If you
haven’t read the book already and plan on going on to read it then I shall try
and keep this review as spoiler free as possible. The Society of S is the tale
of 13 year old Ariella Montero, who has been shielded from the rest of the
world by her father, Raphael Montero. She was not allowed out to meet other
children, was home tutored by her father and brought up to believe she had a
disease which could harm her if she didn’t keep to a strict diet and didn’t go
into crowd. The book is split into 3 sections detailing a different part of
Ariella’s journey to finding out and becoming who she really is. At times
Ariella comes across older than she actually is, and you find you have to
remind yourself she isn’t 17 years old, rather a 13 year old with great
intelligence and
conforms to what people expect of her to begin with. Susan Hubbard has a great
writing style, which really lets you connect with the protagonist and shows you
how her mind works. Her use of references to Authors and Poets really creates a
voice for her characters and shows the relationship the protagonist and her
father share. In the final 2 sections, we are introduced to a number of easily
disposable characters and the plot becomes very rushed as if Hubbard is trying
her hardest to make a plot. We aren’t introduced to the Society in which the
title of the novel speaks of, until very near the end and even then it’s only a
fleeting few paragraphs. I will give this novel 3.5 stars out of 5, as I found
there was not a particularly well developed plot that engages the reader.
However the protagonist Ariella makes up for it I feel, with her strong
personality and intelligence. But not enough to bring the rating of this book
up. I feel the only reason I might go on to read the sequels, is to find out
about the loose ends that are brought in towards the end of the novel. But even
that cliff-hanger is easily resolved if you paid attention to a comment toward
the end of the first section.
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| The Society of S. Source; Goodreads.com |
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