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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Absolutely phenomenal ending to this trilogy. I was on the edge of my seat, the whole time, I cried. I cheered. If you enjoy dystopian books definitely read this trilogy.
I really enjoyed the first two books of this series but could not find myself to enjoy a majority of this one. The pacing seemed off - spending so much time just not doing anything that by the time the book was wrapping up I couldn't find myself caring about any of it. So much of this book was speeches, sitting around or getting into a conflict that never had any meaning by the end.
A good chunk of this book is set aside for receiving the bricks the camp needs to stay hidden - but there's never an explanation on who actually stole it and why they didn't rat the camp out. They also never get the supplies back and it's just set up for the war machines reveal - which is resolved in two sentences at the end and no one really thinks about this at all.
The characters seemed to have drastically different charactizations from the previous two books or even different charactization from a previous chapter - including characters seemingly no longer caring for someone they cared about in a previous book. Gabriel and Alouette are friends in book 2, have history from their childhood, he literally takes a stun bullet for her but neither of them care enough to ask about the other. Gabriel is now so obsessed with Cerise - I don't even wanna get into this but I hated this - that no one else matters anymore.
And there were so much seemingly happening off screen that we never got to see and just had to accept for what it was, meaning we not got any real explanation for things. Chatine tells her brother that they're related off page in book 2 and it's in part 3 of this book when you realize that this actually happened - though she seemingly never tells him that they have an older sister. Gabriel gets unstuck from underneath a barricade to end up in the sewers with no explanation on how he got there let alone the fact Hugo carried him back to the place. Jorlas just seemingly trusts the Inspector and we still never know /why/ - it's also to a point where Max trusts him and how? Why? There's no way I'm meant to be believe they just didn't recognize him when Hugo recognizes him /immediately/.
This book just felt so off and it was disappointing that it turned out this way.
A good chunk of this book is set aside for receiving the bricks the camp needs to stay hidden - but there's never an explanation on who actually stole it and why they didn't rat the camp out. They also never get the supplies back and it's just set up for the war machines reveal - which is resolved in two sentences at the end and no one really thinks about this at all.
The characters seemed to have drastically different charactizations from the previous two books or even different charactization from a previous chapter - including characters seemingly no longer caring for someone they cared about in a previous book. Gabriel and Alouette are friends in book 2, have history from their childhood, he literally takes a stun bullet for her but neither of them care enough to ask about the other. Gabriel is now so obsessed with Cerise - I don't even wanna get into this but I hated this - that no one else matters anymore.
And there were so much seemingly happening off screen that we never got to see and just had to accept for what it was, meaning we not got any real explanation for things. Chatine tells her brother that they're related off page in book 2 and it's in part 3 of this book when you realize that this actually happened - though she seemingly never tells him that they have an older sister. Gabriel gets unstuck from underneath a barricade to end up in the sewers with no explanation on how he got there let alone the fact Hugo carried him back to the place. Jorlas just seemingly trusts the Inspector and we still never know /why/ - it's also to a point where Max trusts him and how? Why? There's no way I'm meant to be believe they just didn't recognize him when Hugo recognizes him /immediately/.
This book just felt so off and it was disappointing that it turned out this way.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is such an amazing trilogy and it ended with a bang. It's so well written with amazing character development and world building. A planet ran by a monarchy and a class system but on the brink of war as the general meticulously works his way to power but to rule as a dictator. Two revolution groups disagree with how to achieve overthrowing the patriarchy and the general - one by violence and one by peace. The book is written in multiple POVs. Normally, it can get too busy with way too much going on with multiple POV in my opinion, but this book had the perfect balance so you get the multiple POV without it getting confusing as each character has their main purpose and each are equally important. If you haven't read this trilogy yet by this dynamic duo, I highly recommend it.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
1) I spent the first two books rooting for marcellus, only to constantly be going "what the hell, marcellus?!?" for about a third of this one; and
2) i can't believe we didn't even get a kiss at the end.