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Actual rating 4.5 stars.
After a very long spate of novels where after the first 100 pages or so, I was still struggling to get into the book. ‘The Retribution of Mara Dyer’ broke that slump. It jumps right into the action and had me trying to puzzle things out, gripping me with every page. I had put off reading this last book of the trilogy for so long because of the difficulty I had getting into ‘The Evolution of Mara Dyer,’ but we get answers very quickly, and it puts the all the series of events up this this point into a new perspective straight away. Someone should had slapped me upside the head earlier on and forced me to get into this final book sooner…
With such a dark, captivating and complex tone, I was truly enraptured.
Our protagonist Mara is definitely a troubled teen – the way she handles the darkness, the things she does left me uneasy. It was compelling reading, but I don’t fully understand how the people around her can dismiss the gravity of what she has done (and what she is capable of) so easily. It’s the one issue I have with this book – zero repercussions for crime, murder and violence. All aspects of the mystery surrounding Mara Dyer are solved. And she is no longer the victim as I thought of her in book one, but an anti-hero. I really enjoyed her journey, but also found it disturbing.
Noah as lovely as he is, as gorgeous as the love between Mara and him is, is whipped. The romantic in me finds it endearing. But the realistic side of me wonders if he’s not being stupid… but that’s the thing with love isn’t it? It makes you do silly things. To have the gorgeous relationship blossoming between these two characters amongst so much tragedy is juxtaposing. A gothic romance.
At times the narrative felt a little long winded, but it did not detract from the excitement of the story. I was constantly wondering how the hell they were going to get out of the mess they were in. My mind was doing a lot of scrambling to work out what was going on. So any of my predictions flew out the window very early on.
With a great writing style, it comes off as lyrical and full of shadows. But also manages to give answers and real technical information to tie up the trilogy without spoiling the mystical feel of the novel. It was a brilliant end to the series. May I say cute even. Which is weird given the dark aspects to the story.
Highly recommend this trilogy, though I did struggle with the middle book. Recently hearing that The Shaw Confessions is getting added to this universe, with ‘The Becoming of Noah Shaw’ due for release on November 7th this year, I’m getting really excited. I may be making little squeaky noises, and jumping up and down…
After a very long spate of novels where after the first 100 pages or so, I was still struggling to get into the book. ‘The Retribution of Mara Dyer’ broke that slump. It jumps right into the action and had me trying to puzzle things out, gripping me with every page. I had put off reading this last book of the trilogy for so long because of the difficulty I had getting into ‘The Evolution of Mara Dyer,’ but we get answers very quickly, and it puts the all the series of events up this this point into a new perspective straight away. Someone should had slapped me upside the head earlier on and forced me to get into this final book sooner…
With such a dark, captivating and complex tone, I was truly enraptured.
Our protagonist Mara is definitely a troubled teen – the way she handles the darkness, the things she does left me uneasy. It was compelling reading, but I don’t fully understand how the people around her can dismiss the gravity of what she has done (and what she is capable of) so easily. It’s the one issue I have with this book – zero repercussions for crime, murder and violence. All aspects of the mystery surrounding Mara Dyer are solved. And she is no longer the victim as I thought of her in book one, but an anti-hero. I really enjoyed her journey, but also found it disturbing.
Noah as lovely as he is, as gorgeous as the love between Mara and him is, is whipped. The romantic in me finds it endearing. But the realistic side of me wonders if he’s not being stupid… but that’s the thing with love isn’t it? It makes you do silly things. To have the gorgeous relationship blossoming between these two characters amongst so much tragedy is juxtaposing. A gothic romance.
At times the narrative felt a little long winded, but it did not detract from the excitement of the story. I was constantly wondering how the hell they were going to get out of the mess they were in. My mind was doing a lot of scrambling to work out what was going on. So any of my predictions flew out the window very early on.
With a great writing style, it comes off as lyrical and full of shadows. But also manages to give answers and real technical information to tie up the trilogy without spoiling the mystical feel of the novel. It was a brilliant end to the series. May I say cute even. Which is weird given the dark aspects to the story.
Highly recommend this trilogy, though I did struggle with the middle book. Recently hearing that The Shaw Confessions is getting added to this universe, with ‘The Becoming of Noah Shaw’ due for release on November 7th this year, I’m getting really excited. I may be making little squeaky noises, and jumping up and down…
Hands down amazing. Epic. More like 6 stars. Stop everything you're doing, and read this book.
Hodkin, if it HAD to end, then what an ending it was! Enthralled to the very last page--I can only say, bravo. <3
5 -Villanos y héroes -estrellas
*SPOILER ALERT*
Mara dyer pensó que su cabeza no podía sentirse más confundida. Se equivocó.
Luego de días de pruebas y drogas, su mente no está en el lugar que se supone que esté. Hay algo diferente dentro de ella, la parte más peligrosa de esto es que no le desagrada. Por primera vez en mucho tiempo se siente libre.
Sin embargo, no lo es.
Quizá todo tendría una solución si Noah estuviera ahí con ella, pero él no está.
Mara es peligrosa, es cierto, no obstante nadie sabe lo que sería capaz de hacer por encontrar a Noah, porque las respuestas ya no le interesan.
Oh. Por. Dios.
Luego de finalizar el libro número dos de esta trilogía, tenía sentimientos encontrados, ya que por alguna razón hubo momentos en los que no me sentí tan absorta en mi lectura, algo decepcionante cuando tomamos en cuenta que se trata de una de mis series favoritas. Sin embargo, al final, quedé igual de enganchada que la vez anterior y eso me devolvió un poco de esperanza.
La verdad es que intenté leer algo más antes de empezar con The Retrubution of Mara Dyer, peeeeero, me quedé muy al borde y mi jaqueca literaria amenazaba cada momento de paz que tenía, por lo que opté por leer.
Una de las cosas que más me gustan con respecto a estas series, es la habilidad de la autora para transmitir los sentimientos de una manera tan realista. Es decir, la manera en la que Mara reacciona, piensa y actúa están muy bien sincronizados, sin duda hay un crecimiento o más bien, una evolución en cuanto al personaje.
La Mara que se presenta en este libro se ve desprovista de compasión, pero al mismo tiempo es más fuerte y decidida, ha dejado de lado todos sus miedos con respecto a su conducta y ahora acepta quien es.
Creo que una de las cosas más frustrantes acerca de este libro es el hecho de que nadie sabe en dónde está Noah, y hasta cierto punto pareciera que los personajes sólo dan vueltas sin realmente un rumbo fijo. El único indicio de que puede que estén haciendo bien las cosas, es cuando llegan a la casa de la tía de Jamie y luego de que Mara se abre a si misma, encuentra la bolsa con la nota que dice que le crean. De ahí en fuera me pareció que estaban un poco a la deriva.
En definitiva, el mejor momento de todo el libro (si no es que de toda la trilogía) es cuando el padre de Noah aparece. Por fin hay una explicación, por fin sabemos al 100% qué es lo que ocurre con Mara, y aún así pareciera que no es suficiente. Quiero decir, ok. Ahora todo lo de la memoria genética tiene sentido, y sabemos que Lukumi es en realidad el abuelo de Mara, y que para que el ciclo pudiera terminar, la madre de Noah y la abuela de Mara debían morir, pero hay un par de cosas que me saltan. Como el hecho de que nunca se hace mención de que Mara lleva el nombre de su abuela, o que cuando al final Lukumi les deja los collares y las cartas, hace mención de que al portarlos están aceptando ser parte de un grupo que se extiende por todo el mundo, pero no se dice más al respecto. Y no sólo eso, odié que la decisión de ambos quedara tan a ala deriva, porque como lo entendí, Noah se quitó el collar y Mara decidió quedarse con Noah, incluso si eso significa la perdición para ambos pero aún así hay muchos sentimientos y emociones que ninguno de los dos está expresando y eso me pone muy ansiosa.
Por otra parte, lloré a mares cuando Noah inyecta a Mara. Las lágrimas no dejaban de salir. Me parece un momento muy emotivo, pero que se ve manchada con la desaparición del padre de Noah.
Desafortunadamente, creo que al final todo se soluciona demasiado fácil, de una manera poco creíble, porque la habilidad de Jamie parece arreglarlo todo y al mismo tiempo yo seguía esperando por las consecuencias que se supone que vendrían por utilizar su don.
Creo que ha muchas preguntas sin respuesta y a pesar de que es molesto y me quedo con la sensación de que no he terminado de leer correctamente, también espero que se resuelva en los siguientes libros, por los que no puedo esperar.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Mara dyer pensó que su cabeza no podía sentirse más confundida. Se equivocó.
Luego de días de pruebas y drogas, su mente no está en el lugar que se supone que esté. Hay algo diferente dentro de ella, la parte más peligrosa de esto es que no le desagrada. Por primera vez en mucho tiempo se siente libre.
Sin embargo, no lo es.
Quizá todo tendría una solución si Noah estuviera ahí con ella, pero él no está.
Mara es peligrosa, es cierto, no obstante nadie sabe lo que sería capaz de hacer por encontrar a Noah, porque las respuestas ya no le interesan.
Oh. Por. Dios.
Luego de finalizar el libro número dos de esta trilogía, tenía sentimientos encontrados, ya que por alguna razón hubo momentos en los que no me sentí tan absorta en mi lectura, algo decepcionante cuando tomamos en cuenta que se trata de una de mis series favoritas. Sin embargo, al final, quedé igual de enganchada que la vez anterior y eso me devolvió un poco de esperanza.
La verdad es que intenté leer algo más antes de empezar con The Retrubution of Mara Dyer, peeeeero, me quedé muy al borde y mi jaqueca literaria amenazaba cada momento de paz que tenía, por lo que opté por leer.
Una de las cosas que más me gustan con respecto a estas series, es la habilidad de la autora para transmitir los sentimientos de una manera tan realista. Es decir, la manera en la que Mara reacciona, piensa y actúa están muy bien sincronizados, sin duda hay un crecimiento o más bien, una evolución en cuanto al personaje.
La Mara que se presenta en este libro se ve desprovista de compasión, pero al mismo tiempo es más fuerte y decidida, ha dejado de lado todos sus miedos con respecto a su conducta y ahora acepta quien es.
Creo que una de las cosas más frustrantes acerca de este libro es el hecho de que nadie sabe en dónde está Noah, y hasta cierto punto pareciera que los personajes sólo dan vueltas sin realmente un rumbo fijo. El único indicio de que puede que estén haciendo bien las cosas, es cuando llegan a la casa de la tía de Jamie y luego de que Mara se abre a si misma, encuentra la bolsa con la nota que dice que le crean. De ahí en fuera me pareció que estaban un poco a la deriva.
En definitiva, el mejor momento de todo el libro (si no es que de toda la trilogía) es cuando el padre de Noah aparece. Por fin hay una explicación, por fin sabemos al 100% qué es lo que ocurre con Mara, y aún así pareciera que no es suficiente. Quiero decir, ok. Ahora todo lo de la memoria genética tiene sentido, y sabemos que Lukumi es en realidad el abuelo de Mara, y que para que el ciclo pudiera terminar, la madre de Noah y la abuela de Mara debían morir, pero hay un par de cosas que me saltan. Como el hecho de que nunca se hace mención de que Mara lleva el nombre de su abuela, o que cuando al final Lukumi les deja los collares y las cartas, hace mención de que al portarlos están aceptando ser parte de un grupo que se extiende por todo el mundo, pero no se dice más al respecto. Y no sólo eso, odié que la decisión de ambos quedara tan a ala deriva, porque como lo entendí, Noah se quitó el collar y Mara decidió quedarse con Noah, incluso si eso significa la perdición para ambos pero aún así hay muchos sentimientos y emociones que ninguno de los dos está expresando y eso me pone muy ansiosa.
Por otra parte, lloré a mares cuando Noah inyecta a Mara. Las lágrimas no dejaban de salir. Me parece un momento muy emotivo, pero que se ve manchada con la desaparición del padre de Noah.
Desafortunadamente, creo que al final todo se soluciona demasiado fácil, de una manera poco creíble, porque la habilidad de Jamie parece arreglarlo todo y al mismo tiempo yo seguía esperando por las consecuencias que se supone que vendrían por utilizar su don.
Creo que ha muchas preguntas sin respuesta y a pesar de que es molesto y me quedo con la sensación de que no he terminado de leer correctamente, también espero que se resuelva en los siguientes libros, por los que no puedo esperar.
This book is worth 4 stars since it kept me on my toes since the first page of book 1, and I do feel like *SPOILER* the important questions were all answered. But you could fill a whole other book with answers to questions that we still have, and I'm wondering what the future of Mara and Noah's relationship looks like now that she's outing the whole story and they're together even though they've been warned against it. Do they go on crusades to make the world a better place? There could almost be a follow up series based on Mara trying to do good and realizing her gifts come at a price.
I'm still wondering why her grandmother killed herself if she knew it would force Mara's power to manifest when all she had to do was wait around for Noah to kill her one day. And what happened to Stella? She was such an important character and then we never know about where she ends up.
I couldn't put this book down and I loved how the characters evolved throughout the books. Great trilogy overall!
I'm still wondering why her grandmother killed herself if she knew it would force Mara's power to manifest when all she had to do was wait around for Noah to kill her one day. And what happened to Stella? She was such an important character and then we never know about where she ends up.
I couldn't put this book down and I loved how the characters evolved throughout the books. Great trilogy overall!
First of all, let me state that I have issues, severe issues that allowed me to read this book within the course of about a day and a half...and I'm so happy I did. God this book was delicious! My eyes devoured every word on the pages, and let me just say I am so happy I stayed up to read it instead of sleeping...pfft, who needs it anyways.
A few things I must say about this book:
1. Thank you Jesus that Noah wasn't really dead. I swear I teared up every time I thought of it (especially when he actually died)
2. Michelle Hodkin is a literary genius. First of all how the fuck did she connect the last book to the first one so easily, and how did it all just make so much since! Like she closed any wounds I may have had.
3. The sex scene...not really but the description of it was wonderful without making me feel like I was reading erotica. Like it was sweet and innocent but also dirty and sexy at the same time. Like damn....slow claps for hodkin.
4. So much was going on in this book, but none of it was left unanswered by the end of the series.
All in all, this woman is a genius and I swear to buy all of her books and read them until they fall apart. She made me want more and did things I didn't like but didn't give any type of cliche story. Every time u thought you predicted what would happen she made something else happen and it was unexpected but so delicious. The fact that I didn't know what was going on only made my eyes move faster so I could figure it out. The moment I got my hands on these books I devoured them as quickly as I could. This book is so beautiful, it was a love story, but without being a love story. It was a mystery without being a mystery. It was thriller without being a thriller. This book cannot be labeled under one category, because it is so many different things combined into one huge pile of yes. Just let me say that this is a masterpiece, the whole trilogy and I would gladly read it all over again. Geesh.
When I read, I read to be sucked into someone else's life...and despite the crap that she went through in here, I would love to jump into this world and become a part of it. Goodness. One of my favorite books by far I must say.
Well done Michelle Hodkin.......well done
A few things I must say about this book:
1. Thank you Jesus that Noah wasn't really dead. I swear I teared up every time I thought of it (especially when he actually died)
2. Michelle Hodkin is a literary genius. First of all how the fuck did she connect the last book to the first one so easily, and how did it all just make so much since! Like she closed any wounds I may have had.
3. The sex scene...not really but the description of it was wonderful without making me feel like I was reading erotica. Like it was sweet and innocent but also dirty and sexy at the same time. Like damn....slow claps for hodkin.
4. So much was going on in this book, but none of it was left unanswered by the end of the series.
All in all, this woman is a genius and I swear to buy all of her books and read them until they fall apart. She made me want more and did things I didn't like but didn't give any type of cliche story. Every time u thought you predicted what would happen she made something else happen and it was unexpected but so delicious. The fact that I didn't know what was going on only made my eyes move faster so I could figure it out. The moment I got my hands on these books I devoured them as quickly as I could. This book is so beautiful, it was a love story, but without being a love story. It was a mystery without being a mystery. It was thriller without being a thriller. This book cannot be labeled under one category, because it is so many different things combined into one huge pile of yes. Just let me say that this is a masterpiece, the whole trilogy and I would gladly read it all over again. Geesh.
When I read, I read to be sucked into someone else's life...and despite the crap that she went through in here, I would love to jump into this world and become a part of it. Goodness. One of my favorite books by far I must say.
Well done Michelle Hodkin.......well done
3.5 stars. This series is so different from all the others I've read. It's fucked up and insane but funny at the same time. It's always hard to find a satisfying end to these kinds of books so I'm relieved I wasn't disappointed. Not all loose ends are tied up but in the end, it didn't feel like they needed to.
I struggled with the first 40% of the book and then it picked up and I was hoping for some resolve. I felt like my questions weren't really answered and the ending was overly cheesy. I sorta rolled my eyes a little. It just wasn't what I had hoped for with the trilogy that had such a strong start.
First half: exciting.
Second half: boring.
Ending: anticlimactic as fudge.
I really enjoyed the first book in this series, but the other two were just not my thing and disappointing compared to the first one. I really don't have any feelings towards them.
Second half: boring.
Ending: anticlimactic as fudge.
I really enjoyed the first book in this series, but the other two were just not my thing and disappointing compared to the first one. I really don't have any feelings towards them.