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funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content warnings: some body horror/mentions of medical procedures, some racist language.
I think the plot gets a bit too lost too often in all the deeply-descriptive writing and the tasks of all the many characters -- I had to kind of sit back and try to remind myself of all the plot threads and the characters that we've met so far. I had to ask myself, "Oh, if [character] hadn't been here, could the plot have been much different?" And that's what I think stops this book from being a super amazing all-time favorite 5-star for me personally -- this is a complicated plot with a TON of characters and a TON of powers that ended... pretty quickly and cleanly, and I'm not totally sure how I feel about it. I don't want to call it anticlimactic, but I think my takeaway is, I'm trying to MAKE myself remember the important roles all the previous books' characters contributed, and I wish it was a little more clear.
Still. At the end of the day, holy cow, do I love this descriptive writing. I LOVE the way this author describes landscapes and ESPECIALLY people.
And this book is, in fact, satisfying. I really like all the relationships that are portrayed here. I like all the friendships. I....... dddddon't love the racist jokes they used with Henry, but overall I do believe their friendship with him. The dialogue is natural and believable and the difficult decisions really do carry a lot of heartbreaking weight. The action scenes are snappy and violent and efficient.
Overall, this series is really something, and this is a satisfying way to wrap up. Because even if I feel a bit lost sometimes about the bigger picture ways that everyone contributed, I don't think that any plot threads were actually left hanging. And, man, I've never seen anything like Maggie Stiefvater's descriptive writing. Among my all-time favorites, and it's why I consistently want to give her stuff 5 stars.
I think the plot gets a bit too lost too often in all the deeply-descriptive writing and the tasks of all the many characters -- I had to kind of sit back and try to remind myself of all the plot threads and the characters that we've met so far. I had to ask myself, "Oh, if [character] hadn't been here, could the plot have been much different?" And that's what I think stops this book from being a super amazing all-time favorite 5-star for me personally -- this is a complicated plot with a TON of characters and a TON of powers that ended... pretty quickly and cleanly, and I'm not totally sure how I feel about it. I don't want to call it anticlimactic, but I think my takeaway is, I'm trying to MAKE myself remember the important roles all the previous books' characters contributed, and I wish it was a little more clear.
Still. At the end of the day, holy cow, do I love this descriptive writing. I LOVE the way this author describes landscapes and ESPECIALLY people.
And this book is, in fact, satisfying. I really like all the relationships that are portrayed here. I like all the friendships. I....... dddddon't love the racist jokes they used with Henry, but overall I do believe their friendship with him. The dialogue is natural and believable and the difficult decisions really do carry a lot of heartbreaking weight. The action scenes are snappy and violent and efficient.
Overall, this series is really something, and this is a satisfying way to wrap up. Because even if I feel a bit lost sometimes about the bigger picture ways that everyone contributed, I don't think that any plot threads were actually left hanging. And, man, I've never seen anything like Maggie Stiefvater's descriptive writing. Among my all-time favorites, and it's why I consistently want to give her stuff 5 stars.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Racial slurs
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