| Book | Enjoyable | Novel | Transformative | Recommendation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parable Series | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | My first exposure to this type of science fiction. Interesting modern analogy: Lauren is the Elon Musk of her time, but her tool is religion rather than companies. Also some parallels to Shusterman's Arc of Scythe trilogy (especially in terms of the ending). I liked Sower more than Talents. |
| Mirror Visitor Series | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🤷{:style {:font-size "15px"}} | Strong world-building in first and third books. Terrible and confusing fourth book; very difficult to get through. Kind of shot itself in the foot and wasted lots of potential, failing to develop many beloved characters after Book 2. Also most English translations are quite clunky (it's originally French). However its defiance of banal YA fiction tropes is still refreshing. |