The Thousandth Floor
August 25, 2020
The first time I read The Thousandth Floor by Katharine
McGee was around three years ago. I don’t remember much besides
that I only had a couple of characters I was rooting for. I tried
reading it again last week, and I couldn’t even get past page 100.
I just didn’t like it. The main characters were all pretty
annoying.
Avery Fuller is genetically engineering to be perfect (which
ironically means she’s blonde with blue eyes?) and is super rich
so she’s basically living the dream life. However, she is
miserable because she’s in love with her adopted brother, Atlas??
I mean that was pretty weird, even if its not technically
incest...
Leda Cole, another rich girl who’s a main character, starts off
being relatable (as relatable as someone who overdosed on some
pretty strong stuff because she got rejected by Atlas and got sent
to rehab) but then just somehow turns straight-up evil?? I guess
she’s the villain of the series after this.
Watt Bakradi is some kinda tech genius who built a quantum
computer and put it in his brain (he called the computer Nadia).
He works for Leda to stalk Atlas to make a little extra cash. He
also somehow falls for her which is annoying because he seemed
like a decent guy and Leda is mostly despicable.
Rylin Myers’ story is basically like a Cinderella story. She works
as a maid for Cord. He’s rich, she’s poor, they like each other
and then hurt each other. As far as I remember, this was cute at
the beginning but then just got annoying because of how much they
were keeping from each other.
Eris-Dodd Radson is also a rich girl who suddenly turns poor
because she takes a DNA test and her rich dad realizes she’s not his
daughter. Her relationship with Mariel was the only one I could
root for, because it was pretty genuine as compared to the
others’.
The idea behind each book is that in the prologue, it tells you
that one of your MC’s dies, and you don’t know which one till the
epilogue. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT It was EXTREMELY annoying
that the only character I genuinely rooted for was this person for
the Thousandth Floor. Leda pushes Eris off of the Thousandth floor
(and apparently they’re half-sisters?). Also, I was curious for
who died in The Glittering Heights and
The Towering Sky, so I looked it up. Apparently, Nadia
killed Mariel in the Glittering Heights?? How does a
quantum computer do that… And in The Towering Sky Avery
fake dies.
One of the things I didn’t like about The Thousandth Floor is just
how superficial and full of themselves the rich kids are. Also,
basically all the characters casually do drugs. It was annoying. I
mean maybe it’s more common in a futuristic world but give it a
break with the halluci-lighters and xenperheidren!
Ooh I do want to say that the covers of all the books are
gorgeous!! When I got the book from the library I was just
admiring the metallic cover and the art inside because it’s soo
pretty!!
Maybe the series got better later on but honestly I didn’t really
feel like wasting my time on it.