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The One Review

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4.5 stars overall 2.5 for the first half 5ish for the second half The One by Kiera Cass I don't like her writing style. A few times she's misused words or phrases them poorly. The first half of the book had me struggling to continue. But suddenly after the half way mark, I couldn't let go. In total, I cried 3 times for this book. For the last 30 pages, it took me 2 hours to read... Mainly because of crying so hard.  I didn't like in the series how absolutely nothing changed for three books. The same stuff trends: - problematic politics - Mer is gutsy for her fellow poor caste members - she loves her family - her and Max are super happy together - Aspen appears - devious other Elitists do something - Mer makes it worse for herself - this usually is a public announcement that (is awesome and far more interesting than a Katniss Everdeen propaganda speech) is against the King's wishes - the King gets angry - Max and her are on the rocks - she decides she