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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Date read: October 8-October 11, 2019
Actual Rating: 4.00 STARS
I've said it before that I am not so much into Kate's character. I didn't hate her, I just didn't love her character that much. I loved tough female characters, but for me, her personality is just plain hard and stubborn and irrational some times. But what happened to her in the last part, I just really feel sad. Maybe it's inevitable. I actually think that what happened to her is the best way to give her character. I even wondered in some part of the story on how would the author decides Kate's fate. I thought it is the best conclusion for her. Because for me, she was somehow holding August back with her being a sinner. Maybe the big portion of my regret with her character is, as August said, she was the reason he was fighting to be a human even if a lot of people needed him as a monster. With her being gone, I just really feel sorry for August. I just wanted for August to be less in pain, that's all.
All in all, I enjoyed this duology so much. A really great read from Victoria Schwab's works. I am just so excited to read more of her books.
Actual Rating: 4.00 STARS
I've said it before that I am not so much into Kate's character. I didn't hate her, I just didn't love her character that much. I loved tough female characters, but for me, her personality is just plain hard and stubborn and irrational some times. But what happened to her in the last part, I just really feel sad. Maybe it's inevitable. I actually think that what happened to her is the best way to give her character. I even wondered in some part of the story on how would the author decides Kate's fate. I thought it is the best conclusion for her. Because for me, she was somehow holding August back with her being a sinner. Maybe the big portion of my regret with her character is, as August said, she was the reason he was fighting to be a human even if a lot of people needed him as a monster. With her being gone, I just really feel sorry for August. I just wanted for August to be less in pain, that's all.
All in all, I enjoyed this duology so much. A really great read from Victoria Schwab's works. I am just so excited to read more of her books.
I could not get enough of August and Kate's story in This Savage Song. I enjoyed the growth that we saw not only in Kate, but in August. We got to see what both of them have been doing since they parted ways only to come together one last time to defeat a new type of monster along with their own inner demons.
adventurous
dark
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
**spoiler alert** hm. might have spoken too soon. i didn't dislike this book by any means, but i def liked it less than this savage song.
personally, i found Kate and August, together, to be the strongest part of this savage song. For our dark duet to keep them completely apart for more than half the book - why mess with a winning formula. for the first 50% of the book, I really thought i was gonna give it 3 stars, but then Kate and August reunited and it reminded me why i liked the first book so much - but too little too late frankly, especially when the rest of the story didn't really hold up.
1. disappointed we didn't find out why the Chaos Eater was created -- side note: the discussion the wardens had about the monster names made me think, who came up with those names? i didn't give it much thought, but I assumed the monsters themselves had chosen those names-especially since they refer to themselves by them, something i don't think they'd do if humans had assigned those names to them -- i was really expecting to find out that it was Leo and that it was created by a Sunai killing another Sunai.
2. Did I misunderstand a massive piece of lore, or were we not told in the first book that the reason the Sunai go after sinners is so that the monster they created would die with them? is this something i made up? WHY WAS SLOAN STILL ALIVE??????? I swear that Alice, in the last page of the first book, had said there was no heart (in Sloan's chest where one should be), and I was expecting this to be the reason he was alive or that at least we would come back to it. Did I misread?? I really was waiting for this to come back at all in the second book, and it just didn't
3. Why did she kill kateeeee πππππππππ all that fighting to live, those near misses with death, only to kill her????? fuck you victoria. fr. i literally said no so loud my mom asked me if I was alright from the other side of the house.
3b. um the wardens? riley? ok yea august finds those unsent messages, is the implication that he's gonna do anything about them? no, not really. what's going on in Prosperty, more monsters? who's dealing with them? i really wanted a warden (or at least riley)/kate reunion. mostly, i just didnt want kate to die πππππππππππππ
4. was really expecting the sunai's music to play a larger part in the whole chaos eater thing - like maybe they'd be able to separate the light soul from the red soul? idk. i also thought that Kate killing the monster she'd created would clear her soul. that also didn't happen π₯² and then she died
hm writing this review is really making me think about why i wanted to give this book 3 stars. but like do i care about logic? not really. because i started cheesing the second kate reached the seam and didnt stop until kate died.
personally, i found Kate and August, together, to be the strongest part of this savage song. For our dark duet to keep them completely apart for more than half the book - why mess with a winning formula. for the first 50% of the book, I really thought i was gonna give it 3 stars, but then Kate and August reunited and it reminded me why i liked the first book so much - but too little too late frankly, especially when the rest of the story didn't really hold up.
1. disappointed we didn't find out why the Chaos Eater was created -- side note: the discussion the wardens had about the monster names made me think, who came up with those names? i didn't give it much thought, but I assumed the monsters themselves had chosen those names-especially since they refer to themselves by them, something i don't think they'd do if humans had assigned those names to them -- i was really expecting to find out that it was Leo and that it was created by a Sunai killing another Sunai.
2. Did I misunderstand a massive piece of lore, or were we not told in the first book that the reason the Sunai go after sinners is so that the monster they created would die with them? is this something i made up? WHY WAS SLOAN STILL ALIVE??????? I swear that Alice, in the last page of the first book, had said there was no heart (in Sloan's chest where one should be), and I was expecting this to be the reason he was alive or that at least we would come back to it. Did I misread?? I really was waiting for this to come back at all in the second book, and it just didn't
3. Why did she kill kateeeee πππππππππ all that fighting to live, those near misses with death, only to kill her????? fuck you victoria. fr. i literally said no so loud my mom asked me if I was alright from the other side of the house.
3b. um the wardens? riley? ok yea august finds those unsent messages, is the implication that he's gonna do anything about them? no, not really. what's going on in Prosperty, more monsters? who's dealing with them? i really wanted a warden (or at least riley)/kate reunion. mostly, i just didnt want kate to die πππππππππππππ
4. was really expecting the sunai's music to play a larger part in the whole chaos eater thing - like maybe they'd be able to separate the light soul from the red soul? idk. i also thought that Kate killing the monster she'd created would clear her soul. that also didn't happen π₯² and then she died
hm writing this review is really making me think about why i wanted to give this book 3 stars. but like do i care about logic? not really. because i started cheesing the second kate reached the seam and didnt stop until kate died.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Stalking
Minor: Death of parent
It was harder for me to get into this one. The characters were so isolated emotionally for a good portion of the book (makes sense story wise but also made it harder to connect with them) and while the struggles of the characters felt deeply personal in the first book this one was more about war and trauma impacting everyone (still a personal topic but felt broader in scope). Also we got some more of the monstersβ perspectives, which frankly the villains in this book arenβt complicated enough to be interesting to follow. I think if those perspectives were eliminated the story would have been more compelling even because we would have been figuring out what was going on with Kate and August as opposed to watching everything coming for them in real time. Things got much better half way through, but maybe I just wasnβt in the mood for this kind of digested existential angst. This sequel just came across as more preachy to me whereas the first one felt more heartfelt. Not that there wasnβt heart here, but maybe it got lost in all the monsters.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
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
THIS BOOK DESTROYED ME!
It was great from beginning to end, but oh! the ending *cries*.
I will always love how V Schwab shows that the definition of light and darkness, and good and evil are never as clear as we make them out to be. She blurs the lines so well and makes you love all of the characters so much!
It was great from beginning to end, but oh! the ending *cries*.
I will always love how V Schwab shows that the definition of light and darkness, and good and evil are never as clear as we make them out to be. She blurs the lines so well and makes you love all of the characters so much!