The Thousandth Floor: A New York Times Bestselling YA Thriller of Secrets, Lies, and Romance

Review originally posted on lysskreads.wordpress.comAlright, let me make this painstakingly clear.. this is basically dystopian Gossip Girl. To a freaking T.AND I LOVED IT. I was not expecting it to be a one day binge read, at all. I started it on break at work and basically had to force myself to work instead of read for the rest of the day. I can’t say I was successful considering I finished it same day.So just before we actually get into everything I liked about it, I feel the need to bring up something very important:Yes, there is an incestuous romance. Do I care? Not really. Do I agree with incest? Never in a million years. You’ve got to realize though.. I am completely and utterly OBSESSED with Game of Thrones, which is chalk full of incest nasty. In The Thousandth Floor, it’s a romance between a girl and her adopted brother. HOWEVER, the fact that there is no blood relation does not make it less disgusting. But hey, McGee doesn’t say it’s okay in the book. You are reading from the POV of the girl in the relationship, so obviously there’s self-doubt, there’s a battle to get over her forbidden feelings, but there is also defeat and acceptance that she can’t change those feelings. What a lot of people forget to mention is that it also shows the POV of someone outside the relationship that finds out about it and that character literally has to force himself NOT to vomit and throws himself into a drunken stupor because it’s so disgusting. If I found out the guy I was crushing on was sleeping with his sister, I’d react the same way. McGee shows both sides. She isn’t hanging flyers trying to convert everyone over to the incest-nasty dark side.Now that that’s settled.."He didn’t know whether she’d fallen, or been pushed, or whether—crushed by the weight of unspoken secrets—she’d decided to jump."That prologue! There really isn’t a more fantastic way to start a book than with a mysterious death because you HAVE to know: What happened? Who was it? WHO DID IT?!The Characters:Leda- Crazy, crazy, crazy.. I felt bad for her throughout the majority of the book. I had really hoped that Avery would be the one to break because she just seemed too.. perfect (Well, if you can forget the whole incest thing). But Leda really blew everyone else out of the water with that nutso level.Avery- Meet the IT Girl, the Serena, the Barbie Doll designer baby that hates to be told just how perfect she is. Basically, the only interesting thing about her is that she loves her brother in a very non-brother-sister way.“On the other end of the call was Atlas, her brother—and the reason she never wanted to kiss anyone else.”BLEHK.Watt- Hacker boy with an AI system attached to his head. Watt (Nadia) gets hired to cyber stalk Atlas (Avery’s brother) by Crazy Leda, which leads to all kinds of unexpected trouble. Like falling for Avery, who loves Atlas and is best friends with Leda, who also loves Atlas. I think I actually liked Nadia more than Watt. Can I have more AI in The Dazzling Heights, please? HahaRylin- Poor, tough Rylin. Totally rooting for Corlin! Rylin gets caught between her drug dealing ex-boyfriend and bailing him from jail, and Cord, her highlier employer and the guy she finds herself falling for.They’re all so different from each other and it was so refreshing. I often find that when there are so many POV’s, they have a tendency to run together. I didn’t have that problem at all with The Thousandth Floor.Obviously the whole book leads to that moment we’re all waiting for.. Who was the girl that fell? Did someone kill her?The fact that I need The Dazzling Heights as soon as possible should tell you that I really enjoyed this book.

I originally picked this book up because I loved the cover so much. I had put off starting it since it's part of a series. Now that the third book is getting ready to release, I decided to start it. I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to get from it. I had my reservations. I don't typically read books set in the future. I am not a big YA fan, although I have read some. Then there was the long list of main characters. I wasn't sure I would be able to follow the book.This book starts out with a big bang, giving you the main climax of the story. Then goes back to how the dominoes started to set up and fall down leading up to the climax. I was hooked from that opener. I wanted to know who was involved and why.The book moved with a great pace. Giving you both plot and character development piece by piece. With each character's story you not only get to know them, but you are getting sections of a web that will eventually become complete by the end of the book.I really enjoyed this book. I have read some of the reviews since I finished reading it. I have to say, people are a little too picky and way too hyper-sensitive. This is a work of fiction. The author did a great job at creating realistic characters in realistic situations given their age and status. There are some great subject themes in this book. From the rich and entitled to the under-class and hard working. The blending of all of these characters fit well into the story that is being told. I don't think this story would have worked without any one of them.I did want to hit on a couple of things that this book seemed to get some flack over. (Just know I am rolling my eyes over these.) First, is the budding romance and attraction between two characters who are adoptive siblings. This is technically NOT incest. Is it questionable? Okay, sure. But incestual? Hardly. I mean, sure they are legally brother and sister, but biologically, they are nothing to one another. It's no different than same-sex relationships. One can't help who they are attracted to or fall in love with. It's a natural attraction. They share no blood or genes. It isn't romanticized like some have accused. In fact, they both fight the attraction. They try to deny it, ignore it. I think some reviewers need to get be more open to fiction that could actually be real.The next I want to address is the LGBTQ insensitivity. I didn't see it. The relationship that develops is natural. And the handling of it is REALISTIC. These are teenagers. They are confused and full of hormones. I am not sure what the hyper-sensitive reviewers think should happen with immature teens who are confused with what they are feeling, but clearly they are a bit delusional. I think the author did a wonderful job with setting up societal, socioeconomic, and culture themes well in this book. Were these characters irrational and immature? Absolutely. They are TEENAGERS, hence their teenage behavior. They problems and their emotions seemed spot on to me. Sure, some were a bit exaggerated, but this is fiction.Overall, this book was a really good book. My reservations were a bit unfounded. I had no problems with the things I thought I would. I really enjoyed this book, and I am looking forward to reading the next two books.

I've said it before but I so judge books by their cover, and rarely fully read descriptions. Most of the time this works out in my favor, and sometimes I get phenomenal results...Just like I did with The Thousandth Floor.Someone sold this book to me as Gossip Girl meets the future, which is somewhat true. The Thousandth Floor is set 100 years in the future, where the gadgets are slightly more advanced and the teens are still up to no good. I appreciate the setting that Katharine established - it's not unrealistic to expect the world to look just as she's set it out. Everything is a bit more automated (for those who can afford it) and it's inconvenient to go out in the world when everything is self contained and regulated within the tower.Personally, I read the hell out of the Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars series. But The Thousandth Floor is so much more than the petty drama that often occurred in Gossip Girl. Written in four perspectives, you'd think things would get pretty jumbled but they never do. I was on board the whole way through and always felt like I knew who was where and doing what. The Thousandth Floor makes you care about all of the characters, even the ones you really don't want to like. I was terrified of the path they were headed down, worried about the choices they made. Sometimes I wanted to yell at the book - WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? Alas, free (book) will persevered, to the dismay of all of those who interacted with the four main characters.The one thing I hope we get more of in the future is the history of the tower. This is a pretty unique structure (one of a kind, actually) so I want to know more about how it came to be and its dark history. With 1,000 stories within this world, I imagine 1,000 stories is not out of the realm!

This book had a lot of points that weren't great and a lot that were good.This book should be amazing right? The idea of having such a massive power and being restricted to your floors based on you wealth and status sounds like an exciting and interesting book right? Well, this did not live up to its potential. The plot was slow and at times things were being described that I wasn't sure was relevant or were just kinda boring and pretentious.Most of the characters in this book did nothing but wind me up and I didn't understand the appeal of a lot of them. However, there are a few diamonds in the rough who are not completely dull or psychotic who will keep you reading, and unfortunately they are commonly from the lower floor.Furthermore I'm not such a big fan of the romances in this book, there is one I like - and if you're read the book you know which one I'm okay with. But other than that it's a bit of a mess. The 'main' romance if you will is 'forbidden' - and not for a bad reason, and sorry for the spoiler here, but it almost feels like author is promoting and encouraging an almost-incest relationship and I'm not sure I'm down for that.The ending of this book is what makes me want to read on, not any of the characters, it's just the whole disbelief over what has happened and how it will be resolved is what's got me hooked; and I'm afraid that's not enough for it to be anymore than an okay book.

I thought the cover was awesome. The book delivered exactly what it promised: a tall building and lots of drama. I certainly found it a page turner and I enjoyed the cast featuring a good amount of women with a variety of sexual orientations and backgrounds. I was also genuinely surprised at the end of the novel, in a good way I think.What I did not like was the, uh, semi-incestuous relationship that seemed to be presented as though it were some kind of exciting sordid secret. It wasn't exactly endorsed by the author, I don't think, but neither was it explicitly condemned. It certainly made me feel a bit gross, but then again none of the other characters were exactly paradigm's of moral virtue.It was engaging, dramatic and the characters were well developed, which is why I gave this novel 4/5 rather than 3/5.

Total rip off of gossip girl. Large tower where your status is dependent upon the floor you live on. Bunch of rich kids with 'problems' (#firstworldproblems) all fight for queen bee position. Opening chapter is great but everything after is disappointing. All characters are 1D on account of the fact that there are too many central characters. Made it to the end of the book but figured out what was going to happen well before the midway point. Definitely would not recommend and will not read the remaining books in the series.

Im a 15 year old and I have never been so sucked into a book like this before. I have read this book and the next book and am very impatiently waiting for the third book to be published in September.I seriously think you should read it, its filled with so much suspence and excitement and I'd do anything to reread the whole thing all over again and be in suspence with all the crazy things that happen one by one. I found my mouth open at most scenes when I am just recovering from an amazing scene something else happens and my mouth couldnt get any wider.I would reccomend this book to anyone and I really hope you read it and give it chance so you can fall into a void that I fell into. I feel as though I cannot rest until September!!!!!

If you were to sum this book up, it would be 'pageturner'; drama in every chaper, the story is constantly changing and relationships are always moving apart and together and it's frankly massively different from anything I've read before, due to my interest in more epic and fantasy based books. That being said, I am very glad I read this, and I cannot wait to read the sequel, which I'm sure will be just as fast-paced and filled with DRAMAAAAAA.