The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

The Testing (The Testing, #1)

by Joelle Charbonneau

It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization. When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings (”Cia, trust no one”), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever. Danger, romance—and sheer terror—await.

Reviewed by Jordon on

1 of 5 stars

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Unfortunately this felt like a copy of The Hunger Games, just no where near as good.

I found the beginning hard to get into, it took too long for something to happen. The middle wasn't as exciting as I had hoped, I started to get into it when I suddenly got bored. I ended up skimming half of the middle and I felt like I didn't miss a thing. Cia practically rehashes the fourth test with in one paragraph in the end chapters which gave me the gist of events that had happened if I had missed it while skimming (I felt like I didn't miss a thing while skimming either, too many non essential descriptions or thoughts rather than action). The ending was the ending. I'm not too fussed with knowing what happens next.

I was kind of excited to get into this too. Oh well. Just not for me.

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