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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I liked the way it ended, but otherwise, this is not exactly my favorite series. I'm starting to wonder if Aimee Carter is just not for me. I guess I'll have to wait for Captive to be released for me to find out.
I can't believe it's over!!!! I feel like crying I finished it in less than 7 hours! While it wasn't a perfect happy ending I was nice enough where I didn't throw anything across the room! I still have questions about a few thing and maybe one day I'll have my answers!
More like 3.5 stars. I liked this one a but better than the last two, but it didn't blow me away. A lot more action and twists and turns, some of which I saw coming, some I didn't. Overall, a great conclusion. Full review to come later on the blog.
Fantastisch hoe Kate hier een hele transformatie maakt. Van een tienermeid naar een volwassen vrouw die instaat voor haar eigen daden en fouten. Ik vond dat erg mooi om te lezen. Carter maakt Kate dan ook zo ontzettend realistisch. Mooi gedaan.
Jammer genoeg vond ik Henry dan weer een beetje tegenvallen. In De Godinnentest vond ik hem een mysterieus en leuk personage, maar in de vervolgen slaagde hij er niet in om mijn hart te stelen. Spijtig, ik denk dat hij nog meer potentieel had.
Het verhaal is mooi afgerond en het einde bewijst nog maar eens hoe goedhartig Kate is. Hoewel ik deze trilogie met veel plezier gelezen heb, miste er voor mij nog iets om 5 sterren te geven. Als je een luchtige serie wil lezen over Griekse mythologie, dan is deze serie (uiteraard naast de series van Rick Riordan) hoogstwaarschijnlijk iets voor jou.
Jammer genoeg vond ik Henry dan weer een beetje tegenvallen. In De Godinnentest vond ik hem een mysterieus en leuk personage, maar in de vervolgen slaagde hij er niet in om mijn hart te stelen. Spijtig, ik denk dat hij nog meer potentieel had.
Het verhaal is mooi afgerond en het einde bewijst nog maar eens hoe goedhartig Kate is. Hoewel ik deze trilogie met veel plezier gelezen heb, miste er voor mij nog iets om 5 sterren te geven. Als je een luchtige serie wil lezen over Griekse mythologie, dan is deze serie (uiteraard naast de series van Rick Riordan) hoogstwaarschijnlijk iets voor jou.
medium-paced
This series is a classic case of my "I can't give up on the series, I've already started it!" problem. It's something I really need to get over, but I just can't. The only reason I read the second and third books was... because I started the first. And boy do I regret it. Although, I was surprised to find that Inheritance was much better than Interrupted and Test (all of the Goddess variety, I'm just too lazy to write the full titles) but that's not saying much. A lot of things could easily be better than these books, but that doesn't make any of those things good.
Why was this series so not good? Mostly I think I'd chalk it up to Kate. She was infuriating. All she ever did was complain and be stubborn, and people kept saying that her stubbornness was somehow good...? I don't think so. It was just annoying. She was also an idiot. (See: promising things she can't give and keeping everything from Henry even when he's gotten mad at her for it) She's also extremely over dramatic. To the point where she's constantly saying things like (and I'm paraphrasing) "I'll never trust Ava in a million years! She's a traitor and I hate her!" and then in the next paragraph she'll say something like "Ava was my only hope. I had to trust here, there was nothing else I could do." Kate. Stop with the drama. Just stop.
The whole narrative was like that, though, WAY over-dramatic, and it really got on my nerves. I got so sick of the constant "I'll kill you if you don't do this!" "NO! If you kill her I'll kill you!" "If you kill him then I'll kill everyone!" "You can't kill her because if you kill her I'll kill them!" There are other ways to try to spice up a book besides constant death threats. In fact, death threats like that get really boring really quickly because it becomes obvious that nobody is actually going to die. (although, I didn't find myself caring about anyone anyway, so it didn't really matter) The death threats were especially boring and stupid because they're all immortal. So, in order to actually threaten their lives, Carter had to come up with a way to kill immortals. That's just... stupid. Why even make them immortal in the first place?
Back to Kate for a minute, because I wasn't done complaining about her. Henry is constantly refusing to let Kate fight. Throughout the whole series he does this, and it gets to the point where Kate gets pissed off and she thinks Henry believes that she can't do anything for herself (but she really wants to "help") So, you'd think that when Henry finally gives in without a fight Kate would be happy, right? Wrong. When he doesn't argue against her involvement she's "hurt" because he "doesn't care" when, honestly, he's probably just tired of arguing with her. Kate is as blind as ever. I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different.
Let's talk about the other characters, shall we. I think that all the characters and their relationships can be summed up in one sentence: That didn't make any sense. Greek myths are complicated enough on their own, but when you switch the names up on me I can't keep anybody straight. If everybody went by their real name I might be able to figure out who was whose sister/brother/father/mother but not with these stupid "modern" names. I know I've complained about this with every book, but I think it's important for people to realize how frustrating(ly stupid) the name thing is. And seeing everybody through Kate's eyes doesn't help at all. Her mistrust and misplaced trust don't make it any less convoluted.
I did say that this book was better than the first two, and I meant it. This is because of a couple of things. 1. Kate finally did actually help some. That was pretty impressive. It wasn't a whole lot (and the entire war basically took place backstage, which was annoying) but it was some. And 2. Death was not taken lightly. There is one thing that everyone can learn from this book: Death is a big deal. So many times in reading YA books characters are killed off without a backwards glance, and the other characters go about their daily business and think about their dead friend once or twice. Death is not treated how it should be in YA books. (I've seen people say that if you don't have the balls to kill a character than you're a bad author. That's just not true. If you kill a character and then make everybody act the way they would if their pet hamster died, that does not make you a good author!) It's thrown in so nonchalantly, and it's not okay. Death is not something to use to spice up your story, it should only be included when it is a major plot element, proves a point, and is treated correctly. Carter managed to do that. There is not an overabundance of death in this book, and when it does happen it is not just forgotten or pushed aside.
Overall, it was a good finish to the series. But I have to say that I'm glad I'm done.
Why was this series so not good? Mostly I think I'd chalk it up to Kate. She was infuriating. All she ever did was complain and be stubborn, and people kept saying that her stubbornness was somehow good...? I don't think so. It was just annoying. She was also an idiot. (See: promising things she can't give and keeping everything from Henry even when he's gotten mad at her for it) She's also extremely over dramatic. To the point where she's constantly saying things like (and I'm paraphrasing) "I'll never trust Ava in a million years! She's a traitor and I hate her!" and then in the next paragraph she'll say something like "Ava was my only hope. I had to trust here, there was nothing else I could do." Kate. Stop with the drama. Just stop.
The whole narrative was like that, though, WAY over-dramatic, and it really got on my nerves. I got so sick of the constant "I'll kill you if you don't do this!" "NO! If you kill her I'll kill you!" "If you kill him then I'll kill everyone!" "You can't kill her because if you kill her I'll kill them!" There are other ways to try to spice up a book besides constant death threats. In fact, death threats like that get really boring really quickly because it becomes obvious that nobody is actually going to die. (although, I didn't find myself caring about anyone anyway, so it didn't really matter) The death threats were especially boring and stupid because they're all immortal. So, in order to actually threaten their lives, Carter had to come up with a way to kill immortals. That's just... stupid. Why even make them immortal in the first place?
Back to Kate for a minute, because I wasn't done complaining about her. Henry is constantly refusing to let Kate fight. Throughout the whole series he does this, and it gets to the point where Kate gets pissed off and she thinks Henry believes that she can't do anything for herself (but she really wants to "help") So, you'd think that when Henry finally gives in without a fight Kate would be happy, right? Wrong. When he doesn't argue against her involvement she's "hurt" because he "doesn't care" when, honestly, he's probably just tired of arguing with her. Kate is as blind as ever. I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different.
Let's talk about the other characters, shall we. I think that all the characters and their relationships can be summed up in one sentence: That didn't make any sense. Greek myths are complicated enough on their own, but when you switch the names up on me I can't keep anybody straight. If everybody went by their real name I might be able to figure out who was whose sister/brother/father/mother but not with these stupid "modern" names. I know I've complained about this with every book, but I think it's important for people to realize how frustrating(ly stupid) the name thing is. And seeing everybody through Kate's eyes doesn't help at all. Her mistrust and misplaced trust don't make it any less convoluted.
I did say that this book was better than the first two, and I meant it. This is because of a couple of things. 1. Kate finally did actually help some. That was pretty impressive. It wasn't a whole lot (and the entire war basically took place backstage, which was annoying) but it was some. And 2. Death was not taken lightly. There is one thing that everyone can learn from this book: Death is a big deal. So many times in reading YA books characters are killed off without a backwards glance, and the other characters go about their daily business and think about their dead friend once or twice. Death is not treated how it should be in YA books. (I've seen people say that if you don't have the balls to kill a character than you're a bad author. That's just not true. If you kill a character and then make everybody act the way they would if their pet hamster died, that does not make you a good author!) It's thrown in so nonchalantly, and it's not okay. Death is not something to use to spice up your story, it should only be included when it is a major plot element, proves a point, and is treated correctly. Carter managed to do that. There is not an overabundance of death in this book, and when it does happen it is not just forgotten or pushed aside.
Overall, it was a good finish to the series. But I have to say that I'm glad I'm done.
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes