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禁忌之子3:守望 by Sally Green

lsparrow's review against another edition

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4.0

seldom do I love the last book in the series the most but I loved the ending of this story. I enjoyed this anti hero story line and I especially loved the gay love story in this.

nyeran's review against another edition

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3.0

- “You've been away a long time. Were you lost?"
- "I was wounded, not lost.

♠ Io ormai questi libri li conosco troppo bene. E gli autori rendono sempre tutto troppo ovvio. Perché alla ventordicesima volta che mi dici che vivrai vicino ad un fiume, mi parli di alberi, tu e Gabriel starete insieme, che il potere è nella terra, la terra è l'essenza di tutte cose, c'è un albero sulla copertina io ho capito dove stai andando a parare. E quindi era evidente che ci sarebbe scappato il morto. Non mi lamento, sul serio. Mi ha ammazzato Gabriel proprio alla fine. Riconosco che avrebbe potuto farlo prima, farmi soffrire più a lungo e usare la sua morte come espediente per far fare a Nathan una cazzata e sacrificarsi da bravo idiota e invece l'ha resa una cosa più significativa. Eddai. Mi aspettavo più la morte di Nathan, in realtà. Perchè Gabriel è quello presentato come il dolce e gentile, quello che si sacrifica, che non può vivere senza l'altro e alla fine invece la Green ha capovolto le cose. Va bene, dai.

♠ Sarebbe stato un finale bello, tutto sommato. Avrebbe avuto senso la scelta finale di Nathan, avrebbe fatto piacere vedere che l'ultimo capitolo è dal punto di vista di Celia e vedere che Nathan ora non la odia più e decide di passare con lei gli ultimi giorni, vedere come si annulla perché sente la mancanza di Gabriel.
Invece mi rovini tutto con Annalise che ha un figlio.
Perché? Perché? PERCHÈ? Che senso ha? A che cosa serve visto che Nathan non lo cerca, questo bambino non è una ragione per cui sceglie di vivere, non gli da forza, non lo vedrà mai? Perché? Perché dovevi redimerla? Perché non potevi semplicemente farla sposare e dire che è felice? Perché hai dovuto metterci la presa abbene?

Celia da personaggio odiato a quasi miglior personaggio (quasi perché Gabriel era il migliore, ovvio) nel giro di un libro e mezzo. 

luman's review against another edition

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2.75

2.75

The epilogue was the most interesting part of the book but also soooo frustrating because the whole story (which was not that engaging to begin with) just feels kind of useless because of how it ends. the ending almost kinda sorta makes sense, but we spent three books with Nathan and I don't believe I saw any character development, no matter what some scenes would've wanted me to believe. 

Extra minus points for the Bury Your Gays trope :).

The whole series' rating would go something like this: 
1>>>>3>>2.

alicornette's review against another edition

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5.0

😢😢💕

followthespiders's review against another edition

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3.0

THE ENDING

books4susie's review against another edition

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5.0

Brutal, heartbreaking and oh so good. Excellent ending to this trilogy.

jomzjomzjomz's review against another edition

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5.0

This was traumatizing. I cried for an hour after I put this book down. Weeped.

sweettinker87's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book I'd tugging on my heart strings. Will Nathan loose everyone he cares about? Will he survive this war. Every loss is a blow to him. Will he end up like his father, Will every loss cause that much more angry that it consumes him? 
The ending! I wanted to throw my book! Ugh Nathan you dummy. 

wrentheblurry's review against another edition

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4.0

I read this to my 16 year old son, who liked it about as much as I did. The pacing on this one felt just right, and while I found the final battle to be a bit on the cheesy side, the ending made up for that, and bumped my rating to four stars. The conclusion was sweet and sad, and wholly appropriate; a fine ending to a good series.

alwaysbooking's review against another edition

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5.0


I don’t know what people expected?!? It’s not like people haven’t died in the first two books!! Reading over reviews in Goodreads or Amazon you would think people hadn’t read the first two books!!!

This series seems to be either you really enjoy it or really hate it. Well ladies and gentleman I thoroughly enjoyed this series!! This last book did not let me down in any way. There was action, drama, death, love, and a lot of plot. I had tears in my eyes in the end. I cannot explain how much some of these characters meant to me.

“You’ve been away a long time. Were you lost?
I was wounded, not lost.”

These stories are so dark, they are not the normal YA you read. Nathan is not your normal “hero” he has some serious dark thoughts. Killing comes easily to him and he doesn’t mind doing it. This is not so pretty book, that doesn’t gloss over things. I really enjoyed the romance that is to be in this book, it was really a slow burn. Whoa and that ending… while it was meant to be it doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt some.