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giasbookshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
valreads_everyday's review against another edition
2.0
Partially my fault that I read this sequel 4 years after I read the first book but then again, nothing happened until the last chapter.. It's sad because I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy when I was younger. This just seems like... unnecessary sequel series...
curseofachilles's review against another edition
1.0
UPDATE: July 10 2020
A friend of mine just asked me what I think of this series and I was about to show her this review until I realized this review doesn't make any sense.
But you get it, right? I HATED this book
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Well, what a huge disappointment.
So the reviews are right after all. This book sucks.
You know that little suspense we have in The Becoming of Noah Shaw? Gone.
You read that gripping mystery and mind fucks in the whats-real-whats-not way in Mara Dyer Trilogy? Fucking GONE.
Let me kick this off with saying that nothing like absolutely fucking nothing happened in this book.
I thought the first book is bad enough but it was still okay. Turns out it could get worse.
Please Michelle stop. The entire series is getting so weird. And I’m so angry because the original trilogy deserves better than this badly-written fan-fiction.
Deep breaths
The Reckoning of Noah Shaw is a confusing book. I mean don’t get me wrong, a good book should be confusing; it’s supposed to make the readers want more and confused as to what the hell is going on. Reckoning, however, is confusing and not in a good way.
The book opened right after that scene in the first book and things started to go from there. The problem is, nothing happened.
Okay, the first book sucks but something happened at the very least, and I was compelled enough to find out why the suicides were happening. This book, however basically consists of one, Noah and Goose getting drunk and being stupid, and two, the little ‘twist’ in the end (or rather, it’s supposed to be a twist. But at that moment I hated this book so much and wanted to get it over with that I don’t fucking care).
The problem with the previous book is that Michelle Hodkin, purposefully added new mysteries in the hopes that the readers would be on the edge of their seat just like what they (and me) do when we read the Mara Dyer Trilogy. However, she seems to be trying so hard that these strange happenings form this… guessable pattern. These ‘mysteries’ happened so often that they get all mangled up and we’re fucking confused. Now, the problem with this book, however, is that it explains absolutely nothing except for the useless ‘reveals’ here and there. It’s that bad.
Also this book is filled with pointless thoughts of Mara (who isn’t even in the damn book!) and pointless Noah and Goose scenes where they act like proper Englishmen. I always appreciate couples who love each other unconditionally but getting into Noah’s thoughts of Mara is quite depressing. There’s no single chapter when he doesn’t think about her (who again, is not in the book) and they’re filled with these weird metaphors that he sounds like someone obsessed? I mean seriously it’s creepy as hell. He sounds like someone so drunk in love he could go mad. I used to love Noah so much I mean he was like a hot sex god back in the Mara Dyer trilogy and this series had ruined my love for me. I don’t even like him anymore. He’s just downright annoying.
Also there are pointless scenes where Noah and Goose talk about anything else such as man I don’t even know what they’re talking about and the fact that I’m Asian is not helping. And they happened so often in between scenes. Have you read Teardrop? if you haven’t, don’t bother it’s a really bad book. That book has absolutely nothing going on except for obsessive thoughts about the main character’s significant other. Add that with weird strange happenings, a London background and shitty pointless conversations about polite Englishmen and you get The Reckoning of Noah Shaw.
This book, or fanfiction as I like to call it, should not have existed. The entire series shouldn’t have existed. It ruined the original Mara Dyer trilogy. The plot is not going anywhere and I fail to grasp what the heck is going on. The story should’ve ended with Retribution. This entire series is pointless and unnecessary enough said.
A friend of mine just asked me what I think of this series and I was about to show her this review until I realized this review doesn't make any sense.
But you get it, right? I HATED this book
----------------------------------------------
Well, what a huge disappointment.
So the reviews are right after all. This book sucks.
You know that little suspense we have in The Becoming of Noah Shaw? Gone.
You read that gripping mystery and mind fucks in the whats-real-whats-not way in Mara Dyer Trilogy? Fucking GONE.
Let me kick this off with saying that nothing like absolutely fucking nothing happened in this book.
I thought the first book is bad enough but it was still okay. Turns out it could get worse.
Please Michelle stop. The entire series is getting so weird. And I’m so angry because the original trilogy deserves better than this badly-written fan-fiction.
Deep breaths
The Reckoning of Noah Shaw is a confusing book. I mean don’t get me wrong, a good book should be confusing; it’s supposed to make the readers want more and confused as to what the hell is going on. Reckoning, however, is confusing and not in a good way.
The book opened right after that scene in the first book and things started to go from there. The problem is, nothing happened.
Okay, the first book sucks but something happened at the very least, and I was compelled enough to find out why the suicides were happening. This book, however basically consists of one, Noah and Goose getting drunk and being stupid, and two, the little ‘twist’ in the end (or rather, it’s supposed to be a twist. But at that moment I hated this book so much and wanted to get it over with that I don’t fucking care).
The problem with the previous book is that Michelle Hodkin, purposefully added new mysteries in the hopes that the readers would be on the edge of their seat just like what they (and me) do when we read the Mara Dyer Trilogy. However, she seems to be trying so hard that these strange happenings form this… guessable pattern. These ‘mysteries’ happened so often that they get all mangled up and we’re fucking confused. Now, the problem with this book, however, is that it explains absolutely nothing except for the useless ‘reveals’ here and there. It’s that bad.
Also this book is filled with pointless thoughts of Mara (who isn’t even in the damn book!) and pointless Noah and Goose scenes where they act like proper Englishmen. I always appreciate couples who love each other unconditionally but getting into Noah’s thoughts of Mara is quite depressing. There’s no single chapter when he doesn’t think about her (who again, is not in the book) and they’re filled with these weird metaphors that he sounds like someone obsessed? I mean seriously it’s creepy as hell. He sounds like someone so drunk in love he could go mad. I used to love Noah so much I mean he was like a hot sex god back in the Mara Dyer trilogy and this series had ruined my love for me. I don’t even like him anymore. He’s just downright annoying.
Also there are pointless scenes where Noah and Goose talk about anything else such as man I don’t even know what they’re talking about and the fact that I’m Asian is not helping. And they happened so often in between scenes. Have you read Teardrop? if you haven’t, don’t bother it’s a really bad book. That book has absolutely nothing going on except for obsessive thoughts about the main character’s significant other. Add that with weird strange happenings, a London background and shitty pointless conversations about polite Englishmen and you get The Reckoning of Noah Shaw.
This book, or fanfiction as I like to call it, should not have existed. The entire series shouldn’t have existed. It ruined the original Mara Dyer trilogy. The plot is not going anywhere and I fail to grasp what the heck is going on. The story should’ve ended with Retribution. This entire series is pointless and unnecessary enough said.
mouwuol's review against another edition
3.0
I kinda need the third book but it says its releasing in 2023????!!!!
librarypatronus's review against another edition
2.0
Meh. This took me days to read, when the original series I just flew through. I wasn’t nearly as interested in Noah without Mara. The cliffhanger was decent, though.
oliviabrisebois's review against another edition
4.0
I can't wait for the last book to come out. But... this one left me very confused as to what is actually going on.
melssb's review against another edition
3.0
Wasn't sure what to expect with this book. Noah is caught in a never ending whirlwind of confusion it seems and even I was a bit confused but it was exciting and you just get too curious so you can't stop reading.
bookmarklit's review against another edition
3.0
I’ll admit that some of my low rating is partially my fault since I remember about 10% of the previous book, but I feel disenchanted overall by this whole series/world. This book had a lot of filler (going back and explaining more things) and a decent amount of interesting plot points otherwise. I don’t even really know what else to say because this was just the epitome of a “shrug emoji” to me lol.
carissa_alana's review against another edition
2.0
Hello filler book! Honestly, parts of this were interesting, but this was a definite filler novel and I feel like the ending of this book proves that.