve read in Sword and Shield that he rubs a quart of Glow on his skin before a match. Lyn is the daughter of seven neo-gladiators, the men her mother married, one after another, until each died in the arena for the pleasure of the.
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The main character works in a freaking fast food place, Haines really strained her creativity there. If she fights him it equals freedom from this backward culture. Tirl stupid, the lot of them, I thought to myself. A Look at Book Trailers. Closing one eye the fictional turns of the past decades and the imagined outcome for the present even seem almost likely.
Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines
It was just lazy, just hard to read, and it added nothing to the book. Despite obvious comparisons, this is a far less sympathetic or believable world than that of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire She is a girl of 17 or aarena little more, going up against the very muscular gladiator who killed her stepfather, one of the best.
Please email webmaster fantasticfiction. Latest Reviews Summer Summary: And Thad’s eerie, erratic predictions don’t bode well for Tommy surviving his next episode in the arena. Lyn essentially uses her avatar as her scapegoat. I don’t know about you, but I really can’t picture a “fight to the death” in the current world we live in.
Close Report a review At Kobo, we try to ensure that published reviews do not contain rude or profane language, spoilers, or any of our reviewer’s personal information. Very few, if any, of the people of Girl in the Arena are such simple creatures. The subtitle of this book which only shows ny on the title page of the book itself is “A Novel Containing Intense Prolonged Kn of Disaster and Peril. Feb 03, Deb rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: It’s like the author didn’t even try to make it seem believable.
So Allison is understandable. Lyn’s life is ruled by bylaws put forth by the Gladiator Sports Association. There’s a lot gilr happened in this novel and I kind of felt like the story thee spread a little too thin. And that is the whole basis of this plot.
I freaking loved this book and it has instantly earned a spot on my Best Books of list. I think if someone has a wild imagination that can fill in the blanks the author leaves and they love the overall storyline and subject ny than they should give it a try.
If Tommy doesn’t fight fair, they could lose everything: Even after this Dummy’s mom, Mrs. It was a novice writer’s move and a lazy editor thinking it tue be seen as edgy and futuristic. I started reading this book after work yesterday and couldn’t put the damn thing down. The hainss morning I called my friends, asked them what they thought of the book.
Chi ama i libri sceglie Kobo e inMondadori. This was not the case with Girl in the Arena. Initially, I thought I wasn’t going to like this. Nov 27, Corinne rated it did not like it Shelves: C’mon and actually fight if it honestly mattered that much to you to petition the GSA to truly allow this spar. I thought this would be lisr cup of tea This drove me insane to begin with, and I was frustrated with the author.
I absolutely love the cover, though. To help you understand where I’m coming from I need to go back. This one was a big disappointment for me, since I was expecting–well, a girl gladiator. And suddenly my mind is thrown into arenw and I lisse toss off an answer, the first thing that comes to mind. Encourage them to be themselves, to be proud of who they are.
Dec 20, Krystle rated it it was ok. The sheer amount of culture references threw me a little.
Thoughts on “Girl in the Arena” by Lise Haines
Comments on this entry are closed. I want to give Girl in the Arena four–possibly even five–stars, because it has something few other books I’ve had the pleasure of reading has. I assumed, and I’m sure a lot of other people did as well, that it would be similar to The Hunger Gamesdue to the llise and the summary on the inside cover.
I can relate to it, to the protagonist, how she feels.