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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I can't believe I actually made it through this series. You know, sometimes I get bummed out that there's so much great literature in the world, and I know that within my lifetime, I'll never have the chance to read everything I want to read. And then I go an read insipid Disney princess crap like this and kind of want to slap myself hard in the face. I blasted through this inane book in just a couple of days not because I was drawn into the plot but because the language is this book is 5th grade level. We've still got the same one-dimensional characters, some of which get two dimensions in this book, turning their personalities on a dime. Teenage girls will still swoon over these books, dreaming of themselves as America, the plucky and stubborn teenager who stays true to herself and wants to marry a prince so she can live happily ever after. Blah. Not. My. Thing. And yet, I read them all because it was mindless drivel that I could add to my "read" pile this summer. That being said, at least this series had a "strong" ending. It got a *little* interesting. But I will definitely not read any more in this series.
I can’t express how much I loved this book and the whole series. It was so beautiful reading about America and her journey and I fell in love with every single character, I’m gonna miss them so much. It probably is one of my new comfort series <3
I wanted to love this book as much as the next person but something was off… I did get to witness the HEA in the end but, something was missing and I hated that. The high rating is because despite all my criticisms here, I couldn’t put the book down, devoured it in a few hours, and it will be a comfort series for all time, despite how much of an injustice the execution of this book gave me. If you’re this far in, you aren’t looking for spoilers so I won’t.
The plot - again, everything and nothing happened in this book. It seemed like Miss Cass couldn’t wait to fit every single one of her ideas into this one storyline and I just… The shocking points? Weighed down by tons of pointless descriptions. The wow factors? Dampened by the chaos of the situation. The resolutions? Spur of the moment and COMPLETELY unrealistic. Relationship progress? Ruined by yoyo-ing emotions, thoughts, feelings and opinions. I so so wanted to love this one but it didn’t do it for me. And the epilogue/finale felt cheap and tacky. Like a button sewn over a gaping hole that couldn’t be filled by the short few pages left.
The MC - nothing will anger me more than how America acted in this book. I’m gonna role play here what exactly i’d say to her if I ever met the character irl;
America: “Hi Liv! Did you like the book?”
Me: “Fuck off. Fuck right off. Fuck off aallllll the way back to Carolina and never come out of your hidey hole ever again.”
She made me that mad. That is all.
The male counterpart - You…. He… she…. No words. Really, no words. No words can convey the absolute amount of bullshit that went through this man’s head. Well and truly, what a dickhead. You don’t get to chop and change and be a whore because that’s your “society”, fuck off with that. Whole time I hated him and only at the end did I warm to him a little.
The plot - again, everything and nothing happened in this book. It seemed like Miss Cass couldn’t wait to fit every single one of her ideas into this one storyline and I just… The shocking points? Weighed down by tons of pointless descriptions. The wow factors? Dampened by the chaos of the situation. The resolutions? Spur of the moment and COMPLETELY unrealistic. Relationship progress? Ruined by yoyo-ing emotions, thoughts, feelings and opinions. I so so wanted to love this one but it didn’t do it for me. And the epilogue/finale felt cheap and tacky. Like a button sewn over a gaping hole that couldn’t be filled by the short few pages left.
The MC - nothing will anger me more than how America acted in this book. I’m gonna role play here what exactly i’d say to her if I ever met the character irl;
America: “Hi Liv! Did you like the book?”
Me: “Fuck off. Fuck right off. Fuck off aallllll the way back to Carolina and never come out of your hidey hole ever again.”
She made me that mad. That is all.
The male counterpart - You…. He… she…. No words. Really, no words. No words can convey the absolute amount of bullshit that went through this man’s head. Well and truly, what a dickhead. You don’t get to chop and change and be a whore because that’s your “society”, fuck off with that. Whole time I hated him and only at the end did I warm to him a little.
I don't think this book was supposed to be funny, but it gave me a good laugh ✨
this was probably the most exciting installment of the series in my opinion
as usual, i liked being able to read about maxon and america's budding relationship, but still think a lot of their problems could be solved through simple communication. in particular, THAT moment with aspen was taken way out of proportion and could have been resolved if maxon had simply been willing to listen to america, but i guess we also get the "break my heart a thousand times" line because of it so you win some, you lose some.
i also enjoy the friendship aspect of this book, where the girls bond a lot more through their designated tasks but also how they become more transparent in their feelings about each other and maxon as the story goes on. one of my favorite parts of the whole story is getting to witness their interactions with queen amberly and how she starts to grow close to all of them, especially america.
the ending made me soooo upset because of celeste and queen amberly. i will never forgive kiera cass for that.
as usual, i liked being able to read about maxon and america's budding relationship, but still think a lot of their problems could be solved through simple communication. in particular, THAT moment with aspen was taken way out of proportion and could have been resolved if maxon had simply been willing to listen to america, but i guess we also get the "break my heart a thousand times" line because of it so you win some, you lose some.
i also enjoy the friendship aspect of this book, where the girls bond a lot more through their designated tasks but also how they become more transparent in their feelings about each other and maxon as the story goes on. one of my favorite parts of the whole story is getting to witness their interactions with queen amberly and how she starts to grow close to all of them, especially america.
the ending made me soooo upset because of celeste and queen amberly. i will never forgive kiera cass for that.
Este ha sido lejos el mejor libro de la saga hasta ahora!!! Por fin America se dio cuenta de lo que realmente sentía y decidió luchar por ello, siento que su personaje por fin maduró y eso se refleja muchísimo en este libro; hay mucha más acción y drama y amor*inserte suspiro para Maxon ❤️*. Sobre el mundo construido y la trama en general no tengo mucho que decir, pues sigue siendo casi tan poco profunda y trabajada como en los otros libros, pero a este punto ya es algo normal dentro de la historia.
Aunque las últimas páginas fueron un poco rápidas, no puedo darle menos puntuación al libro porque superó mis expectativas por mucho y tuvo un final muy lindo ❤️❤️❤️.
PD: Maxon es demasiado perfecto, le aguanta todo a America, dónde consigo un chico así??? ❤️❤️❤️
Aunque las últimas páginas fueron un poco rápidas, no puedo darle menos puntuación al libro porque superó mis expectativas por mucho y tuvo un final muy lindo ❤️❤️❤️.
PD: Maxon es demasiado perfecto, le aguanta todo a America, dónde consigo un chico así??? ❤️❤️❤️
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'm definitely underwhelmed....
I feel like this would have been a trilogy that I would have loved if I had read it after Twilight or something like that. Because it's not that I don't like the story and I actually find the concept of it really cool, but because I'm becoming more of an 'experienced reader' I just feel like it was missing something.
The plot isn't that exciting and it's not one of those books that you just can put down. It's quite predictable and some of their 'problems' could have been solved after book two. I honestly feel like if the 3 books would've been combined into 1 big book, it would be much more exciting and would've avoided all the stalling and dragging of the plot.
That being said, I liked just fine, I just don't have any strong feelings about it. I don't hate it nor do I loved it. (but I have a feeling that my 15 year old self would have die hard loved it ;))
I feel like this would have been a trilogy that I would have loved if I had read it after Twilight or something like that. Because it's not that I don't like the story and I actually find the concept of it really cool, but because I'm becoming more of an 'experienced reader' I just feel like it was missing something.
The plot isn't that exciting and it's not one of those books that you just can put down. It's quite predictable and some of their 'problems' could have been solved after book two. I honestly feel like if the 3 books would've been combined into 1 big book, it would be much more exciting and would've avoided all the stalling and dragging of the plot.
That being said, I liked just fine, I just don't have any strong feelings about it. I don't hate it nor do I loved it. (but I have a feeling that my 15 year old self would have die hard loved it ;))