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bookcaptivated's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide and Body horror
seilahuh's review against another edition
1.0
...second book syndrome is real. i've never been so disappointed before in a sequel. the first book IS good. it should've been a standalone and ended differently. this is uninspired and wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't so obvious the writer hadn't thought this far ahead. GON read like diluting soap with water to stretch it. there was no real purpose. the introduction of the Order was pointless and it offered no stakes, one of the most boring, most non-threatening secret societies i've seen.
a lot of dragging around, a lot of obvious conclusions and progressions only confusing to characters who are conveniently stupid, and when they aren't it's every person secondary to the main holding back information that shouldn't and wouldn't normally be held back. and then it's the main character being uncharacteristically bull-headed and entirely thoughtless they couldn't recognize 2 + 2 equals 4 even if you told them and they tallied it for themself.
and most annoying of all, NO ONE, gave an in-depth reason why exactly everyone wants to stop theseus (cas) from saving anna more than just "you shouldn't do it." it's been headshakes and glances away, but NO ACTUAL STORY for the ENTIRE BOOK. until approximately 20 pages from the end where we speed-run and force a plot and what's happening with anna which the story lost the idea of for ONE HUNDRED PAGES. and the ending? ohhhh that really pissed me off. it's one of the most insipid, uninspired portrayals of an afterlife. wholly fucking boring and i suffered through an entire book for what? nothing.
also carmel was and has always been uninteresting and annoying so the forcing of her to be this strong, important, "firecracker" when she was more than willing to let anna suffer in hell (even tho she saved HER life) and was a loser character was hilarious. almost as funny as the main character having the arrogance to think no one could do his job, and this build up of him being tough and ready to do anything, give up anything to save anna, yet he leaves anna to fight off the spirit who'd been hurting her for 6 months in hell (who she saved HIM from) because he was 'scared'. even when it was killing her. i couldn't believe my eyes because again, it was hundreds of pages to this, only for him the great ghost-killer to do NOTHING BUT WATCH. god, i wish this book didn't exist.
cas didn't see his dad (which was one of the plots shoved in at the end that i was vaguely interested in only for it to go NOWHERE). didn't speak to him (dialogue in this story lacked overall tho, very weak) he didn't bring anna back. we know nothing about how any of this ghostbusting shit works or why it exists. just vague, ambiguous statements and something about a nameless "warrior" years ago. we have gone to hell and back for nothing at all.
a lot of dragging around, a lot of obvious conclusions and progressions only confusing to characters who are conveniently stupid, and when they aren't it's every person secondary to the main holding back information that shouldn't and wouldn't normally be held back. and then it's the main character being uncharacteristically bull-headed and entirely thoughtless they couldn't recognize 2 + 2 equals 4 even if you told them and they tallied it for themself.
and most annoying of all, NO ONE, gave an in-depth reason why exactly everyone wants to stop theseus (cas) from saving anna more than just "you shouldn't do it." it's been headshakes and glances away, but NO ACTUAL STORY for the ENTIRE BOOK. until approximately 20 pages from the end where we speed-run and force a plot and what's happening with anna which the story lost the idea of for ONE HUNDRED PAGES. and the ending? ohhhh that really pissed me off. it's one of the most insipid, uninspired portrayals of an afterlife. wholly fucking boring and i suffered through an entire book for what? nothing.
also carmel was and has always been uninteresting and annoying so the forcing of her to be this strong, important, "firecracker" when she was more than willing to let anna suffer in hell (even tho she saved HER life) and was a loser character was hilarious. almost as funny as the main character having the arrogance to think no one could do his job, and this build up of him being tough and ready to do anything, give up anything to save anna, yet he leaves anna to fight off the spirit who'd been hurting her for 6 months in hell (who she saved HIM from) because he was 'scared'. even when it was killing her. i couldn't believe my eyes because again, it was hundreds of pages to this, only for him the great ghost-killer to do NOTHING BUT WATCH. god, i wish this book didn't exist.
cas didn't see his dad (which was one of the plots shoved in at the end that i was vaguely interested in only for it to go NOWHERE). didn't speak to him (dialogue in this story lacked overall tho, very weak) he didn't bring anna back. we know nothing about how any of this ghostbusting shit works or why it exists. just vague, ambiguous statements and something about a nameless "warrior" years ago. we have gone to hell and back for nothing at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
livingamongpages's review against another edition
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Death
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