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tessa_b's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
morganhagerperry's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
shawniebooks's review against another edition
4.0
I'm giving this a 4 because it is still among the top 5 of my all-time favorite series to date, but I experienced disappointment with this installment. It was so slow and drawn out. I'm also disappointed with the lack of relationship building in this one. Though still it's one of my favorite series.
skycrane's review against another edition
1.0
Unfortunately, I didn't like the book very much at all. I like long books that spend a lot of time with the characters, so I thought I'd enjoy this one, since it mostly takes place after all the excitement of the previous novels in the series. There's no major threat, everyone's just trying to put together the pieces and figure out how they're going to live together in this new world. But it's still written as if there's this overbearing tension and danger, even though there's basically no threat whatsoever. There's still a lot of focus on where each character is at every moment, how they react to the relatively minor upsets that occur in their neighborhood, who's watching Meg at all times. But the antagonist is just some guy. And that's it. Some asshole shows up, and then everyone repeatedly freaks out for no reason. The mayor and the chief of police are consulted on this crisis, the Others set up a round-the-clock watch on his apartment, there are cops following his every move. Most of the book is spent establishing just how unpleasant Jimmy is, but it's all completely pointless.
I cannot recommend this book. I only finished it because I thought there'd be another in the series, but I wish I had just skipped it.
I cannot recommend this book. I only finished it because I thought there'd be another in the series, but I wish I had just skipped it.
katyanaish's review against another edition
3.0
I love this series, this world, this entire cast of characters.
And I love that this book focused much more on Simon, Meg and the Lakeside characters (where in previous books, they felt somewhat secondary to the plot).
In the end, though, this was a transition book. Lots of major plot happened in the previous book, and the world was dramatically changed. This book is about how our beloved characters adjust to this new world. I loved being able to revisit them, and I loved their relationships with each other, and how much they've become a team. But overall, not a whole lot happened.
Or maybe it just felt that way because Cyrus is pretty small potatoes.
In any case, I enjoyed it very much because I love this series and these characters.
Edit to add: Okay, looking over other reviews, people are indicating that this is the end of Meg/Simon/Lakeside story. If that's the case, I'm significantly less impressed. That means this isn't a transition book, it is basically one massive epilogue. And I don't feel like it really resolves the story. It means that overall, I feel like the series gave too much time away to the massive, world-spanning plot, and took away time from the character arcs, because now we're at an end and it feels like a weird anti-climax. I mean, I guess we know Meg and Simon will be okay, but does anything actually feel resolved? Or is it just me who feels that way?
Edit to add, #2: The more space I get from it, the less happy I am with it. I revised the rating to a 3. The series as a whole gets a high 4. This book as a stand-alone gets a 2.
And I love that this book focused much more on Simon, Meg and the Lakeside characters (where in previous books, they felt somewhat secondary to the plot).
In the end, though, this was a transition book. Lots of major plot happened in the previous book, and the world was dramatically changed. This book is about how our beloved characters adjust to this new world. I loved being able to revisit them, and I loved their relationships with each other, and how much they've become a team. But overall, not a whole lot happened.
Or maybe it just felt that way because Cyrus is pretty small potatoes.
In any case, I enjoyed it very much because I love this series and these characters.
Edit to add: Okay, looking over other reviews, people are indicating that this is the end of Meg/Simon/Lakeside story. If that's the case, I'm significantly less impressed. That means this isn't a transition book, it is basically one massive epilogue. And I don't feel like it really resolves the story. It means that overall, I feel like the series gave too much time away to the massive, world-spanning plot, and took away time from the character arcs, because now we're at an end and it feels like a weird anti-climax. I mean, I guess we know Meg and Simon will be okay, but does anything actually feel resolved? Or is it just me who feels that way?
Edit to add, #2: The more space I get from it, the less happy I am with it. I revised the rating to a 3. The series as a whole gets a high 4. This book as a stand-alone gets a 2.
karenreader's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
⭐️ bad, ⭐️ ⭐️ ok, ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ good, ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ very good, ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ something special
[***The following rambling notes are for me. They may contain spoilers or no information at all.***]
Silly, but love the series. This is my least favorite book of The Others because I find some of the characters so frustrating. Also, after five books, all we get from Meg and Simon is them finally articulating that they might like each other in the final moment of the book.
momosaurus's review against another edition
2.0
NOTE: Very slow development with problems that shouldn't even existed in the first place and some plot holes, feels inconclusive.
This is a let down for me. After the cliffhanger about Simon's and Meg's relationship from the previous books, I expected that to be focus of this book, but alas it was not and only thrown in from time to time and finally rushed through for the finale. Pretty underwhelming for the end of a five-book series, romance and action wise. Saw there was another book after this but it's a new story, I'm not sure how I feel about that. On one hand a continuation of this world (yay), on the other hand, no more Meg and Simon or Sam and Skippy (boo)
This is a let down for me. After the cliffhanger about Simon's and Meg's relationship from the previous books, I expected that to be focus of this book, but alas it was not and only thrown in from time to time and finally rushed through for the finale. Pretty underwhelming for the end of a five-book series, romance and action wise. Saw there was another book after this but it's a new story, I'm not sure how I feel about that. On one hand a continuation of this world (yay), on the other hand, no more Meg and Simon or Sam and Skippy (boo)
kk7's review against another edition
3.0
It was a decent story but I expected more romance, as this was the final book.
hoshim's review against another edition
4.0
The book series is hella slow burn, which I love. However it's got some strong themes of potentially disturbing content, and it's low-key sexist in a 1980/1990 kind of way. Still a fun read though.
rumandkoolaid's review against another edition
3.0
Wish there was more about Simon and Megs relationship! I liked the series overall though thought this book didn’t go as far as I expected with the aftermath of everything that happened leading up to this story.