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woody4595's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mvuijlst's review
2.0
Verschenen in twee boeken (βehemoth: β-Max en βehemoth: Seppuku). Ik heb de online versie in één volume op mijn Kindle gezet.
Ik ga er heel erg kort over zijn: No Sir, I Didn't Like It.
Ik heb er mij doorgesleept, maar het was met tegenzin. Ergens een fijn idee, daar niet van, maar ik had de indruk dat de man zijn boek gewoon niét heeft laten nalezen voor het gepubliceerd werd: minstens de helft te lang. En een einde dat geen einde is. Hopelijk is het vervolg even goed als het mij beloofd was. Verdorie.
Ik ga er heel erg kort over zijn: No Sir, I Didn't Like It.
Ik heb er mij doorgesleept, maar het was met tegenzin. Ergens een fijn idee, daar niet van, maar ik had de indruk dat de man zijn boek gewoon niét heeft laten nalezen voor het gepubliceerd werd: minstens de helft te lang. En een einde dat geen einde is. Hopelijk is het vervolg even goed als het mij beloofd was. Verdorie.
manyhours's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Could have used a good editor. It is all over the place.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
Strictly adults only.andicbuchanan's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture
scoleman's review
1.0
Semi-DNF. Watts was unnecessarily descriptive with the sadism and torture porn. I skipped over the mess and skimmed the ending. This book was a really unfortunate, anticlimactic end to the series, as far as I am concerned. So disappointed. How far from Starfish we have fallen with this one.
nilchance's review
2.0
Four stars until the last twenty pages, and then it didn't stick the landing for me.
doorisajar's review
3.0
I read ß-Max and Seppuku as a single book, so I'll submit a single review of ßehemoth.
ßehemoth concludes the Rifters trilogy, and it does resolve pretty much everything, but there were a few areas where it didn't work for me quite as well as its predecessors. Being the third book, the major "idea" reveals have already taken place -- the nature of the Rifters, of ßehemoth itself, the 'lawbreakers, the head cheeses, etc. The surprises therefore come almost entirely from plot twists and shocking torture scenes, rather than from new ideas. The torture scenes were a little over the top, even for me. The plot twists were a strange mix of overly telegraphed in advance and seemingly random or unnecessary. A number of seemingly pivotal events turn out to be pointless, which makes me wonder why I needed to spend so much time reading about them earlier on. The book might have been less slow to get going if some of these events were cut or glossed over.
ßehemoth was still good, and I'm glad I've finally polished off the Rifters trilogy, but it didn't quite rise to the level of Starfish or Maelstrom.
ßehemoth concludes the Rifters trilogy, and it does resolve pretty much everything, but there were a few areas where it didn't work for me quite as well as its predecessors. Being the third book, the major "idea" reveals have already taken place -- the nature of the Rifters, of ßehemoth itself, the 'lawbreakers, the head cheeses, etc. The surprises therefore come almost entirely from plot twists and shocking torture scenes, rather than from new ideas. The torture scenes were a little over the top, even for me. The plot twists were a strange mix of overly telegraphed in advance and seemingly random or unnecessary. A number of seemingly pivotal events turn out to be pointless, which makes me wonder why I needed to spend so much time reading about them earlier on. The book might have been less slow to get going if some of these events were cut or glossed over.
ßehemoth was still good, and I'm glad I've finally polished off the Rifters trilogy, but it didn't quite rise to the level of Starfish or Maelstrom.
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