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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Loose lips sink ships.”
3.5/5 stars, this is book 12 and the conclusion of story arc 3. We do not get to wrap up loose ends like books 4 and 8, but the plot (somehow) continues to keep my interest enough to continue to arc 4.
This book is typical PLL drama, mischief, and mystery but ~cruise~ edition. Everything is more fun on a boat, right?! Some events in the book feel very predictable at this point, but other subplots keep me coming back for more. Those mainly include Hanna and Mike, Aria and Noel, both of which are couples I continually cheer for. Now onward to the next book…
3.5/5 stars, this is book 12 and the conclusion of story arc 3. We do not get to wrap up loose ends like books 4 and 8, but the plot (somehow) continues to keep my interest enough to continue to arc 4.
This book is typical PLL drama, mischief, and mystery but ~cruise~ edition. Everything is more fun on a boat, right?! Some events in the book feel very predictable at this point, but other subplots keep me coming back for more. Those mainly include Hanna and Mike, Aria and Noel, both of which are couples I continually cheer for. Now onward to the next book…
repito lo mismo que en las anteriores reseñas: la trama se estiro demasiado, se torno repetitiva y predecible. Igual este libro, en definitiva, me gustó mas que los 2 anteriores
Not bad, just not much felt like it was happening. Kinda boring for the first half, and just could have been better if it was shorter. Also the plot twist at the end wasn’t surprising as the other ones in other books have been. But still good, 3 stars.
I liked this book a lot more than the any of the other recent books in the series. It's about time that Shepard finally trapped the girls somewhere with a lot of the possible A suspects. I doubt it is realistic for a bunch of schools to go on a cruise, but I'm poor and go to potlucks, so I just might not know any better. I also like Reefer and Mike a lot more than most of the secondary characters in the series.
It is also about time that the girls acknowledge how much they are damaging people's lives. I'd be thrilled if they actually thought about how many people they've killed or injured either directly or indirectly, but it's good that they're finally starting to feel some responsibility, even if they spent too large of a chunk of this book practicing a hula.
The girls aren't up to anything too interesting in this one. The main plot is Hanna's, and she hasn't really had anything to do for a long time. It makes no sense for Hanna to even be in the accident. I would have been a lot happier if the books finally directly addressed Hanna's eating disorder. She still has unhealthy thoughts and behaviors, and we never got a real explanation as to why she stopped binging and purging.
I didn't really like Emily and Aria's plots. Emily falls instantly in love with another girl that she originally thinks is Ali. It really highlights how these girls aren't very good friends. They are there for each other for the really big things, but they are still largely uninvolved in the everyday stuff. Aria stupidly and creepily befriends someone close to Tabitha. I don't know how no one pointed out how disturbing it would be to Graham if he found out who he befriended on the trip. They are both creepy.
The book ends with a nice build to the conclusion of the series. The reveals we not necessarily shocking or exciting, but after the last few books, it is good to finally get some information relating to A.
It is also about time that the girls acknowledge how much they are damaging people's lives. I'd be thrilled if they actually thought about how many people they've killed or injured either directly or indirectly, but it's good that they're finally starting to feel some responsibility, even if they spent too large of a chunk of this book practicing a hula.
The girls aren't up to anything too interesting in this one. The main plot is Hanna's, and she hasn't really had anything to do for a long time. It makes no sense for Hanna to even be in the accident. I would have been a lot happier if the books finally directly addressed Hanna's eating disorder. She still has unhealthy thoughts and behaviors, and we never got a real explanation as to why she stopped binging and purging.
I didn't really like Emily and Aria's plots. Emily falls instantly in love with another girl that she originally thinks is Ali. It really highlights how these girls aren't very good friends. They are there for each other for the really big things, but they are still largely uninvolved in the everyday stuff. Aria stupidly and creepily befriends someone close to Tabitha. I don't know how no one pointed out how disturbing it would be to Graham if he found out who he befriended on the trip. They are both creepy.
The book ends with a nice build to the conclusion of the series. The reveals we not necessarily shocking or exciting, but after the last few books, it is good to finally get some information relating to A.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was so excited for the release of this book, marking it as the final instalment of the Pretty Little Liars series on my calendar. Then it's released and I go to check it out on Goodreads, and it turns out there are more books coming?! Seriously?! This is getting ridiculous, just finish the damn series already and given us a solid conclusion and some satisfying answers!
The new Pretty Little Liars books (meaning those released after the original 8) are becoming more and more farfetched. I mean, PLL is an outlandish farfetched concept to begin with, but at this point it's a complete joke. With Burned, I can safely say that this series now sits on the level of Kate Brian's [b:Private|381489|Private (Private, #1)|Kate Brian|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331126301s/381489.jpg|2764] series, which is the series I use as a benchmark for stupid-outlandish-plots-that-the-author-concocts-just-for-the-sake-of-publishing-more-books-and-raking-in-more-money. The Private series even had its own ridiculous Castaway book where Reed was trapped on a deserted island as part of a murder plot, and this book is the PLL equivalent of that!
The new secrets that the girls are hiding are just fucking insane. Hanna was involved in a hit and run over the summer, and had walked around for months, casually wondering if her passenger had died. A few months later she finds out that her passenger didn't die, but is now saddled with permanent mobility issues. But hey, that's no big deal in the world of the Pretty Little Liars!
As if Emily's scandalous pregnancy and entanglement with Gayle in the last novel weren't enough, in Burned she becomes romantically involved with a thief that's on the run from the FBI! And it doesn't end there - Emily seriously contemplates running away with her to Thailand, but has her plans foiled when the FBI storm the boat, and her thief girlfriend literally jumps overboard.
And let's not forget the crazy hijinks from the previous books - Hanna practically posing for child pr0n and getting caught stalking a classmate, Spencer framing her friend for drug possession and then accidentally drugging her future Princeton classmates, and Aria doing something scandalous in Iceland that we don't yet know about.
I hate that the Liars are now entangled in crimes that could land them in jail for life. It was bad enough when they'd blinded Jenna and kept quiet about it, but now they're half responsible for the murders of Tabitha and Gayle, involved in hit and runs and the framing of friends for serious crimes. I want to go back to the day where the Liars only had to worry about 'A' spilling comparatively superficial secrets, like Emily being a lesbian and Aria's dad cheating on her mother.
And it's not just the secrets themselves that are ridiculous, but the fact that the girls are supposedly holding it together during this time. If you've got a group of girls that are being tortured by a stalker, and who may have accidentally killed someone in Jamaica, how is it possible that one of them hasn't had a major breakdown already? Kate Brian's Private series might have been rubbish, but her [b:Privilege|2875036|Privilege (Privilege, #1)|Kate Brian|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348709443s/2875036.jpg|2901199] series is on the ball with this kind of stuff. In that book we see a classmate completely go off the rails from witnessing a murder and helping to cover it up, but somehow the Liars are only a little bit stressed about the possibility that they've taken lives. WHAT THE HELL.
That being said, I'm still intrigued to find out what this Iceland secret is that Aria's keeping. Hopefully it's something a little less dumb and outlandish than accidentally-maybe murdering someone, but who am I kidding. We'll probably find out that Aria met this suuuuper cute guy who she cheated on Noel Kahn with, and who convinced her to sacrifice 18 virgins in the name of Xenu. Or Shepard will pull a Kate Brian and randomly introduce aliens or magic even though it makes NO sense.
Overall: Gahhh Sara Shepard, just end this series already! I'm no longer gripped by the mystery of A, convinced that it's a different person in each book. I don't even really care about the identity of A at this point, I just want the series to end, with a big explanation and plotarcs tied up in neat little bows. Stop dragging out this series for the sake of money, and give the readers something that's remotely satisfying. Just fucking tell us if Ali's still alive and if she's A, and how the fuck she's been managing all this. That's all we want.
The new Pretty Little Liars books (meaning those released after the original 8) are becoming more and more farfetched. I mean, PLL is an outlandish farfetched concept to begin with, but at this point it's a complete joke. With Burned, I can safely say that this series now sits on the level of Kate Brian's [b:Private|381489|Private (Private, #1)|Kate Brian|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331126301s/381489.jpg|2764] series, which is the series I use as a benchmark for stupid-outlandish-plots-that-the-author-concocts-just-for-the-sake-of-publishing-more-books-and-raking-in-more-money. The Private series even had its own ridiculous Castaway book where Reed was trapped on a deserted island as part of a murder plot, and this book is the PLL equivalent of that!
The new secrets that the girls are hiding are just fucking insane. Hanna was involved in a hit and run over the summer, and had walked around for months, casually wondering if her passenger had died. A few months later she finds out that her passenger didn't die, but is now saddled with permanent mobility issues. But hey, that's no big deal in the world of the Pretty Little Liars!
As if Emily's scandalous pregnancy and entanglement with Gayle in the last novel weren't enough, in Burned she becomes romantically involved with a thief that's on the run from the FBI! And it doesn't end there - Emily seriously contemplates running away with her to Thailand, but has her plans foiled when the FBI storm the boat, and her thief girlfriend literally jumps overboard.
And let's not forget the crazy hijinks from the previous books - Hanna practically posing for child pr0n and getting caught stalking a classmate, Spencer framing her friend for drug possession and then accidentally drugging her future Princeton classmates, and Aria doing something scandalous in Iceland that we don't yet know about.
I hate that the Liars are now entangled in crimes that could land them in jail for life. It was bad enough when they'd blinded Jenna and kept quiet about it, but now they're half responsible for the murders of Tabitha and Gayle, involved in hit and runs and the framing of friends for serious crimes. I want to go back to the day where the Liars only had to worry about 'A' spilling comparatively superficial secrets, like Emily being a lesbian and Aria's dad cheating on her mother.
And it's not just the secrets themselves that are ridiculous, but the fact that the girls are supposedly holding it together during this time. If you've got a group of girls that are being tortured by a stalker, and who may have accidentally killed someone in Jamaica, how is it possible that one of them hasn't had a major breakdown already? Kate Brian's Private series might have been rubbish, but her [b:Privilege|2875036|Privilege (Privilege, #1)|Kate Brian|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348709443s/2875036.jpg|2901199] series is on the ball with this kind of stuff. In that book we see a classmate completely go off the rails from witnessing a murder and helping to cover it up, but somehow the Liars are only a little bit stressed about the possibility that they've taken lives. WHAT THE HELL.
That being said, I'm still intrigued to find out what this Iceland secret is that Aria's keeping. Hopefully it's something a little less dumb and outlandish than accidentally-maybe murdering someone, but who am I kidding. We'll probably find out that Aria met this suuuuper cute guy who she cheated on Noel Kahn with, and who convinced her to sacrifice 18 virgins in the name of Xenu. Or Shepard will pull a Kate Brian and randomly introduce aliens or magic even though it makes NO sense.
Overall: Gahhh Sara Shepard, just end this series already! I'm no longer gripped by the mystery of A, convinced that it's a different person in each book. I don't even really care about the identity of A at this point, I just want the series to end, with a big explanation and plotarcs tied up in neat little bows. Stop dragging out this series for the sake of money, and give the readers something that's remotely satisfying. Just fucking tell us if Ali's still alive and if she's A, and how the fuck she's been managing all this. That's all we want.
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes