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anniemariek's review against another edition
4.0
The Secret Hour was pretty good, but nothing special. Touching Darkness was much, much better. Following that pattern, I assumed Blue Noon would knock my socks off. While it didn't quite get to that point, the ending was very...shocking. In the electric sense. You'd just have to read it to understand.
Blue Noon really didn't improve on the second book. If anything, I liked the second one better, which is rare for me and trilogies. Jessica and Jonathan just got even more boring, and Melissa was just crabby. Rex and Dess were, as usual, the only interesting ones in the story. They had the most personality, the most uniqueness.
Since this was the end of the series, I wanted it to have a big finish. I wanted it to end with a huge BANG! that would make me wish it hadn't ended. Sure, the ending was exciting. Sure, it was somewhat intense. But I wanted more than that. I wanted something that would blow me away, would stick with me for days or weeks or months or forever. It was a decent finish, but not spectacular. I felt myself struggling to care about the possibility of the world being consumed into the midnight hour. I just couldn't bring myself to get that emotionally involved.
The thing with Jessica at the end was a real tearjerker, though, if I was that type of reader. I won't say what happened for fear of spoilers, but still. Wow.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the book. It was exciting and I love the concept, and thought it was well-executed. I just didn't get quite the BAM that I wanted from the ending. I felt a little let down about that, but otherwise it was a decent finish to the series.
Blue Noon really didn't improve on the second book. If anything, I liked the second one better, which is rare for me and trilogies. Jessica and Jonathan just got even more boring, and Melissa was just crabby. Rex and Dess were, as usual, the only interesting ones in the story. They had the most personality, the most uniqueness.
Since this was the end of the series, I wanted it to have a big finish. I wanted it to end with a huge BANG! that would make me wish it hadn't ended. Sure, the ending was exciting. Sure, it was somewhat intense. But I wanted more than that. I wanted something that would blow me away, would stick with me for days or weeks or months or forever. It was a decent finish, but not spectacular. I felt myself struggling to care about the possibility of the world being consumed into the midnight hour. I just couldn't bring myself to get that emotionally involved.
The thing with Jessica at the end was a real tearjerker, though, if I was that type of reader. I won't say what happened for fear of spoilers, but still. Wow.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the book. It was exciting and I love the concept, and thought it was well-executed. I just didn't get quite the BAM that I wanted from the ending. I felt a little let down about that, but otherwise it was a decent finish to the series.
_oblivia's review against another edition
4.0
che cacchio, è proprio l'ultimo capitolo della saga.. vabbè tutto deve finire prima o poi però un pochino mi dispiace >.<
tutto sommato è finito anche bene.. insomma jessica ho continuato ad odiarla per tutto il libro però addirittura farla morire mi sembrava un tantinello esagerato; melissa e dess restano le mie preferite *-*
tutto sommato è finito anche bene.. insomma jessica ho continuato ad odiarla per tutto il libro però addirittura farla morire mi sembrava un tantinello esagerato; melissa e dess restano le mie preferite *-*
valhecka's review against another edition
3.0
The series premise is awesome, but the execution is deeply flawed; if you think about it for longer than about four seconds it falls apart. And it really, really bothered me that Westerfeld misapplied the term "polymath".
Nevertheless, Westerfeld's a good guy to have writing: he's one of the most vocal members of the science fanclub among YA writers, and it's really nice to see a bunch of math and science nerdery floating around in the urban fantasy genre.
Nevertheless, Westerfeld's a good guy to have writing: he's one of the most vocal members of the science fanclub among YA writers, and it's really nice to see a bunch of math and science nerdery floating around in the urban fantasy genre.
mthom25's review against another edition
4.0
The only part of this book I didn't like was the end, and maybe a few details. The end was one of my least favorite endings, the first two books were the better ones in the series.
breenakm's review against another edition
5.0
Great finale...or is there more?! I hope so! Exhilarating. Exciting. Unexpected.
WOW!!!
WOW!!!
elfflame's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
theoreticalwitchcraft's review against another edition
5.0
Scott Westerfeld is an author who always has incredibly cool premises. Sometimes, his books don't really deliver on them (e.g. [b:Specials|24765|Specials (Uglies, #3)|Scott Westerfeld|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1390340887s/24765.jpg|3278286]. I mean it's not a bad book, but it was a bit too heavy on the David for me); sometimes they do. Blue Noon definitely does.
I put off reading this book for the longest time because I didn't especially like the second book (I honestly can't tell why because I picked it up again for a quick read to freshen my memory and I found it very good) and most of all because it was never translated on its own, but only published in a collection of all three books, which sounds like a great deal unless you've already bought the hardcovers of the two previous volumes. Since in the end I read it in English anyway I guess I could have gotten off my butt and bought it online earlier. Since you can't change the past, I'd better move onto my opinions on the book.
The first and foremost thing that made me so happy I was basically flailing throughout the book was that my baby Dess was featured so heavily. Her superpower is one of the most interesting and fantastic I've ever read of in any fiction. It also helps that Westerfeld doesn't screw up the math too badly (God bless you Scott Westerfeld, the man who can write wonderful stories and do at least basic math).
Another thing I found refreshing was how Jessica's fear of being a disappointment was handled: too often female main characters in YA either revel in self-pity or are vilified by the narration for daring feel insecure. Instead she was shown to be insecure, subtly in everyday situations and heavily when under the influence of darklings, but it was never an annoying trait she had to get rid off: just an irrational feeling she couldn't help having.
I'd also like to thank God and also Jesus that Jonathan was finally awarded a personality more detailed than "rebellious love interest". To think it would happen in a book where all the other midnighters had so much shit going down! It was definitely the book where all of them did the most growing and changing, mostly because such extraordinary events forced them too. I'm glad none of them became angsty and grim-dark.
I am not entirely sold on how. But all in all it was a fantastic book.
I liked the ending, it gives me hope the author will choose to visit the amazing world of midnighters again sometime in the future.
I put off reading this book for the longest time because I didn't especially like the second book (I honestly can't tell why because I picked it up again for a quick read to freshen my memory and I found it very good) and most of all because it was never translated on its own, but only published in a collection of all three books, which sounds like a great deal unless you've already bought the hardcovers of the two previous volumes. Since in the end I read it in English anyway I guess I could have gotten off my butt and bought it online earlier. Since you can't change the past, I'd better move onto my opinions on the book.
The first and foremost thing that made me so happy I was basically flailing throughout the book was that my baby Dess was featured so heavily. Her superpower is one of the most interesting and fantastic I've ever read of in any fiction. It also helps that Westerfeld doesn't screw up the math too badly (God bless you Scott Westerfeld, the man who can write wonderful stories and do at least basic math).
Another thing I found refreshing was how Jessica's fear of being a disappointment was handled: too often female main characters in YA either revel in self-pity or are vilified by the narration for daring feel insecure. Instead she was shown to be insecure, subtly in everyday situations and heavily when under the influence of darklings, but it was never an annoying trait she had to get rid off: just an irrational feeling she couldn't help having.
I'd also like to thank God and also Jesus that Jonathan was finally awarded a personality more detailed than "rebellious love interest". To think it would happen in a book where all the other midnighters had so much shit going down! It was definitely the book where all of them did the most growing and changing, mostly because such extraordinary events forced them too. I'm glad none of them became angsty and grim-dark.
I am not entirely sold on how
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the lightning blot was supposed to seal off the rip and if it was foreshadowed in any way someone please point it out to meI liked the ending, it gives me hope the author will choose to visit the amazing world of midnighters again sometime in the future.
bookbutterfly111's review against another edition
4.0
I was really enjoying the book up until the last few chapters. I liked seeing Rex's darkling side and his inner conflict between his darkling and human sides. I would've liked him to become more dark though. The ending is dumb and confusing. Poor Dess barely got to do anything in the book, and she's my favourite character. My other favourite character Jessica did not deserve this crappy ending either. Also I have to say that Johnathan is the worst character. He was so selfish and immature, I wish he had been the one to end up with Jessica's fate.
alysamorley's review against another edition
2.0
Once again, I was displeased with some of the word choice in this novel. The action definitely increased in this installment, but these books are still just okay for me. I still wanted more depth to the characters, plot, etc.
joyful808's review against another edition
3.0
Blue Noon is the third in the Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld. I was fascinated by the concept. . .an extra hour in the day. Wow. However, there are really scary things that do more than just go-bump-in-the-night during that hour. . . .
I liked the series but it sort of ran out of steam in this book then finally had a big last couple chapters.
My rating is negotiable if I can be positively persuaded to understand the reasoning behind Jessica's fate.
I liked the series but it sort of ran out of steam in this book then finally had a big last couple chapters.
My rating is negotiable if I can be positively persuaded to understand the reasoning behind Jessica's fate.