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Rebels: City of Indra
Kendall and Kylie Jenner, stars on the hit reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, present their debut novel—a thrilling dystopian story about two super-powered girls who embark on a journey together.
Two cities… Two girls… A shared destiny…
In a world of the far future, the great city of Indra has two faces: a beautiful paradise floating high in the sky, and a nightmare world of poverty carved into tunnels beneath the surface of the earth.
Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest sisters in the Kardashian dynasty, have written a gripping tale of air, fire, and a bond of blood.
Two cities… Two girls… A shared destiny…
In a world of the far future, the great city of Indra has two faces: a beautiful paradise floating high in the sky, and a nightmare world of poverty carved into tunnels beneath the surface of the earth.
Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest sisters in the Kardashian dynasty, have written a gripping tale of air, fire, and a bond of blood.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 3, 2014
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Kendall Jenner
3 books149 followersAn American fashion model and television personality. Jenner first came to public attention for appearing in the E! reality television show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
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June 16, 2014
Originally posted at Writer of Wrongs
Review: Krap: Krappy of Krap: The Krap of Krap and Krapia by Kendall and Kylie Jenner
Release date: The Apocalypse
Publisher: Satan
Series: I don't even want to answer this
Source: Hell's minions
Length: Interminable
Rating:
Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia: Written by Kendall and Kylie: But Not Really: But Not At All
(Kendall and Kylie Jenner, dressed in artfully tattered jeans, artfully tattered t-shirts, and artfully tattered souls, lounge in their third bedroom. Kylie thumbs though a magazine, trying to find pictures of herself. Kendall lowers her Prada sunglasses and sighs a sigh of deepest existential ennui.)
Kendall: I'm, like, soooooo bored.
Kylie: OMK, like, me too.
Kendall: We should, like, do something. You know? Like with our lives.
Kylie: (points at a picture on the page) Look, me! Wait, that's you. Or is it Kourtney?
Kendall: I'm being super serious, Kylie.
Kylie: Wanna go to Kankun?
Kendall: We went to Kankun last week, duh. Besides, Kankun is soooo lower klass these days. And I want to do something meaningful. Like... life change-worthy. Like...that changes lives.
Kylie: Hey, it's me! Oh wait, no. That's J. Law. Klose enough.
Kendall: OHMYKANYE THAT'S IT.
Kylie: What?
Kendall: Books! Books are so fetch nowadays.
Kylie: That J. Law is so hot right now.
Kendall: SO LET'S WRITE ONE.
Kylie: Write, like...with words?
Kendall: EW. NO. GROSS. WITH MONEY, OF KOURSE.
Kylie: Oh, thank GOD.
Kendall: But, like, we have to make sure it's just like all the things people already like. Like there has to be a... a... a what do you kall it? Government! Yeah! And it's bad. But like there's this girl. NO! TWO GIRLS! JUST LIKE US!<
Kylie: But less hot.
Kendall: Wayyyyy less hot.
Kylie: But we have to make sure we're, like, super serious about this, and in no way at all will this book be any fun at all at all.
Kendall: RIGHT. Because then mean old poopie heads who are way less hot than we are will make fun of us on the internet. So, like, everything has to be really komplicated but like futuristic because that is soooooo hot right now.
Kylie: Shailene WISHES she could star in our book.
Kylie: And she is SO not invited to the launch party.
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I'm sure Kendall and Kylie are perfectly lovely and well-behaved teenage millionaires, blah di blah di blah, BUT THIS BOOK BROKE MY BRAIN. I have a very high threshold for krap (exhibits A, B, C, D, E, and all the way to Z). I am even that girl that takes some sort of strange, vicious pleasure in reading and watching terrible things. I have legitimately terrible taste in movies sometimes, and I am a masochist. So when an ARC of Kendall and Kylie Jenner's ghostwritten YA dystopian debut fell into my hands, I kackled with glee. No way was I going to pass this up. This was bound to be Modelland-levels of lunacy and fun.
WRONG. SO WRONG. ALL THE WRONG.
I have a migraine from this book. This dense, flat, empy, serious, dismal "book". I feel so sad for the poor writer forced to kobble together the shitstorm of dystopian tropes (dystropians?) Kendall and Kylie, the lesser Kardashian life forms, flung at her. I feel sorry for Kendall and Kylie, being shilled out for money all the freaking time. I feel sorry for my eyeballs, for being subjected to the rotten fruit of their not-so-kreative labor.
At least I had Eddy and Patsy in my head the whole time.
Saffy: Who are all these people?
Eddy: I don't know! They're just no names, nobodies, sweetheart.
They just sort of spread--
Patsy: Like herpes. Each one with its own reality show. They're multiplying like head lice.
Eddie: Oh, and look at this fat one at the end. Very soon, she will split like an amoeba and become two Kardashians.
Patsy: That looks like a boob. In fact it's just another Kardashian.
Kruel? Probably. But this book. This Kanye-forsaken book. It's about a rich girl who lives in a city in the sky (?) and a poor girl who lives in an orphanage where they routinely feed people to underground mutants (?!). The rich girl does not want to attend her Emergence Ball, which has nothing to do with an Emergency Kanye Dance Party, sadly, but does make me want to kill myself, because every single Term of Worldbuilding Significance is Kapitalized. We are gifted with such glorious kharacter names as Etiquette Tutor, Andru, and my personal favorite, Waslo Souture.
No, seriously, every single element of every single sci-fi book you've ever read is here. It's absolutely horrifying to keep straight. It's almost like a game, really, seeing how many things can be shoved in here until the poor book just gives up and sags to the floor and dies.
This book wasn't fun. Not even in a, "Oh em gee, Kendall and Kylie are so hilariously terrible at this words-putting-into-sentence-doing, and it's hilarious!" way. It was just sheer, dense misery. It was like chewing through a hunk of wood. The first fifteen damn pages are this Livia girl galloping on a horse THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD and infodumping to us, and oh, what a mess of a world it is. I'll do you a favor and won't try to explain it here, because honestly. And then the next twenty pages are Lex thinking about her entire personal history and infodumping even more nonsense on us, and it's all so boring. The tears. The tears, you guys. And how horrifically derivative it all is! It steals worldbuiling elements from The Matrix and Kastle in the Sky and The Archived and, well, basically everything with words in it.
(Seriously, this poor ghostwriter. I hope you were fully kompensated.) (But then again, you were responsible for the atrocious sentences to follow, and my eyeballs were forced to read those sentences, so maybe not)
Still think I'm being too harsh? Well, decide for yourself. All kuotes come from an advance, uncorrected proof:
His hope was foolish. He could show them only through action that testing his might was immensely foolish.
I raise my eyebrows, noting her abilities in Conversational Intercourse are limited as well.
But doesn't she see the respect with which I hold my zinger? With every slash it barks.
My mouth is impossibly bitter, so I spit again, and with it comes rushing too much anger.
I'm the only one who remembers them. And yet, I have no memories of them.
Most refer to [my horse] Veda as white, but they're mistaken. Veda is ivory. And that is altogether different.
Well that's a horse of a different color!
The ones that lurk beneath the earth, that are cloaked in shadows and hidden within the eaves of the cavernous mantle.
"Once we found each other, I always looked out for her down here, and now she is gone, gone forever."
Twice a year the mutations take orphans, gifted to continue our sanctuary here in the bowels of the earth. At the point where the City of Indra doesn't care what goes on--we are that far beneath. There are greater worries.
Behold Indra: city of impossible architecture, her beauty timeless, her secrets dark. Whose mind dreamed her to life?
August 12, 2015
"Kendall and Kylie Jenner, stars on the hit reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, present their debut novel"....
"—a thrilling dystopian story about two super-powered girls who embark on a journey together."
"Two cities… Two girls… A shared destiny…"
"Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest sisters in the Kardashian dynasty, have written a gripping tale of air, fire, and a bond of blood"
"
Really? These two idiots got a book deal?!
Clearly this book is actually written by someone else....Maya Sloan. It truly blows my mind.
What the hell is the world coming to?
Updated
Oh my goodness this is going to be an entire series!
June 5, 2014
Kendall and Kylie have written a sci-fi novel. Really now. These vapid teenagers feel like they can do anything and now they've decided to take on the world of literature which I'm sure is a place that is absolutely alien to them. First of all, there is no way they actually wrote everything word for word. Even if they did, it would have probably been heavily proofread and edited by people willing to take their cash and have no shred of dignity. Oh wait, apparently there were two ghost writers. So now it takes 4 people to write a trashy novel, huh? If they were going to hire ghost writers they should've hired good ones but then again a good writer wouldn't have that much of a lack of self respect to tarnish their credibility on this trash.
"I want to rip off my sashes and shriek like a hellion. I want to roll in the grass and soil my spotless white frock. Nothing is more pointless than a white gown. It’s like telling the world you are incapable of interaction."
Kendall Jenner couldn't even read 4 words while presenting a band and practically declared herself an illiterate (5 Seconds of Summer, hard to pronounce, right? And probably too much for her 30-word vocabulary to handle. Oh, and to make things worse, she proclaimed to the world: "Guys, I'm a terrible reader!" Oh wow!!! She doesn't know how to read yet she wrote a book that's a fucking amazing feat) and you expect me to believe she could write a 300-page long book with her sister who can't even tweet anything with proper punctuation.
Second, it's obvious that they're vicariously portraying themselves through these two protagonists. These characters lacked complexity and actual personalities which, you have to give it to them, is an accurate, vivid portrayal of the authors themselves. That was the only facet of the novel that hit the bullseye. The plot was predictable, overused and, euphemisms aside, absolutely terrible. Third, the story obviously had heavy influence from other young adult dystopian sci-fi novels. Ladies, if you're going to put out trash, at least have the decency to put out original trash.The thing that irks me the most about this is that these 'authors' who have probably never even read a classic novel or a good book in their lives suddenly decide to venture into writing, which obviously, their fans will worship like every other thing they do. These fans would wipe the shit off their pretty bleached asses if need be.
These 'authors' probably couldn't come up with anything remotely profound to say to save their lives. They can't even form literate and coherent sentences as you can see from their twitters and instagrams. Have they even read the likes of Salinger, Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, and even Rowling? Point is, this book will undoubtedly and unfortunately, be a best-seller but for all the wrong reasons. They're going to be showered with praise and empty compliments for this "contemporary work of fiction" when they should know upfront that it was a terrible attempt that is questionable in the sense that they probably didn't even write this whole body of work themselves. But no, instead they probably get undeserved compliments for shit like this. That's the problem here- these idols that these teens look up to get so smothered with assurance that everything they do is great so they become self-entitled little pricks who think they can do just about anything. What do their fans even gain or learn from these people? How to show side-boob and the perfect angle for a selfie?
This generation doesn't need any more horrid literature, especially from these imbeciles. They've polluted and corrupted this genre. Write what you know. If they were going to write a book they should've written about fashion, clothes, cosmetics or maybe even an autobiography (which would probably be hard to write or have about 10 pages considering they've had little to contribute to society and have practically done nothing worthy of note (nothing good and groundbreaking at least)) and leave the actual writing to authors who know how to write and who actually work hard to put out a book. I've read better fan fiction out there put out by teens younger than them -actual original stories that are so ambitious and well-written yet these two 'authors' just 'write' and put out garbage like this because they can afford to. I could write a book about the menstrual cycle and it would still have a better plot development and climax than this book.
Everywhere there are far better writers who could be living off of nothing but the sheer hope of getting their potential masterpieces published yet these girls who are only known for exploiting their personal lives and flaunting their precious bodies around (which promotes a rape culture and over-sexualization of females, but that's a completely different story and probably the only thing they've contributed to humanity) just put out a pathetic excuse for a book that will undeservingly be a best-seller. Well I hope it's becoming a best-seller because people are running out of toilet paper to wipe their shit with. These two 'authors' need to know that they're not invincible- that they can do just about anything as long as they can pay for it. If they weren't famous and rich, there'd be no chance of this even hitting shelves- no publisher would risk their credibility on this half-assed, unoriginal story. These girls should learn an actual skill and leave opportunities like this to people who actually deserve it and who have actual TALENT.
I'm a 17 year old girl who has always loved books, and this, this thing they've put out is an absolute disgrace. They can buy everything like high fashion clothing and even get a shit book published but what they can't buy is class and intellect, that much is apparent. And fuck my life, looks as though it's going to have a sequel. I don't hate them. To hate someone, you'd actually have to care enough and I don't give two dusty fucks about these narcissistic imbeciles. I just want them to stop putting out trash like this, for everyone's sake and while there are still good books to be salvaged for this generation to read and appreciate.
"I want to rip off my sashes and shriek like a hellion. I want to roll in the grass and soil my spotless white frock. Nothing is more pointless than a white gown. It’s like telling the world you are incapable of interaction."
Kendall Jenner couldn't even read 4 words while presenting a band and practically declared herself an illiterate (5 Seconds of Summer, hard to pronounce, right? And probably too much for her 30-word vocabulary to handle. Oh, and to make things worse, she proclaimed to the world: "Guys, I'm a terrible reader!" Oh wow!!! She doesn't know how to read yet she wrote a book that's a fucking amazing feat) and you expect me to believe she could write a 300-page long book with her sister who can't even tweet anything with proper punctuation.
Second, it's obvious that they're vicariously portraying themselves through these two protagonists. These characters lacked complexity and actual personalities which, you have to give it to them, is an accurate, vivid portrayal of the authors themselves. That was the only facet of the novel that hit the bullseye. The plot was predictable, overused and, euphemisms aside, absolutely terrible. Third, the story obviously had heavy influence from other young adult dystopian sci-fi novels. Ladies, if you're going to put out trash, at least have the decency to put out original trash.The thing that irks me the most about this is that these 'authors' who have probably never even read a classic novel or a good book in their lives suddenly decide to venture into writing, which obviously, their fans will worship like every other thing they do. These fans would wipe the shit off their pretty bleached asses if need be.
These 'authors' probably couldn't come up with anything remotely profound to say to save their lives. They can't even form literate and coherent sentences as you can see from their twitters and instagrams. Have they even read the likes of Salinger, Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, and even Rowling? Point is, this book will undoubtedly and unfortunately, be a best-seller but for all the wrong reasons. They're going to be showered with praise and empty compliments for this "contemporary work of fiction" when they should know upfront that it was a terrible attempt that is questionable in the sense that they probably didn't even write this whole body of work themselves. But no, instead they probably get undeserved compliments for shit like this. That's the problem here- these idols that these teens look up to get so smothered with assurance that everything they do is great so they become self-entitled little pricks who think they can do just about anything. What do their fans even gain or learn from these people? How to show side-boob and the perfect angle for a selfie?
This generation doesn't need any more horrid literature, especially from these imbeciles. They've polluted and corrupted this genre. Write what you know. If they were going to write a book they should've written about fashion, clothes, cosmetics or maybe even an autobiography (which would probably be hard to write or have about 10 pages considering they've had little to contribute to society and have practically done nothing worthy of note (nothing good and groundbreaking at least)) and leave the actual writing to authors who know how to write and who actually work hard to put out a book. I've read better fan fiction out there put out by teens younger than them -actual original stories that are so ambitious and well-written yet these two 'authors' just 'write' and put out garbage like this because they can afford to. I could write a book about the menstrual cycle and it would still have a better plot development and climax than this book.
Everywhere there are far better writers who could be living off of nothing but the sheer hope of getting their potential masterpieces published yet these girls who are only known for exploiting their personal lives and flaunting their precious bodies around (which promotes a rape culture and over-sexualization of females, but that's a completely different story and probably the only thing they've contributed to humanity) just put out a pathetic excuse for a book that will undeservingly be a best-seller. Well I hope it's becoming a best-seller because people are running out of toilet paper to wipe their shit with. These two 'authors' need to know that they're not invincible- that they can do just about anything as long as they can pay for it. If they weren't famous and rich, there'd be no chance of this even hitting shelves- no publisher would risk their credibility on this half-assed, unoriginal story. These girls should learn an actual skill and leave opportunities like this to people who actually deserve it and who have actual TALENT.
I'm a 17 year old girl who has always loved books, and this, this thing they've put out is an absolute disgrace. They can buy everything like high fashion clothing and even get a shit book published but what they can't buy is class and intellect, that much is apparent. And fuck my life, looks as though it's going to have a sequel. I don't hate them. To hate someone, you'd actually have to care enough and I don't give two dusty fucks about these narcissistic imbeciles. I just want them to stop putting out trash like this, for everyone's sake and while there are still good books to be salvaged for this generation to read and appreciate.
Shelved as 'lost-interest'
June 8, 2015
Want to read
June 3, 2014Stop being so horrible. They're both young girls that wanted to try something new. They have extremely busy lives being in the spotlight and all, but they managed to complete the book anyway. How many other readers say that they can write a book with a busy life?
I'm going to give the book a go, because as a teenager myself, I would want people to enjoy something that I wrote too.
I'm going to give the book a go, because as a teenager myself, I would want people to enjoy something that I wrote too.
August 6, 2016
BEFORE READING:
Media guru on twitter: "The Jenner sisters wrote a YA dystopia!!!"
Me: Who?
Kind random stranger on twitter: Kim Kardashian's youngest sisters.
Me:
Okay, Isadly obviously know who the Kardashians are, but was a bit lost with the "Jenner" last name. Whatever, who cares? They are the same family.
I don't want to sound mean or whatsoever with what I am about to say, but it's obvious these girls didn't write the book. Maybe there's a ghost author? Man, I don't know. I just know that any celebrity nowadays can be published and it fucking pisses me off.
YES, I will read this, out of curiosity and if it happens to be any good, I promise I will apologize publicly... But that's unlikely.
AFTER READING:
No apologies from me will be issued. No more comments.
Media guru on twitter: "The Jenner sisters wrote a YA dystopia!!!"
Me: Who?
Kind random stranger on twitter: Kim Kardashian's youngest sisters.
Me:
Okay, I
I don't want to sound mean or whatsoever with what I am about to say, but it's obvious these girls didn't write the book. Maybe there's a ghost author? Man, I don't know. I just know that any celebrity nowadays can be published and it fucking pisses me off.
YES, I will read this, out of curiosity and if it happens to be any good, I promise I will apologize publicly... But that's unlikely.
AFTER READING:
No apologies from me will be issued. No more comments.
November 28, 2023
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Kendall Jenner wrote a dystopian YA novel????????
WHAT
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Kendall Jenner wrote a dystopian YA novel????????
WHAT
May 31, 2014
nice try girls. but no, I read the first 2 chapters on the mtv website and I couldn't stomach it. I give one star for trying. the sex tape with your sister was better than this load of crap.
Want to read
February 20, 2014I'm so excited, yep.
July 27, 2014
I received a copy of this book from Simon & Schuster in exchange for an honest review.
I stopped reading this book at chapter 14, about half way through, and to be honest, reading that much was a struggle. I literally had to force myself to continue until I realized that there is no point in my finishing it. So I decided not to.
And here's why...
The Plot:
What plot? I didn't realize there was a plot. Kim Kardashian Hollywood has a better storyline. I think that the story has to do with rebelling against an oppressive government because that's what dystopian novels usually entail, but I can't be certain. When there is no plot at the half-way mark of a book, you know you're in trouble.
The Setting & Society:
A Great Catastrophe has occurred in Indra thousands of years ago. What's the Great Catastrophe? Fuck if I know. Either way, because of this, the people that survived created a city underground. People live near the core, mantle, etc. And the closer you are to the crust, the better. Now, the whole time I was thinking, no matter how advanced you are, how is it even possible to live near the core of the earth. It's like fucking 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. I found it very difficult to get past the ridiculousness of the setting. However, let's just pretend that we are in fact advanced enough to withstand temperatures upwards of 10,000 degrees. Wouldn't you assume that would make the humans very advanced as well? Wrong. The society is like all of history. The women only care about becoming "Proper Young Women" so that they can marry. They are just expected to look pretty and do nothing. They can't have an opinion or an idea. They have these incredibly sexist etiquette classes in which they have to do stupid things, one of which includes standing still and not falling down while they are flung around on some platform. Like ????????? What is that accomplishing? With today's problems with sexism and gender inequality, it's important to reinforce ideas of feminism, INSTEAD OF MAKING EVERY FEMALE CHARACTER BITCHY, FAKE, AND OR ANNOYING.
“Admitting to ineptitude devalues your appeal. You must never admit to ignorance. The same is true of displaying excessive knowledge, which Proper Young Men find even less appealing.”
Way a great message. LET'S JUST ALL BE DUMB SO MEN WILL LIKE US.
Also, none of the technology is explained and everything is just made up when it is convenient. Example: the idiocy that is the Archive.
The Characters:
Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia is about two girls who, although are both orphans, live completely different lives. One of them (I get their names confused because they sound so fucking similar) is rich and lives in luxury, and the other lives in poverty until she becomes a glorified police officer. Their personalities are exactly the same, which makes for two times the insanity. They are supposed to be unique and curious, everything that is discouraged in Indra, but instead they come off as whiny, annoying, and fairly stupid. They are constantly implying how interesting they are and comparing themselves to the myriad of ignorant girls surrounding them.
Some favorite quotes:
“I have a flawless memory... I’m the only one who remembers [my parents]. And yet, I have no memories of them.”
“Most refer to Veda as white, but they’re mistaken. Veda is ivory. And that is altogether different.”
“My mouth is impossibly bitter, so I spit again, and with it comes rushing too much anger.”
"I forgot how much I didn't believe in my own and gave them all pounds"
“...But how did he know I could read? I didn’t even know myself.”
The Writing:
There are grammar mistakes. Which begs the question, who the fuck edited this? The biggest problem is that there are unclear pronouns and "it's" when there should be "its" and vice versa. The writing is repetitive, choppy, and random shit is capitalized. Plus they try to be lyrical in their writing, but it just sounds stupid.
“My mother loved music just as I do. She spent entire days on her air harp, her fingers dancing along its cords, weaving songs while painting her studio with colorful beams of light.”
“His hope was foolish. He could show them only through action that testing his might was immensely foolish.”
"You could get real hurt." (Are we cowboys now?)
Basically, although I'm grateful for being provided the hardcover copy of this book for free, I regret reading this and I implore you not to read it as well.
Also, what was with the cover? There's this random eye with a girl inside on four different places on the book. Is that supposed to mean something?
I stopped reading this book at chapter 14, about half way through, and to be honest, reading that much was a struggle. I literally had to force myself to continue until I realized that there is no point in my finishing it. So I decided not to.
And here's why...
The Plot:
What plot? I didn't realize there was a plot. Kim Kardashian Hollywood has a better storyline. I think that the story has to do with rebelling against an oppressive government because that's what dystopian novels usually entail, but I can't be certain. When there is no plot at the half-way mark of a book, you know you're in trouble.
The Setting & Society:
A Great Catastrophe has occurred in Indra thousands of years ago. What's the Great Catastrophe? Fuck if I know. Either way, because of this, the people that survived created a city underground. People live near the core, mantle, etc. And the closer you are to the crust, the better. Now, the whole time I was thinking, no matter how advanced you are, how is it even possible to live near the core of the earth. It's like fucking 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. I found it very difficult to get past the ridiculousness of the setting. However, let's just pretend that we are in fact advanced enough to withstand temperatures upwards of 10,000 degrees. Wouldn't you assume that would make the humans very advanced as well? Wrong. The society is like all of history. The women only care about becoming "Proper Young Women" so that they can marry. They are just expected to look pretty and do nothing. They can't have an opinion or an idea. They have these incredibly sexist etiquette classes in which they have to do stupid things, one of which includes standing still and not falling down while they are flung around on some platform. Like ????????? What is that accomplishing? With today's problems with sexism and gender inequality, it's important to reinforce ideas of feminism, INSTEAD OF MAKING EVERY FEMALE CHARACTER BITCHY, FAKE, AND OR ANNOYING.
“Admitting to ineptitude devalues your appeal. You must never admit to ignorance. The same is true of displaying excessive knowledge, which Proper Young Men find even less appealing.”
Way a great message. LET'S JUST ALL BE DUMB SO MEN WILL LIKE US.
Also, none of the technology is explained and everything is just made up when it is convenient. Example: the idiocy that is the Archive.
The Characters:
Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia is about two girls who, although are both orphans, live completely different lives. One of them (I get their names confused because they sound so fucking similar) is rich and lives in luxury, and the other lives in poverty until she becomes a glorified police officer. Their personalities are exactly the same, which makes for two times the insanity. They are supposed to be unique and curious, everything that is discouraged in Indra, but instead they come off as whiny, annoying, and fairly stupid. They are constantly implying how interesting they are and comparing themselves to the myriad of ignorant girls surrounding them.
Some favorite quotes:
“I have a flawless memory... I’m the only one who remembers [my parents]. And yet, I have no memories of them.”
“Most refer to Veda as white, but they’re mistaken. Veda is ivory. And that is altogether different.”
“My mouth is impossibly bitter, so I spit again, and with it comes rushing too much anger.”
"I forgot how much I didn't believe in my own and gave them all pounds"
“...But how did he know I could read? I didn’t even know myself.”
The Writing:
There are grammar mistakes. Which begs the question, who the fuck edited this? The biggest problem is that there are unclear pronouns and "it's" when there should be "its" and vice versa. The writing is repetitive, choppy, and random shit is capitalized. Plus they try to be lyrical in their writing, but it just sounds stupid.
“My mother loved music just as I do. She spent entire days on her air harp, her fingers dancing along its cords, weaving songs while painting her studio with colorful beams of light.”
“His hope was foolish. He could show them only through action that testing his might was immensely foolish.”
"You could get real hurt." (Are we cowboys now?)
Basically, although I'm grateful for being provided the hardcover copy of this book for free, I regret reading this and I implore you not to read it as well.
Also, what was with the cover? There's this random eye with a girl inside on four different places on the book. Is that supposed to mean something?
April 23, 2014
It is as awful as you'd expect it to be—the prose is stiff and dry. The characters aren't fleshed out and trying to get inside their minds is impossible.
May 27, 2014
Oh, I wanted this book to suck due to the whole Jenner-Kardashian connection. Too bad. It didn't. The book was really good. Great futuristic storyline. Awesome female characters. Hot guy. Action action. More to come from this twosome ... Lucky wenches hit this one out of the park.
June 9, 2014
To think that ignorant YA-haters are going to put this book even in the same category as books like The Mortal Instruments series, and The Infernal Devices series, and Anna and the French Kiss (believe me the list goes on and on) makes me nauseous. The fact that my babies are going to have to share a shelf at a book store with this garbage (barely) written by two rich, pretentious, ditzy teenagers, makes me want to punch a wall.
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June 17, 2014I didn't know they had a big enough vocabulary to write a book.
A girl who wants to run away with her horse wtf
Also, the blurb sounds so boring, lame and down right flat. Where's the arch???
Actually going to read this to see if it's worth being on goodreads.
*EDITED JUNE 17
WOW they changed the blurb to some sci-fi, thrilling, dystopia atmosphere no more mentions of girl's running away with their horse? That sounded way more interesting.
A girl who wants to run away with her horse wtf
Also, the blurb sounds so boring, lame and down right flat. Where's the arch???
Actually going to read this to see if it's worth being on goodreads.
*EDITED JUNE 17
WOW they changed the blurb to some sci-fi, thrilling, dystopia atmosphere no more mentions of girl's running away with their horse? That sounded way more interesting.
January 4, 2015
Ok I'm not gonna lie I REALLY want this book. I don't have anything against them and if they wrote a pretty decent book even if they did have some help they should receive credit when it's due and everyone who helped. I feel bad the book just came out today and they're getting bad reviews as it is from people who haven't even read it. All I'm saying is as a respectable fangirl I will read this with no bias and see how it goes.
June 12, 2014
FUCK GUYS ! STOP JUDGING KENDALL & KYLIE BY WHAT THEIR FAMILY DID! DID KYLIE AND KENDALL HAVE A SEX TAPE ? NO. WERE THEY IN THE SEX TAPE? NO. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN STOP JUDGING THE BOOK BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN THE BOOK BY THEIR FAMILIES AND SOCIAL LIFE THEN IT'S ALL GOOD. GEEZ , YOU GUYS HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK TO JUDGE THE BOOK. REMEMBER,THEY ARE NORMAL PEOPLE, JUST LIKE US.
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March 30, 2023whatever they paid kylie & kendall’s ghost writer, it was not enough.
(read this approx 2014-2015)
(read this approx 2014-2015)
Shelved as 'never'
January 9, 2016
June 4, 2014
I read the sample and thought "wow".
For two girls who've grew up in an environment where they care about their figures only....start to write a book.
Wasn't it just the other day when Kendall Jenner said, "Guys, I'm a terrible reader"?
I doubt these people even know how to read!
Something that really pisses me off is the fact that they're getting credit for it, when we all know that they did not write this book. Someone else must have.
They're family probably paid them off to write it for them.
I mean come on! Do they even read to have any knowledge to even write something!?
People... Or "fans" need to be practical about who and what they're giving attention to.
Because it's sad witnessing imbeciles give full credit to only their high family status.
For two girls who've grew up in an environment where they care about their figures only....start to write a book.
Wasn't it just the other day when Kendall Jenner said, "Guys, I'm a terrible reader"?
I doubt these people even know how to read!
Something that really pisses me off is the fact that they're getting credit for it, when we all know that they did not write this book. Someone else must have.
They're family probably paid them off to write it for them.
I mean come on! Do they even read to have any knowledge to even write something!?
People... Or "fans" need to be practical about who and what they're giving attention to.
Because it's sad witnessing imbeciles give full credit to only their high family status.
Want to read
May 8, 2014 So sue me... I'm curious!
July 8, 2014
Actual Rating: 3.5 stars
Before we get into the nitty gritty of the review, we need to discuss something. I was walking through Target last week when I saw this book sitting by itself on a shelf. The cover is what drew me in. I thought it was gorgeous (I have a thing for this color blue and I was drawn in by the eye) and then I saw the “authors” were Kendall and Kylie Jenner. I texted my best friend a picture of the cover saying, “Look how pretty the Jenner girls’ book is!!” and she promptly said “Yeah but it probably sucks”. Everyone on Goodreads had the same thing to say. “Well clearly since it has two Kardashian kids names on it then it must be shit. And obviously they didn’t actually write it! They’re just trying to take credit!!”. I was so royally pissed off. I mean, sure. There was a good chance that this book wouldn’t be great. There was also a 99.9% chance that the book was written by a ghostwriter (which it was). But to judge the book so harshly without actually reading it is just so morally wrong in my opinion. Yes, it sucks that the Jenners are getting credit for an idea they may or may not have even come up with. But by rating it a 1 without reading it…. by shit talking it without giving it a chance…. you’re not doing anything negative to the Jenner girls, you’re doing it to the people that actually wrote the book. By putting the Jenners on the book, perhaps this was a way for a great author to make a living writing? It’s also very possible that the girls did have more to do with the book than just the idea. So in that moment, as I was walking through the Target aisles and reading “reviews” of the book on my Goodreads app, I decided I was going to buy the book. I was going to buy the book and I was going to read it and provide an honest and unbiased review because I have no time for bitches that are going to rate something poorly just because of a name on the cover, and no one else should tolerate that shit either.
Now, for that unbiased review….. I liked it. I genuinely liked the book, the characters, the setting. I didn’t love it, and it wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. In fact, I would say it was just above mediocre. It was slow in the beginning, and I found myself being bored and slightly confused. This is dual perspective, which we all know I can’t stand, and it was jumping around a lot. I felt like the authors (the real author, Maya Sloan) were trying too hard to write well. It was like she knew/thought she needed to overcompensate for the fact that a celebrity was going to be publishing it. The first few chapters were a little hard to get through, but toward the middle of the book I realized I was hooked. I was invested in the characters and what would happen to them. There was a love triangle, and one line of that triangle was insta-love which was annoying. But I was pulling for the other side of the triangle, the one where the two characters basically grew up together. Then there were some predictable moments, but there were also several twists that I did not at all see coming.
Other than a few mishaps here and there, the book was really great. Yes, there were a lot of aspects of it that seemed “borrowed” from other popular young adult series, but I feel like they were utilized in a way that progressed the story. A few times along the way I thought of other series, but not enough that it was a bad thing. A lot of books remind me of other books. I really liked the message it was sending to girls. Here was this rich, beautiful young girl that could have any boy she wanted. All she had to do was smile pretty and dress well and speak when she was spoken too, but that wasn’t enough for Livia Cosmo. She wanted to ride her horse and think for herself. She liked to get her feet dirty and she knew how to kick ass with a sword. She was bored with being shallow and vapid. She wasn’t really like that, and she fought against it, and it made me love her. The other character, Lex, was an orphan. Deemed unworthy by society and told that she would fail. She fought, she fought against oppression and she fought to succeed. She did not let where she came from dictate where she was going.
I felt like the story was intriguing. I wanted to learn more about how the world had become like this, and I am looking forward to the sequel. Like I said, it was not the best book I’ve ever read, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I had no problems getting through it, and it does not deserve NEARLY the amount of shit it is receiving from people on the Internet.
UPDATE: ACCORDING TO CRUSHABLE/LA TIMES-
“Along with their creative director Elizabeth Killmond-Roman, the Jenners created a broad two-page outline describing the futuristic tale about two girls with superpowers who are secretly twins. Sloan was hired to execute that vision, using Kendall and Kylie as inspiration for the book’s protagonists. The sisters took her along with them to New York Fashion Week and let her hang in their hotel room while they texted their friends.”
I stand by what I say. And I stand by Maya’s take on it as well, “I’ve learned to check my ego. Ego will get you a teaching job in Iowa grading freshman comp papers, or a 9-to-5 editing promotional material where you want to slit your wrists. I’m writing for a living, and it’s a gift to be a working writer.”
For more reviews - http://www.drunkonpop.com
Before we get into the nitty gritty of the review, we need to discuss something. I was walking through Target last week when I saw this book sitting by itself on a shelf. The cover is what drew me in. I thought it was gorgeous (I have a thing for this color blue and I was drawn in by the eye) and then I saw the “authors” were Kendall and Kylie Jenner. I texted my best friend a picture of the cover saying, “Look how pretty the Jenner girls’ book is!!” and she promptly said “Yeah but it probably sucks”. Everyone on Goodreads had the same thing to say. “Well clearly since it has two Kardashian kids names on it then it must be shit. And obviously they didn’t actually write it! They’re just trying to take credit!!”. I was so royally pissed off. I mean, sure. There was a good chance that this book wouldn’t be great. There was also a 99.9% chance that the book was written by a ghostwriter (which it was). But to judge the book so harshly without actually reading it is just so morally wrong in my opinion. Yes, it sucks that the Jenners are getting credit for an idea they may or may not have even come up with. But by rating it a 1 without reading it…. by shit talking it without giving it a chance…. you’re not doing anything negative to the Jenner girls, you’re doing it to the people that actually wrote the book. By putting the Jenners on the book, perhaps this was a way for a great author to make a living writing? It’s also very possible that the girls did have more to do with the book than just the idea. So in that moment, as I was walking through the Target aisles and reading “reviews” of the book on my Goodreads app, I decided I was going to buy the book. I was going to buy the book and I was going to read it and provide an honest and unbiased review because I have no time for bitches that are going to rate something poorly just because of a name on the cover, and no one else should tolerate that shit either.
Now, for that unbiased review….. I liked it. I genuinely liked the book, the characters, the setting. I didn’t love it, and it wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. In fact, I would say it was just above mediocre. It was slow in the beginning, and I found myself being bored and slightly confused. This is dual perspective, which we all know I can’t stand, and it was jumping around a lot. I felt like the authors (the real author, Maya Sloan) were trying too hard to write well. It was like she knew/thought she needed to overcompensate for the fact that a celebrity was going to be publishing it. The first few chapters were a little hard to get through, but toward the middle of the book I realized I was hooked. I was invested in the characters and what would happen to them. There was a love triangle, and one line of that triangle was insta-love which was annoying. But I was pulling for the other side of the triangle, the one where the two characters basically grew up together. Then there were some predictable moments, but there were also several twists that I did not at all see coming.
Other than a few mishaps here and there, the book was really great. Yes, there were a lot of aspects of it that seemed “borrowed” from other popular young adult series, but I feel like they were utilized in a way that progressed the story. A few times along the way I thought of other series, but not enough that it was a bad thing. A lot of books remind me of other books. I really liked the message it was sending to girls. Here was this rich, beautiful young girl that could have any boy she wanted. All she had to do was smile pretty and dress well and speak when she was spoken too, but that wasn’t enough for Livia Cosmo. She wanted to ride her horse and think for herself. She liked to get her feet dirty and she knew how to kick ass with a sword. She was bored with being shallow and vapid. She wasn’t really like that, and she fought against it, and it made me love her. The other character, Lex, was an orphan. Deemed unworthy by society and told that she would fail. She fought, she fought against oppression and she fought to succeed. She did not let where she came from dictate where she was going.
I felt like the story was intriguing. I wanted to learn more about how the world had become like this, and I am looking forward to the sequel. Like I said, it was not the best book I’ve ever read, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I had no problems getting through it, and it does not deserve NEARLY the amount of shit it is receiving from people on the Internet.
UPDATE: ACCORDING TO CRUSHABLE/LA TIMES-
“Along with their creative director Elizabeth Killmond-Roman, the Jenners created a broad two-page outline describing the futuristic tale about two girls with superpowers who are secretly twins. Sloan was hired to execute that vision, using Kendall and Kylie as inspiration for the book’s protagonists. The sisters took her along with them to New York Fashion Week and let her hang in their hotel room while they texted their friends.”
I stand by what I say. And I stand by Maya’s take on it as well, “I’ve learned to check my ego. Ego will get you a teaching job in Iowa grading freshman comp papers, or a 9-to-5 editing promotional material where you want to slit your wrists. I’m writing for a living, and it’s a gift to be a working writer.”
For more reviews - http://www.drunkonpop.com
Want to read
February 22, 2014hmmmmm let's watch as all them hipsters suddenly want to read YA dystopian and gets "omg the synopsis sounds so cool!!!1!!1" over it and i'm just gonna laugh at them because bitch you're late
July 19, 2020
.......................................................................................................... Dafuq?
February 7, 2020
vlog coming on sunday.... holy shit i hate myself for doing this to myself goodnight
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June 28, 2014I've seen some of the messages regarding this book coming out soon and, on some things I do agree(ghost writer, typical teen dystopia, etc.). But, I'm going to give this one a chance, since it will be interesting to read a book that was[possibly] written by celebrities(Well, celebrity by name).
I'll definitely give a review whenever I get my hands on this one, and I'll elaborate on the writing, editing, characters, all the elements that make a good book. I won't nark on Kendall and Kylie because they were born famous and this book is probably another marking stunt. I'll treat them like actual authors.
I'll definitely give a review whenever I get my hands on this one, and I'll elaborate on the writing, editing, characters, all the elements that make a good book. I won't nark on Kendall and Kylie because they were born famous and this book is probably another marking stunt. I'll treat them like actual authors.
Want to read
August 11, 2016I want to know if they can write! The cover looks so much like Ignite Me.
Update: To be fair, I did read the first chapter from MTV's website and I didn't like it. They used a lot of "deep" words but it was unnecessary.Also, the story didn't catch my attention.
Update: To be fair, I did read the first chapter from MTV's website and I didn't like it. They used a lot of "deep" words but it was unnecessary.Also, the story didn't catch my attention.
August 10, 2015
While exploring the bargain YA books section in Chapters one day i came across this book and was drawn in by the cover and curious to see what Kendall and Kylie Jenner (apparently) have to offer. Despite this books poor reviews I was determined to like it.
It was okay. The first half was semi-boring/confusing/lets-just-get-this-over-with. For the first half of the book it kept jumping back and forth in Lex and Livia's timeline. For example: one chapter was 6 years ago with Livia, the next 8 years with the Lex, then a week ago with the Livia and kept jumping back and forth in a way that I personally didn't like.
Once the Lex and Livia's lives crossed and they were finally on the same page (Literally. Sorry bad pun) was when it actually got interesting and turned to a semi-good read. Keep in mind this was half way through so as long as you are willing to hold out it gets better.
Overall it was a decent read, I'm glad I read it to see for my self what it was like.
It was okay. The first half was semi-boring/confusing/lets-just-get-this-over-with. For the first half of the book it kept jumping back and forth in Lex and Livia's timeline. For example: one chapter was 6 years ago with Livia, the next 8 years with the Lex, then a week ago with the Livia and kept jumping back and forth in a way that I personally didn't like.
Once the Lex and Livia's lives crossed and they were finally on the same page (Literally. Sorry bad pun) was when it actually got interesting and turned to a semi-good read. Keep in mind this was half way through so as long as you are willing to hold out it gets better.
Overall it was a decent read, I'm glad I read it to see for my self what it was like.
October 16, 2015
I can't believe I survived.
August 17, 2015
I feel like they had a Thesaurus RIGHT beside them while "writing" this book to sound more intelligent... I mean, some of the vocabulary used did not seem like something they'd be able to come up with and they used words that was completely unnecessary. But hey, they tried right?
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