Reviews

Legacy of Light by Sarah Raughley

odettebrethouwer's review

2.0

Het was me een bevalling, deze. Maar ik wilde de serie met de mooiste covers in mijn kast echt wel uitlezen.

In ieder boek zaten minder van de elementen die ik in het eerste boek zo gaaf vond, en meer elementen die mij minder interesseerden in deze serie. De corrupte organisatie bevechten? Dode personage's die terugkwamen? Op een gegeven moment had ik dat wel gezien.

Wat ik wel tof vond: de dynamiek van de meiden onderling allemaal.

Maar verder was dit voor mij gewoon too much van.. vanalles. 

matandrub's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

littlewhiterabbitreads's review

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

emhromp's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Well, I truly don't know what to say about this book.
The thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah Raughley was on speed and a lot of other substances while writing the story, but I gotta say, the result is not bad.
The story reads like a blockbuster movie, with alllll the ingredients. Zombies, spirits, ghosts, phantoms, superheroes, goddesses, enhanced agents, an evil twin, a sect, a deserted island, zapping from one place to another. 

If this were a pizza, it would have salami, pineapple, mozzarella, mushrooms, many cheeses and shoarma. 

Really, it's completely over the top and ridiculous, with monologues that are absurd and too long, but: I TOTALLY ENJOYED IT.

titou's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

oreowild's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

lpcoolgirl's review

5.0

Wow, this was such a great book, and a great end to the trilogy! We learned so much, and yeah, really enjoyed how it wrapped up!

forbearance's review

5.0

un-fucking-real

avidan's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

And so the series ends with a kind of lackluster ending that only sort of makes sense. Meh. I've read worse, but I've read a lot better.

mitslits's review

1.0

As expected, this disappointed. I think the most baffling thing is that this book genuinely seems to be trying to say something about violence, and power, and inevitability... but that kind of gets lost in evil undead twins and mech-hands and something literally called the ring of wishes. What I'm trying to say is that this book is silly. And it's still trying to have a serious conversation. 

I couldn't take its big ideas seriously. There was too much dumbness getting in the way. Gunshots seemed to mean nothing to the main characters. I believe Maia gets shot a grand total of three times in this series, and not once does it have real impact. None of the important characters stay dead. They all get free resurrections, for some reason. Figures who lives consist of watching over humanity somehow seem surprised by the willingness to sacrifice oneself for others? For REAL?? 

This series never got better.