Day 21 (The Hundred series Book 2)

After binge watching all 5 seasons of the 100, i thought i would read the books. My mistake. I purchased and read book one wondering how could the remaining 3 books cover the 5 season Netflix series. Being an optimist, i purchased Book 2 which was more disappointing than Book 1. Yes, there are a few more details and extraneous story lines but i didn't even bother to buy books 3 & 4. I did get the sample offering of 3&4 hoping to be convinced to buy but the outcome for me was to go back and start re-watching season one. The Netflix Series is the best series I've ever watched. It is both grand in scale and intimate in details. If you liked Battle Star Gallactica, Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones, the 100 incorporates the best of those and in my opinion equals or surpasses them in complexity, multiple story lines historical and current, action, character development, impossible choices, tragedy and a satisfying ending.

In the second book of The Hundred series, Day 21 by Kass Morgan, the kids on earth are figuring out how to survive while in space the ship is breaking apart and running out of oxygen. Once again, the book is told from alternating focus on Wells, Clarke, Bellamy, and Glass. Wells follows in his father’s footsteps of being a great leader, Clarke discovers what she believes about her parents may not be true at all, Bellamy is focused on getting his sister back from the Earthborns, and Glass realizes almost too late that she needs to get off the dying ship.Middle books of dystopian trilogies are often just not as good as the other two books, but this is not the case with Day 21. There are fewer flashbacks in this one than in the first book, but the ones included really help gain understanding of the characters’ motivations. I found myself barely able to put the book down because I really wanted to know what would happen next. The last two or three chapters are the best with, like in the first book, some pretty dramatic twists.

*Some spoilersBook Review: The 100 day 21I am writing an analysis on the book The 100 Day 21, the second book in the series, written by Kass Morgan. I liked this book very much. I liked it because of how the author always kept you on your toes and had a great storyline. I also liked how the the author told the story from 4 different characters ,Clarke, Wells, Glass, and Bellamy’s perspective. The book is more science fiction and I think that pre-teens and teen-agers would enjoy this book more. I think that younger kids and adults would not be interested in it as much.I would rate this book a 4.5 out of 5 I gave it this rating because while the book was very good I feel that I would have given it a 5 if the author had more detail in some of the parts story that needed them.In the book the author used a lot of dialogue and I thought that was very good for the book. The book is written in third person so you don’t get to know what the characters are thinking. Also the use of a lot of dialogue is good because the book is told by four different character's perspective so we get more of an insight of what the characters are like from the dialogue. For example one of the main characters Clarke says “ This is insane.I can’t believe I’m talking to someone from Earth.” (pg.89) This quote shows Clarke’s emotions that we wouldn't be able to know without the quote because of the way the book is written.In the book the author also made the characters very realistic which was good for the story because the book is science fiction so she made one part actually seem real. Throughout the book the author would show emotion in the characters through dialogue and from what other main characters in the book saw. For example Clarke says “ But it was terrible. I hated myself everyday” (pg.172) This quote from the book is showing how bad Clarke felt and how she hated watching the things that her parents did to children by testing on them with radiation. This makes Clarke realistic because she is expressing her emotions like disgust and anger through what she is saying.Another thing that the Author did with the characters is that in every chapter she would give them a flashback moment. I thought that, that was very smart and helpful because when I started the book series they didn't explain what had happened in the past. We had to pick up with them in their current situations and figure out what happened from the flashback moments. For example when I met clarke she was in confinement but I did not know why. Also when I met Bellamy one of the main characters the police are crashing through his door but I did not know why either . I thought this was very effective in the story because not knowing what was going on made you want to read more so you could figure out what was happening from the flashback.I think that there is also a theme to this book. Although it is not actually stated in the book I feel that the message the author is trying to convey is to not harm the Earth. The whole book series and book are about how after a nuclear war humans had to evacuate Earth because it was unsafe for them to live there anymore. They have been in space for over 300 years and finally they send humans down to check on the planet to see if it is able to inhabit life. The rest of the book is how they discover that there is already humans , animals, and plants on Earth and what they learn about them. So I feel that not harming the Earth is the silent message the author is trying to give the reader.So in conclusion I feel that the book was very good. The author made the book good by making the characters realistic with emotion, having a lot of dialogue, and having flashback moments. Also I think that this is a good book for pre-teens or teenagers who like sci-fi or fiction books.

I am really glad I started watching the tv show before reading the series. I would be highly disappointed in the show if that were the case. I sometimes have a hard time reconciling the loss of some of my favorite characters on the show not being in the book. The plots seem completely different, giving me only a vague sense that the stories are even related. That being said, I am thoroughly enjoying the series.

Warning spoiler alert!!! I like both books in general. I am really looking forward to read the whole story but look: in the second part story about Clarke's parents seems so cheap. All the teenagers inter-swapping romantic relations with each other in a short amount of time _ that is not even close to real. If world is cruel and harsh then how come every key character stays alive? Come on! In real life most of them would die before the end of book 2. There is such feeling that instead of 100 kids there are only 20 not more.Second book was much more predictable than the first one and to be honest, TV show is much better story than the book, but despite the things mentioned above I like them and would recommend it to everyone.

Still good. Still nothing like the tv show. And by good I mean fast and thoroughly enjoyable, not particularly "good". Need to find a more reasonably priced copy of the third one....Big, huge fan of the TV show, btw. The book series being totally different is neither bad or good: it's just completely different and fun in a totally different way.

Wasn’t sure if book 2 would be as good—but it was amazing. Same good pace. Great twists and turns exposed. Relationships healed. Loving the character story arcs and world building. Book 3 here I come!

The second book in The 100 continues on much like the first, splitting events between the teens on Earth and the rest of the survivors on the ailing space station, whilst also jumping between the present and flashbacks. To be fair, so much of this book felt like the first one that it doesn't really feel like a sequel at all. If you were to tell me that Kass Morgan wrote the two together, as one book, and was made to split it in half for easier marketing or something like that I wouldn't be shocked at all. It feels like one story; but I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.Like with the first book there isn't a huge amount of pace to Day 21. Events seem to unfold at a fairly lesisurely rate, and whilst there should feel like there's more tension and drive to the story it's kind of absent. This lack of speed was also present in the first book, and made it surprising to learn that twenty days had passed in that volume. I'm not even sure how much time passes during this book, and that bugs me a little.Bellamy should be looking for his missing sister, trying to find her trail in the woods, or questioning their prisoner, Sasha, to get information. Instead, he waits around for a few days, moping at the camp, going hunting, and occasionally trying to get a few answers. He should be desperate to get his only family member back, but seems a little relaxed about the whole thing. Equally, the 100 don't seem too determined to find out from Sasha about her people, or those attacking and killing them. Instead she keeps getting tied up, untied, taking trips into the woods, tied up again, kisses Wells, then finally escapes and goes home. Whilst her introduction is definitely an interesting and welcome addition, it's a little like the characters and the author aren't too sure what to do with her.The story on board the colony doesn't help with the pacing much either. Since the last book Glass has been trapped in one of the sections of the station with Luke, waiting for the air to run out and everyone die. The two of them hatch a plan to get her back in the 'rich' part of the station and unlock the doors so that everyone can get air again, and possibly escape. Okay, so this is definitely a tense story line, and has some great moments in it, like Glass spacewalking, but the pace is completely at odds with the rest of the book. Once Glass unlocks the doors people start pouring into the previously secure section of the station and it becomes a mad dash to the drop ships. This should be happening quickly, with it being a race for survival, but these chapters are inter spaced with the ones on Earth, and it really slows the pace of these sections down a lot.Despite these issues with pacing, the second book in the series definitely builds more on the world, and introduces new elements and plot points that are sure to be big things going forward. We learn that there are two factions of people on Earth, one friendly, the other hostile. We discover how these people survived the apocalypse and see their underground facility. Clarke learns of another expedition to Earth that included her parents, who might still be alive. And we get hints that there might be a killer within the 100's camp.These are all great moments that move the plot forwards and make it feel like a bigger world, but most of these come towards the end of the book, so don't expect to learn more until volume three at least.Whilst the flashbacks in the first book were a great way of us learning more about the characters and getting a good sense of the kinds of people they are, as well as giving us a lot of information about the colony itself, this time they feel a little more redundant. This time round the information that they're giving the reader aren't as important, and some of them make vague hints to things the characters learn later in the book anyway, and all their inclusion does is tip the read off to things that would have otherwise been a surprise.I'm hoping that these flashbacks will become more relevant in the next book, or will simply not be used. I'm a little worried that what was a great narrative device in the first book will be kept around and become overused, much like the increasingly harder to justify flashbacks in Lost.Overall Day 21 was an improvement on the first book, simply because it moved the plot forward and introduced some interesting new elements. It still, however, felt like a smaller part of a much bigger narrative, and as such left me a bit dejected come the end. I'm glad I'm reading it now, when all the books are already out and waiting for me, rather than having to wait on long periods between books for their release.

I started on this book straight after finishing the first in the series and it picks up almost exactly where we left off.Twenty-one days have passed since the teen delinquents landed on earth and a lot has happened. Alliances have been formed, relationships have begun and one of the 100 has been killed – by an arrow. We are not sure how this is possible as no one has been living on earth or if they have, why are they so hostile? The group have discovered that they are not the only inhabitants on earth and that there are people who are actually ‘earthborn’.We follow the characters further: Clarke and Bellamy set out to try and find the earthborn people and along the way make a lot of shocking discoveries, Bellamy’s sister is captured by the earthborns and the 100 group capture one of their people too, Wells is trying to get everyone to work together and Glass and Luke are still in space where the oxygen situation is becoming critical - they have only one option to survive - will they travel to Earth and who from the ship will make the journey?As before, the characters here are easy to get attached to, although I found a couple of them annoying at times. The writing flows well and the book is written in the same style with a personal POV for the characters in each chapter. Also, as before, we end with a cliffhanger and we have several flashbacks to reveal more insight into the characters motives and passions.I felt that this book was just as good as the previous one and I plan to start the 3rd instalment straight away.

This is the second book in the 100 series! It is set 21 days after the 100 have landed on earth and the drama is continuing. I started reading this really quickly after the first one because I loved the first one so much. I preferred this book to the first one because I thought more exciting things happened and relationships/friendships were forming really well.I love the dystopian elements of this series but I would ware you: if you're reading this because you've see the series you're in for a surprise: they are completely different!

This book picks up pretty much where the last one left off, and is written in a similar format: jumping between different characters P.O.V and using a lot of flashbacks to tell back story.I found the flashbacks more irritating this time round. It just felt like most of the important stuff had already been told in the first book and now the flashbacks were being used to illustrate points rather than give us insight. While some of the flashbacks were interesting, I kept thinking: if that's the story you wanted to tell, why not start there, instead of constantly flashing back?A lot of the tension seemed to have diffused now, which was strange considering the climax at the end of the last book. While I expected to find the 100 being attacked by Earthborns and Luke and Glass suffocating, everything seemed a bit calm when I expected panic and drama.I found Luke and Glass' story more interesting than the 100's this time, as what was happening on Earth seemed fairly dull compared to what they were going through, which again, is strange because there was quite a lot happening down on Earth. I just found all the tension was erased by the constant back and forth romances and the insistent focussing on that. I understand if you dump a bunch of horny criminal teenagers together there's going to be some sexual tension, but I can't believe they're so worried about who loves who rather than fears of attack or starvation or radiation poisoning.While I still enjoyed this book, I think it's a bit of an easy read: I'm in it more for the story than the writing and even the characters sometimes. It reads too simply and glosses over some of the finer details (and some of the larger ones) and that's what really makes a good book. I can see why it's been adapted to a TV show. It's never going to be the height of great literature but I know I'll still be looking out for the sequel.

Started with series one out of interest now waiting for series six, just when you think it's the end it starts again watched it over consecutive days could not stop the characters changed several times keeping you guessing, worth paying prime just for that