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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Love this series. This one wasn't as good as the first two and I didn't like that it ended with a cliffhanger, but it was still emotional and a great story.
It was a bit weird that everyone seemed to hate Paz for killing his dad in self-defence, I feel like most people would be understanding of his situation.
I'm hoping the death cast secret will be revealed in the next book.
It was a bit weird that everyone seemed to hate Paz for killing his dad in self-defence, I feel like most people would be understanding of his situation.
I'm hoping the death cast secret will be revealed in the next book.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Made the tough decision to DNF this book at 61%. Some spoilers ahead.
It was hard to get into, but I attributed that to it having been a long time since I read the other books in the series, and I needed to catch up. The constant talk of suicide was hard. And by constant I mean hundreds of pages worth. It was just bringing me down and I contemplated DNF’ing multiple times before this. I became more interested as Alano and Paz’s stories started intertwining, but it honestly started reading as a fanfiction… not a lot was actually happening, the characters were kind of just interacting. And this went on for hundreds of pages. Why on earth is this book so long????
There are so many other things that could be said about the portrayal unhealthy relationships in a YA book, but honestly that did not affect my decision to DNF.
Ultimately, I just decided I was bored. I didn’t care enough about the characters to read on for a few hundred more pages, and the constant discussion of suicide was hard. Plus, when I started reading other reviews I found out this book ended on a cliffhanger and that there would be a follow up book about the same characters… yeah not interested in that.
ALSO it’s just interesting Silvera chose to write a book for the Death Cast universe largely based on suicide, because it just brings up so many questions. The previous books I was fine just believing “this is Death Cast and this is how it works” for the fantasy of it all. But the logistics of Death Cast and suicide are just too confusing.
It was hard to get into, but I attributed that to it having been a long time since I read the other books in the series, and I needed to catch up. The constant talk of suicide was hard. And by constant I mean hundreds of pages worth. It was just bringing me down and I contemplated DNF’ing multiple times before this. I became more interested as Alano and Paz’s stories started intertwining, but it honestly started reading as a fanfiction… not a lot was actually happening, the characters were kind of just interacting. And this went on for hundreds of pages. Why on earth is this book so long????
There are so many other things that could be said about the portrayal unhealthy relationships in a YA book, but honestly that did not affect my decision to DNF.
Ultimately, I just decided I was bored. I didn’t care enough about the characters to read on for a few hundred more pages, and the constant discussion of suicide was hard. Plus, when I started reading other reviews I found out this book ended on a cliffhanger and that there would be a follow up book about the same characters… yeah not interested in that.
ALSO it’s just interesting Silvera chose to write a book for the Death Cast universe largely based on suicide, because it just brings up so many questions. The previous books I was fine just believing “this is Death Cast and this is how it works” for the fantasy of it all. But the logistics of Death Cast and suicide are just too confusing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m torn reviewing this book. I love the concept, the world building, and the different points of view each death-cast book offers. I also love the interconnectivity of all three books. Overall, we could’ve had a bit more editing, but I know that’s hard because the author poured so much of himself into this book.
dark
emotional
informative
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
Relationship was too perfect, kind of boring. Very slow paced
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Not quite as good as the first two, and a little too long. But at least he kissed the brick before he hurled it at me.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was absolutely God awful. I don’t know what the hell book people were reading who gave it 4+ stars, but it is one of the worst books that I’ve read in a long time.
There was absolutely no storyline to it, the characters were constantly whining about wanting to die, and the only reason it was this long was so that the author could keep beating the long dead horse. The main characters (who lived at home, were unemployed, and were supported by their parents) constantly whined about their parents trying to control their lives.
I really enjoyed the first two books in this series, but I’m done. This was the equivalent of waiting ten years for what was supposed to be the world’s greatest firework to go off, and it just fizzling out.
I would’ve stopped reading this book if it wasn’t the book that I was reading with my niece this month.
There was absolutely no storyline to it, the characters were constantly whining about wanting to die, and the only reason it was this long was so that the author could keep beating the long dead horse. The main characters (who lived at home, were unemployed, and were supported by their parents) constantly whined about their parents trying to control their lives.
I really enjoyed the first two books in this series, but I’m done. This was the equivalent of waiting ten years for what was supposed to be the world’s greatest firework to go off, and it just fizzling out.
I would’ve stopped reading this book if it wasn’t the book that I was reading with my niece this month.