But the Scholars being people who loved knowledge, and Marshals being people who rule with an iron fist, and don't forget the resistance fighters, known as the. Also, a small gripe, I felt like the names of the factions in An Ember in the Ashes were a little uninspired, although that's not the biggest deal. While I get why the bad situation and social hierarchy trope is a thing and is appealing to the primary audience-young adults-it feels a little overdone in the wake of Harry Potter (Dursleys/Hogwarts houses), Percy Jackson (single parent struggle/Camp Half Blood), and Hunger Games (District 12 squalor/the districts). Things start off in a standard way for your typical YA dystopian-esque novel, where adolescents are depicted in bad conditions, to say the least, and you learn about how the world is divided into factions/groups/districts. I came in expecting a story just as thought provoking, poignant, and eloquent as All My Rage, and while An Ember in the Ashes didn't quite reach the peaks of Sabaa Tahir's latest novel, its action-packed storyline and colorful cast of characters had me turning the metaphorical pages of my audiobook in the back half of the book. After reading All My Rage, I knew I had to give Sabaa Tahir's other books a read.
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