THE YOUNG ELITES BY MARIE LU | booktalk with XTINEMAY

Let's talk about Marie Lu's new book THE YOUNG ELITES! What did you think of it!? Thanks for watching!

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[leah___v]

I actually liked Adelina and thought Violetta was kind of selfish hiding her powers but she made up for it in the end. Enzo...that was just horrific. *my heart*

[gbnas]

I actually loved all of the dark parts in the story, especially when Adelina and Enzo were training for the first time and Adelina created the wings. THAT WAS BOSS

[Mr.Possums]

A lot of people complain about the Adelina's darkness or overall darkness of the story. Not me. As cheesy as it absolutely sounds, there are others like me who can relate and enjoy the darkness, fear, hatred and all.

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That last conversation between Adelina and Rafaelle infuriated me and I really hated the daggers that time.

[hustonhead]

I love your opinion on the book, but I have to disagree with you on the protagonist because I think the fact that she is an antihero makes the book that much better because we always see from the good guys point of view and never anything else so it's good that she is branching off with this book(Marie lue)

[BTPavedTheWay]

I actually thought Adelina would have done well as Queen rather than Enzo as King. Throughout the book she was the only Dagger who actually cared enough about the Malfetto being slaughtered in the streets. And yet, the other Daggers were very flippant about it, and to some degree, were even glad for the distraction.

I think the reason I liked Adelina was because, in the end, she accepted who she was and she didn't pretend to be someone else to fit in.

The entire Dagger Society were manipulative, hypocrites, and only allowed her to join because they needed her ability. They told her, if she outwore her use, they'd kill her because she knew too much. And it had been done before. Which is why she didn't tell them about Teren. She had seen first hand that The Daggers didn't care for anyone who wasn't useful to their cause. And I have no doubt they would have left Violetta to rot since we had no prior knowledge that she was an Elite.

As for her ability she has the power to manipulate the threads of reality and influence them with illusions that she creates. There is a section were Raf was teaching her about the threads and how to use them.

I'm actually rooting for her because I think she has what it takes to be a great leader. If The Daggers had come into power I don't think there would be much of a difference. At least Adelina and Violetta have the will and strive to change their world.

[summersoaks]

My favorite scene is when she gets shocked by Raffaele in a lesson with him and starts remembering her life and hears her fathers words---"I know who you really are. Who will ever want you, Adelina?" and she gets angry and thinks "Everyone. They will cower at my feet, and I will make them bleed." I was like DAMN. I saw her darkness in its entirety right then.

[LeaderColden]

i think the best way to describe Adelina's abilities is senses: Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch and Hearing. She has the ability to deceive someone's senses. At first she can only fool Sight with illusions, but with practice she can fool the other senses. Dante's dumbass unlocked her ability to affect 'Touch' which, as we read, can kill someone if its used on them long enough.

The Human body doesn't do fake. If it feels like its in pain. ITS IN PAIN!!

[lmychocolate]

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When i read the scene Enzo died, i was like " NO HE DIDN'T DIE, IT WAS ALL AN ACT. HE COULDN'T HAVE DIED. NO. NO. HE'LL COME BACK TO LIFE LATER." the entire time. I thought he's gonna be back at the end of the book, but he didn't. But yeah, i have the same thought of Maeve bringing back Enzo from the dead in the next book, it makes me feel a lot better when you talked about that. IF HE DOESN'T COME BACK LATER, I'M GONNA BE FREAKIN
Anyway i this book <3 Can't wait for The Rose Society

[sabby]

I actually believed that the Daggers would've killed Adelina if she confessed early on. Maybe not if she confessed earlier than she actually did, but Enzo and the rest, who barely trusted her, would've considered her a liability. Which is what I think is really interesting about the entire series, since Adelina never trusted anyone, and no one really trusted her either.

[stefresecasantos]

You shouldve read the blurbs because then you wouldve known Adelina's story is the villain's origin story. And Rafaell originally was the protagonist hero so it's funny you like him it shows your attracted to the typical hero

[nurazira]

I read somewhere that Marie Lu started writing the protagonist as the hero but in the end what she really wanted to write was a villain. The villain's side of the story.

[liamyo]

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I actually liked Adelina from the beginning like I just understood how she felt like... She always focused on her father's hatred towards her that making her forget about her sister... And my heart broke when Enzo died, I even made myself believe that Mauve's brother was actually Enzo at some point. I just don't want Enzo to die just like that, at the hands of effin Adelina??

[madirisi]

I think a lot of the reason I loved Adelina was because I could really relate to her... Not the killing people and abandoning her sister part, but I definitely understand the dark developments that come from an abusive past. The way Marie Lu described her vengeful thought process was just absolutely INCREDIBLE

[adelinasevers]

I'm watching this right after I finished the rose society and laughing bc I know what happens. Btw, I hated violetta and I LOVED Adelina's character. I actually like this more than legend, the symbolism and theme is soooo good in this trilogy when you think about it in depth and what it says about the real world. Compare it to Animal Farm (one of Marie's favorite books) and it'll help to understand what she was going for. Sure this does have some cleshes but it's definitely way different from any YA book I've read, which was very refreshing. And pay attention to the amazing character development throughout the books, you'll see why it's important at the end of the second one.

[svvetlanalana]

It really was stupid that she didn't tell her ELITE friends about Teren's ultimatum thing, it really was. But in a way, it was necessary because Marie Lu really had convince the readers how much poisoned her heart was already with all that hatred instilled inside her.

[agwonders]

when i found out that enzo died i was reading the book in my chem class and i stared tearing  up and my two friends started to laugh at me. i was so upset i really like enzo. my favorite scenes were the ones that had the sweet moments in it.

[DroidMuzik]

I also think it was pretty terrible that Violetta kept her powers to herself and let Adelina take the brunt of her fathers rage, all while purposefully suppressing Adelina. What do you think?

[alliesinkovich]

I loved the scene when Enzo was training Adeline! The part where Adelina tricked Enzo even got me confused, but the whole scene was amazing :0

[leahheath]

I love Marie Lu's books! I always keep forgetting Adelina has one eye. I feel she should have started out with two eyes and then we have to see how she loses her eye. But oh my gosh, have you seen the fan art for this book.

[kosiincali]

Legend is in a league of its own. Like nothing compares. I actually understood Adelinas anger towards her sister. They were both children who cares if she was a couple years older. I don't love Adelina just because I haven't connected to her as much. I totally agree with the Daggers being the same as the King and Inquisition Axis but from a different pov. I'm excited to read Rose Society