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3.95 AVERAGE
4.25 out of 5 Stars!
The series kept getting better and better!
How would I describe 'Retribution of Mara Dyer' in one word: MINDF***.
If someone asked me about this series last year I wouldn't have recommended this series to them, but I only read the first book last year and honestly I didn't like it at all not plotwise but characterwise. However, there was still a small part of me that wanted to continue on with the series for 2 main reasons: 1) I don't like to dnf a book (standalone) especially not a series, because I keep hoping it'll get better. 2) I feel terrible when I dnf a book, even if I don't like one of the installements of the saga.
And now would I recommend the trilogy? Hell yeah!
Now all I have to do is to wait for the 3rd book of 'Noah Shaw Confessions' trilogy (which supposed to be already out by now), so that I can bing-read that as well, because I still have so many questions, lots of things left unexplained and I want more!!!
The series kept getting better and better!
How would I describe 'Retribution of Mara Dyer' in one word: MINDF***.
If someone asked me about this series last year I wouldn't have recommended this series to them, but I only read the first book last year and honestly I didn't like it at all not plotwise but characterwise. However, there was still a small part of me that wanted to continue on with the series for 2 main reasons: 1) I don't like to dnf a book (standalone) especially not a series, because I keep hoping it'll get better. 2) I feel terrible when I dnf a book, even if I don't like one of the installements of the saga.
And now would I recommend the trilogy? Hell yeah!
Now all I have to do is to wait for the 3rd book of 'Noah Shaw Confessions' trilogy (which supposed to be already out by now), so that I can bing-read that as well, because I still have so many questions, lots of things left unexplained and I want more!!!
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes
I might just be dumb, but I’m more confused with the ending of this book than I was at the start of the series. I have so many questions that I’ll never get answers to. How am I supposed to root for Noah and Mara when they literally hold each other back? How are these teenagers going to explain disappearing from their families lives?
This series was so good, but the ending just brought it down for me. I really thought that I would reread these books in the future, but why would I dedicate all that time to be disappointed by the ending. Im really not sure how to feel about this book. Basically I’m disappointed.
This series was so good, but the ending just brought it down for me. I really thought that I would reread these books in the future, but why would I dedicate all that time to be disappointed by the ending. Im really not sure how to feel about this book. Basically I’m disappointed.
I almost gave this one four stars, but it had me on the edge of my seat until the very end, and overall I really enjoyed this series. I think Michelle Hodkin is a wonderful writer, definitely one of the best YA writers out there. The content was a little more mature than the typical YA novel - sex, violence, language, etc. - but with that came a much more mature, and in my opinion, better quality, of work. I KNEW these characters. I could have LIVED these characters. No I can't read minds or move things without my hands, but I can relate to who these people are. Hodkin has taken a very important topic - mental illness - and raised great questions with it. What if there really is no such thing as crazy? What if every person locked up in a mental institution isn't bat shit crazy, but deeply misunderstood. Who hasn't felt misunderstood at times? What if the things neurotic, schizophrenic psychopaths think they see is real, but the rest of us can't, and don't want to, and that's our way of explaining it away? Yes this is YA fiction. It's supernatural and it's fantasy and it's not a true story. But the people who have been at a place where they felt so alone and misunderstood they didn't think they would ever see the light of day again? That's real. Women who were sent to mental institutions before the year 1980 because they didn't want to be housewives or let their husbands control them? That's real. Maybe this book isn't meant to be some sort of insight into the mind of the mentally ill, but one can't read this without wondering what it's really like to be "crazy." In fact, if you read this and don't wonder if you are, you probably are. Such a eye-opening look at the idea that every man really is an island and that what we see isn't always what we get.
Well, this book got me shrieking by its ending because of all the unexpectedness. But I love how it's a mixture of genres that I can't almost pin it down. So, I'm happy that by the end Mara cleared what the story is about.
Though I've got to say that I felt like the story has lots of holes in it. I think I didn't get all the premises of their powers or the circumstances. And I find the first part of the story so strange. Like it strayed too far from everything. For me the story seems too unfocused, and sometimes it felt like the story is falling apart, and is all mystery.
Though I've got to say that I felt like the story has lots of holes in it. I think I didn't get all the premises of their powers or the circumstances. And I find the first part of the story so strange. Like it strayed too far from everything. For me the story seems too unfocused, and sometimes it felt like the story is falling apart, and is all mystery.
It's nearly 3am but holy fucking shit I am so happy with this ending you don't understand like it was everything I wanted it to be and more and I am just so HAPPY SFDGHS
This is undoubtedly one of my favourite series I have ever read and ever will read. It was just done so brilliantly. I LOVED IT SO MUCH AND I'M SO SAD IT'S OVER BUT ALSO HAPPY BECAUSE IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A MORE PERFECT ENDING THANK YOU MICHELLE YOU QUEEN I LOVE YOU
This is undoubtedly one of my favourite series I have ever read and ever will read. It was just done so brilliantly. I LOVED IT SO MUCH AND I'M SO SAD IT'S OVER BUT ALSO HAPPY BECAUSE IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A MORE PERFECT ENDING THANK YOU MICHELLE YOU QUEEN I LOVE YOU
Do you know what authors do when they don't know how to end a story? They end it with the first sentence of the first book.
Very disappointed with the ending. Yes, I did laugh at Mara and Noah's cuteness, but it didn't feel like a conclusion.
Very disappointed with the ending. Yes, I did laugh at Mara and Noah's cuteness, but it didn't feel like a conclusion.
This trilogy just got worse and worse with every book. I liked the first one, but it's been all downhill from there. There are some genuinely funny lines and the author is clearly good at writing and drawing characters. But the plot is full of ridiculous coincidences and enormous holes. It doesn't even make sense. Big disappointment.