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karensirkos's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
most people in this book pissed me off
amieleigh8919's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-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? Yes
4.5
girlnovels's review against another edition
5.0
sooo gooood!! had me on the edge of my seat and actually crying for aria/emily/hanna/mike/noel and spencer
angparc's review against another edition
3.0
Deadly de Sara Shepard.
Décimo Cuarto libro en la serie de Pretty Little Liars, Y TODAVÍA NO SE ACABA PORQUE ME HACEN ESO QUE LES PASA FALTAN DOS MAS.
Me gustó, por fin ya sé quien es A, y lo sabía, mas o menitos.
Décimo Cuarto libro en la serie de Pretty Little Liars, Y TODAVÍA NO SE ACABA PORQUE ME HACEN ESO QUE LES PASA FALTAN DOS MAS.
Me gustó, por fin ya sé quien es A, y lo sabía, mas o menitos.
strawfly14's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this books a lot, but I think it's time for them to end. I really hope number 16 is the last one.
michael__'s review against another edition
4.0
After the original eight-book story arc, I never thought I'd see the day when I'd give another novel in this series more than three stars, but Deadly is a shocking return to form. Really, I'm sitting here shocked that I truly enjoyed this.
Deadly is much less light-hearted (as light-hearted as a murderous stalker offing teenagers can be) than its predecessors, and it's better for it. While A and the murder storyline is omnipresent, it's the everyday lives of the characters that propel the story forward, and PLL readers have had to endure some truly horrid subplots over the years - e.g. the oh-no-your-dad's-a-crossdresser debacle in Stunning. I'm usually pretty lenient on forgiving that sort of meandering, though, because this series is meant for an audience much younger than I am, and it adds to that aforementioned light-heartedness. Deadly, however, seems to throw all that out the window and focus solely on the A/Ali storyline, while any of the relationship/family drama we've come to expect sprouts up naturally around that central focus. This may be off-putting to some because this definitely isn't a "fun" installment - these characters' lives are falling apart worse than ever before - but anything beats some of the things we've been forced to read over the last few entries in this series.
That's not to say Deadly is perfect. Any PLL knows that suspension of disbelief is necessary whenever reading these (usually ridiculous) plots, and this novel is no exception. It's become a sort of trademark in this series that parents are gratuitously cruel to their children without any real reason, but I noticed it in full force during this one. And apparently these girls have the worst body guards the world has ever seen - not one of them is caught sneaking out when they seem to do it every other page.
The ending did somewhat (somewhat) renew my hope in this series arc. I full-heartedly believed that Sara Shepard had no idea what she was doing throughout the last six books, so it was nice to see that she could salvage all of those meandering loose ends into a genuinely shocking plot twist.
I'm not sure where this series is going to go from here - there doesn't seem to be enough left to constitute two more books - but it was a nice feeling to find myself truly enjoying one of these books again. My sixteen-year-old self would be overjoyed.
Deadly is much less light-hearted (as light-hearted as a murderous stalker offing teenagers can be) than its predecessors, and it's better for it. While A and the murder storyline is omnipresent, it's the everyday lives of the characters that propel the story forward, and PLL readers have had to endure some truly horrid subplots over the years - e.g. the oh-no-your-dad's-a-crossdresser debacle in Stunning. I'm usually pretty lenient on forgiving that sort of meandering, though, because this series is meant for an audience much younger than I am, and it adds to that aforementioned light-heartedness. Deadly, however, seems to throw all that out the window and focus solely on the A/Ali storyline, while any of the relationship/family drama we've come to expect sprouts up naturally around that central focus. This may be off-putting to some because this definitely isn't a "fun" installment - these characters' lives are falling apart worse than ever before - but anything beats some of the things we've been forced to read over the last few entries in this series.
That's not to say Deadly is perfect. Any PLL knows that suspension of disbelief is necessary whenever reading these (usually ridiculous) plots, and this novel is no exception. It's become a sort of trademark in this series that parents are gratuitously cruel to their children without any real reason, but I noticed it in full force during this one.
Spoiler
I mean, the whole Fields family situation was ridiculous - if you believe a news story over your daughter you've known for almost two decades and then have hospital security forbid her from seeing her mother who just had a heart attack (that allegedly she caused), you need some counseling or something. Hanna's father isn't much better either.The ending did somewhat (somewhat) renew my hope in this series arc. I full-heartedly believed that Sara Shepard had no idea what she was doing throughout the last six books, so it was nice to see that she could salvage all of those meandering loose ends into a genuinely shocking plot twist.
Spoiler
I thought for sure it was going to be Mike, especially since he's been there for all of it - he was in Iceland, he was locked up in the house with Aria when it was under surveillance, etc. - but the Nick reveal, in typical Sara Shepard fashion, managed to tie up basically every loose end possible.I'm not sure where this series is going to go from here - there doesn't seem to be enough left to constitute two more books - but it was a nice feeling to find myself truly enjoying one of these books again. My sixteen-year-old self would be overjoyed.
lauraew333's review against another edition
4.0
I really hope there will be one final novel after this because this ending left me completely unsatisfied. There were so many loose ends. I did enjoy the change of pace with Agent Fuji and the girls not being on their own anymore. There are quite a few plot twists in this book but like I said, I wish there would have been more follow up at the end. 4 stars.