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isabella1018's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this and I am happy with it and I am pumped I can start the tv show now yay.
thesapphire's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
brunettegeekgirl's review against another edition
2.0
What I liked:
-The use of British words was a nice touch Smile. I loved it.
-The beginning was pretty good. It was the 2nd best part in the book.
-I got intrigued when Elijah was mentioned near the end of the book. Which is the best part in the story.
-The characters in this sequel were all very good. I’ll miss them all :).
-The fightings were nice.
-As usual, the end was great! It made me anticipate what to come despite my disappointment.
What I disliked:
-It was so predictable. Things were starting to repeat themselves which is crazy!
-In conclusion to the previous sentence, I was bored to death. In addition to the predictability, the writer, (who is not L. J. Smith by the way!! 0_o), kept over describing each move, each breath, every time the weather changed, the house, the characters… It left no room for imagination! The point of reading fiction books is to get your mind somewhere else where you could imagine things.
-Unfortunately, the only part of this book where I had no idea what to come next was the ending.
-Oh My God Stefan! I used to hate him, then after reading the previous books I felt sad for him. In this book, I hated him again! He was so reckless…
-Agh! The events! I understand that this series is supposed to explain how Stefan became the vampire we now see in The Vampire Diaries TV show, but the things that kept happening were planned instead of just happening. Instead of creating other events and memories we don’t know how they resolved, yet, the events were based on current episodes of the show, therefore, I didn’t want to know how strong they fought Samuel after compelling Stefan or how they thought they killed him because I already know he survived and he met Stefan again!
Conclusion:
Oh! I’ve been disappointed :s. I had great expectations for this one because it’s the last book in this trilogy and I don’t know if there will be other sequels :(.
Anyhow, I do appreciate this book. It had many favorite moments in it and the characters were lovely. It’s true it bored me, but at the end it had a different touch in it than the others in the series. It could have been much better.
I don’t really regret reading it. And this was an honest review from me and it’s my point of view. Keep in mind that many readers have enjoyed it much better than I did and even gave it 5 stars :).
Full review here
-The use of British words was a nice touch Smile. I loved it.
-The beginning was pretty good. It was the 2nd best part in the book.
-I got intrigued when Elijah was mentioned near the end of the book. Which is the best part in the story.
-The characters in this sequel were all very good. I’ll miss them all :).
-The fightings were nice.
-As usual, the end was great! It made me anticipate what to come despite my disappointment.
What I disliked:
-It was so predictable. Things were starting to repeat themselves which is crazy!
-In conclusion to the previous sentence, I was bored to death. In addition to the predictability, the writer, (who is not L. J. Smith by the way!! 0_o), kept over describing each move, each breath, every time the weather changed, the house, the characters… It left no room for imagination! The point of reading fiction books is to get your mind somewhere else where you could imagine things.
-Unfortunately, the only part of this book where I had no idea what to come next was the ending.
-Oh My God Stefan! I used to hate him, then after reading the previous books I felt sad for him. In this book, I hated him again! He was so reckless…
-Agh! The events! I understand that this series is supposed to explain how Stefan became the vampire we now see in The Vampire Diaries TV show, but the things that kept happening were planned instead of just happening. Instead of creating other events and memories we don’t know how they resolved, yet, the events were based on current episodes of the show, therefore, I didn’t want to know how strong they fought Samuel after compelling Stefan or how they thought they killed him because I already know he survived and he met Stefan again!
Conclusion:
Oh! I’ve been disappointed :s. I had great expectations for this one because it’s the last book in this trilogy and I don’t know if there will be other sequels :(.
Anyhow, I do appreciate this book. It had many favorite moments in it and the characters were lovely. It’s true it bored me, but at the end it had a different touch in it than the others in the series. It could have been much better.
I don’t really regret reading it. And this was an honest review from me and it’s my point of view. Keep in mind that many readers have enjoyed it much better than I did and even gave it 5 stars :).
Full review here
ylvasorli's review against another edition
3.0
Satisfying ending to the series, although I wish it would have ended with a preface on how he met Elena, so that there would be more of a connection to the "The Vampire Diaries" books. This book ended in the year 1888 or something, so going over a 100 years forward in time would be a little strange maybe, but I think that would bring the books more together.
You can really tell by the writing that this is a book (and series) for teenagers, even with the gory details. I like that all the books are around 200 pages long and that the events happen over a matter of days or weeks, so it's fast paced and very easy to read. There are a lot of repetition of past events (probably to remind the reader of all the things that have happened). The plot is boring at times and not the most exciting, but if you have read the TVD books or seen the series, and you want more of a backstory to why Stefan and Damon hate eachother, these books are entertaining enough. I would give the series something between 3 and 4 stars, all in all. I think I'm a bit too old for these, but I still enjoyed reading all of them.
You can really tell by the writing that this is a book (and series) for teenagers, even with the gory details. I like that all the books are around 200 pages long and that the events happen over a matter of days or weeks, so it's fast paced and very easy to read. There are a lot of repetition of past events (probably to remind the reader of all the things that have happened). The plot is boring at times and not the most exciting, but if you have read the TVD books or seen the series, and you want more of a backstory to why Stefan and Damon hate eachother, these books are entertaining enough. I would give the series something between 3 and 4 stars, all in all. I think I'm a bit too old for these, but I still enjoyed reading all of them.
tiabulla1028's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
vonniv_'s review against another edition
3.0
2015 READING CHALLENGE: A book based on or turned into a TV show.
shiv91's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
wendytheowl's review against another edition
3.0
Et voilà, j'ai enfin terminé tous les livres en rapport avec Le Journal D'Un Vampire, et je dois avouer que je suis contente, car ce sont des livres assez moyens, MAIS qui se lisent très vite ! Maintenant, je dis au revoir officiellement à tout le monde haha.