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booksojwhi's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Cannibalism and Medical trauma
thattheatrekid's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Was definitely not a fan. Other reviews sum my thoughts up well but this book was very confusing. It started out as interesting but then progressed into a series of boring, predictable action scenes. The characters were all one dimensional and I did not care about any of them (not to mention the four year old definitely does not talk like a four year old). I still can’t figure out if Mark and Trina actually were sick and died or not. Most of the middle was incoherent, completely cut everyone but Alec and Mark out, and I could not mentally track the geography or visualize what was happening. This book was unnecessary and would have been a better short story, maybe. I would have liked a story that had more to do with the original trilogy because this was nearly utterly unrelated, more like a standalone in the same dystopian world. There was also a lot of unnecessary gore and violence that was kind of a turn off.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Torture, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault and Abandonment
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