An interesting story, well scripted and entertaining. Looking forward to the next book in the series!

Started off a bit slow for me, but when it gets good, it gets GOOD

500+ pages in and I started skipping then scrolling then I stopped. The beginning was very intriguing, setting up the scene and backstory of the main characters. Bit of a throwback to Divergent with some swift and edgy dialogue. And in the mix I was hoping for more insight into the love story part, but it never developed anything deep or serious. So after the spaceship journey for scavenging things I lost the intrigue from there. Trying to read the book was like: meeting someone new who has few but common interests with you and when you think you’re gonna get to know them better, you get introduced you to random people, and then more random people. And where you thought you knew what was going on but then, bam - randomness happens. It got disjointed a lot in the middle and I can’t bring myself to finish the book.

I read this book at least 10 times. You know it’s a good book when you can read it multiple times. Some of my friends in 7th grade say that this book is for middle schoolers (even though I read it when I was ten), but if you are a VERY mature reader, READ THIS NOW!!! (Also, the book makes more sense when you read it a second time)👍

Love this book!! I really thought that everything went together perfectly and the characters are so cute.

This book started off confusing and when I finished is I was still kinda confused. Also it was kinda boring that I felt like I didn’t really read the book. It felt like, when I was trying to remember what I just read, I was recalling a book that I read years ago. It was also very predictable. I didn’t like how it was written as well. First two chapter were the boy then BAMM!! part two and twenty chapters of only the girl. Then part three were it went back and fourth between the two sometimes I was confused who I was reading about. I would not suggest buying this, rent it from the library or something.

It's a relief to finally have a Young Adult book that's more Adult than Young. This book does not shy away from death or violence, and can be rather brutal at times. The science fiction of it is also a welcome and refreshing break from the countless dystopian novels. A trend that irritates me in many YA books is that there's always a lot of nothing happening. That's not the case here. Carve the Mark is very well paced, every chapter and scene has meaning and purpose to developing the characters and keeping the story moving forward. I only have one complaint about this book: the last chapter should be removed. Don't worry, I won't spoil anything. The second to last chapter has a pretty significant ending, one the that would do a great job of leading you into the second book. And then you read the last chapter. It's not a bad ending in the way you might be thinking, it's humble and heart warming and gives you a sense of camaraderie amongst the characters. Sounds good, but not when it comes AFTER what would've made for a great ending, it completely downplays the events of the previous chapter as if they weren't that important. It felt like an ending to give you a sense of closure, but in doing so, makes you forget that you're only half way through the story.

Said no one ever. Sample starts on Chapter 7. Enough said.

If you expected this to be a fast paced book it wasn’t.It sort of threw me off until i became aware that you had to swallow it bit by bit to actually engulf the book and understand it. The details were there beautiful and precise. It’s a story that you have pace yourself to actually enter it’s world and understand it. It’s intricate and reminds you of our daily challenges in today’s world society because we don’t understand cultures of different regardless of how close by borders we are and yet so different even if we live and breathe the same air. Roth did a great job. Can’t wait to read the Fates Divide!

I can’t believe I’m giving this book one star!! I’m a fan of VR and was excited to read more from her. She’s shown she’s a great story teller when it comes to books, but I’m so very disappointed with this story. It was completely painful to follow. I couldn’t connect with any of the characters or the story. It was very confusing at times. I agree with others that the whole thing needed more development. This is the first book I couldn’t wait to finish because it felt more like finishing a chore. The entire time my mind wandered: “can’t wait to delete this book from my iBooks”