I've never gone from such a high rating to such a low rating over the course of a book! The first half was 5 stars, amazing, and I could not put it down! The set up seemed so intriguing and I loved the slow confusing journey to the school and the first year journey. It was a bit pretentious, sure, but I didn't mind so much. I saw a lot of themes that reminded me of the Metamorphosis.

The middle part was still interesting, but I really started to lose steam as it went on and on. It was just Sasha being assigned a weird task that seems impossible. And then she works hard and then is able to do the task. Whatever.

And then the ending was a total let down for me! (I think) I get what it was trying to do, but it completely lost me! It was just so stupid. How dare the authors make something so amazing and then just turn into something so dumb. I even get the metaphors and stuff, and I'm glad some people go a lot out of it. But it just seemed like a waste of time and a good set up!