Arc Review – The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

Leave a comment

August 9, 2019 by ceresbooksworld

 

The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

Standalone

Publisher : Henry Holt & Co

Publication date : May 28th 2019

Source : eArc via Netgalley.com

Rating : 3 hearts

 

 

Synopsis

Welcome to the Kingdom… where ‘Happily Ever After’ isn’t just a promise, but a rule. 

Glimmering like a jewel behind its gateway, The Kingdom is an immersive fantasy theme park where guests soar on virtual dragons, castles loom like giants, and bioengineered species–formerly extinct–roam free.

Ana is one of seven Fantasists, beautiful “princesses” engineered to make dreams come true. When she meets park employee Owen, Ana begins to experience emotions beyond her programming including, for the first time… love.

But the fairytale becomes a nightmare when Ana is accused of murdering Owen, igniting the trial of the century. Through courtroom testimony, interviews, and Ana’s memories of Owen, emerges a tale of love, lies, and cruelty–and what it truly means to be human.

Review

This book deals with a rather interesting subject because with A.I. becoming more and more a reality, it’s not impossible to see one day a park like this one appear.

I can’t tell you that I loved the story because I didn’t, I liked it, but it’s not a big book either in my opinion. I felt a lot of anger as I read the book because Ana and her sisters are treated as men would like to treat women if that were possible. I don’t know if I’m clear, but princesses are not only created to sell dreams to little girls but also to their fathers. And a priori they are close enough to human beings to be able to be forced to do things that are not allowed.

I loved Ana though, she’s normal and doesn’t really understand what’s happening to her, but she tries to understand anyway. We discover throughout the book through testimonies, interviews and memories that not everything is clear in the Kingdom. And I liked the format of this book, everything is told through the trial and Ana’s memories.

Quick word : A good book.

Chronique

Le royaume est un parc à thème immersif où les gens peuvent voir des dragons et différentes espèces reconstituées.

Ana est une des sept Fantasistes, ces belles princesses créer pour faire rêver. Quand elle rencontre un employé du parc, Owen, Ana commence à ressentir des émotions que son programme n’inclus pas l’amour entre autres.

Mais le conte de fée devient un cauchemar quand Ana est accusée d’avoir tué Owen. A travers les témoignages, les interviews et les souvenirs d’Ana, vous découvrirez une histoire d’amour, de mensonges et de cruauté et aussi ce que cela signifie d’être réellement humain.

Voilà pour le résumé, ce livre traite d’un sujet assez interessant car avec les I.A qui deviennent de plus en plus une réalité, il n’est pas impossible de voir un jour apparaitre un parc comme celui-ci.

Je ne peux pas vous dire que j’ai adoré l’histoire car ce n’est pas le cas, j’ai aimé mais ce n’est pas non plus un grand livre à mon avis. J’ai ressenti beaucoup de colère au fil du livre car Ana et ses sœurs sont traitées comme les hommes aimeraient traités les femmes si cela était possible. Je ne sais pas si je suis claire mais les princesses sont non seulement créées pour vendre du rêve au petites filles mais aussi à leurs pères. Et à priori elles sont suffisamment proche des êtres humains pour pouvoir être forcées à faire des choses qui ne sont pas autorisées.

J’ai aimé Ana par contre, elle est normale et ne comprends pas trop ce qui lui arrive mais elle essaye de comprendre malgré tout. On découvre au fil du livre grâce aux témoignages, aux interviews et à ses souvenirs que tout n’est pas clair dans le Royaume. Et j’ai aimé le format de ce livre, tout est raconté à travers le procès et les souvenirs d’Ana.

En bref : Un livre sympathique mais sans plus.

 

About the author

JESS ROTHENBERG is a writer and freelance editor who grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. A former editor of books for young readers, including the #1 International Bestselling Vampire Academy series, Jess lives in New York City with her husband, son, and cat-who-thinks-he’s-a-dog, Charlie. Her debut novel for teens, The Catastrophic History of You & Me, has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

To find out more, visit www.jessrothenberg.comor follow Jess on Instagram and Twitter at @jessrothenberg.

Links

Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40864907-the-kingdom?ac=1&from_search=true

Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Jess-Rothenberg/dp/1250293855/ref=sr_1_2?crid=8E281GTSORTT&keywords=the+kingdom&qid=1563275861&s=gateway&sprefix=the+kingdom%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-2

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,425 other subscribers

Inks & Scratches Literary Magazine

Windwitch Street team – Waterwitch Babes

Currently Reading

Inks & Scratches Literary Magazine

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,425 other subscribers

Team Agnes #TeamAgnes #AgnesAtTheEndOfTheWorld

Partenaires

Xpresso

Xpresso Book Tours

Windwitch Street team – Waterwitch Babes

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,425 other subscribers

Inks & Scratches Literary Magazine

Windwitch Street team – Waterwitch Babes

%d bloggers like this: