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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
Definitely better than book two. At first I thought the memory loss thing was a cool angle but I gotta say the first 40% of the book was super annoying while Nora is figuring out all the same crap all over again. But the second half made up for it!! *spoilers* once Scott tells her what's up and then Patch finalllllly stops being ultra shady douche guy and tells her things it gets really good. And I gotta say I didn't see that twist with Nora's transformation coming. I don't know how I feel about it though... I mean I guess it will be nice that she can actually defend herself from all the stupid situations she gets herself into and doesn't necessarily have to be rescued constantly. But she was way cooler in the second half I thought than she has been in the other books. She still annoys the crap out if me but I definitely like her better. I'm excited to read the last one!!
3.5 of 5 stars
I have good news, and I have bad news. As is tradition with me and most everyone I know, let's start with the bad news. In the beginning of the book, Nora forgets everything that happened in the past five months (a.k.a. everything that happened in Crescendo and in Hush, Hush).
The good news: While the plot of Silence might be a massive mindf*ck, the execution is much better. Fitzpatz's prose and her pacing and her everything related to writing has improved since Crescendo, which made the bad news easier to digest. For one, Nora isn't nearly as retarded as she is in Crescendo and Hush, Hush. I would actually say she had moved on from her once retarded ways, but then she hit someone with a shovel, and I bit my tongue.
So, needless to say, Fitzpatz's prose has improved and she improved her craft.
Silence is the longest Hush, Hush SERIES installment to date. It clocks in at 438 pages, and I feel like a few mindless scenes could've been cut to shorten the book. I actually got kind of bored somewhere in the middle of the book.
I feel like Becca Fitzpatrick extended the series to four books because she couldn't live without her series being called a saga. I bet she doesn't even know what a saga is, but because it's stamped on the cover of every Stephenie Meyer book published, and she needs to achieve that level of fame, she can't live without it being on the cover of every one of her books, too.
I don't know. Just my opinion. Don't hate, yo.
SHIT.
Amazon Exclusive: Jenny Han Interviews Becca Fitzpatrick
Jenny Han is the author of We'll Always Have Summer, It's Not Summer Without You, and The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Jenny Han: Writerly questions first. Do you write every day?
Becca Fitzpatrick: I write Monday through Friday. I take the weekends off.
JH: Do you outline?
BF: I didn't used to. But writing Crescendo made me a firm believer in outlining. With a book coming out every year, I don't have time to mess up. I think five years would be my optimal time period for writing a book, but with the nature of a series, I think that would make fans very antsy! When I'm on a deadline, every day counts. I feel an urgency to get the story right the first time.
JH: Did you find the series schedule grueling, doing one book a year?
BF: So many authors say the second book is hard, and they're right. Writing Crescendo was super stressful. The whole time, I kept thinking, I'm never writing a book again. All that pressure, to finish on time, and I also had readers' expectations to think about.
JH: Becca, trust me when I say you more than exceeded them with Silence. When I got to the end of the book, I was so excited Nora's story wasn't over yet. When did you know it would be four books instead of three?
BF: When I was nearing the end of Silence, I kept trying to wrap everything up. I'd planned on ending Patch and Nora's story there, and I wanted to stick to the plan. But a nagging voice at the back of my mind told me I needed to write one more book that takes place during Cheshvan. Those who've read my books know that Cheshvan is the time of year when fallen angels sweep in and possess Nephilim bodies by the droves. I heavily allude to Cheshvan during the first three books, but have never set any of the novels during those dark and haunted weeks. For readers who've been anxiously awaiting a final showdown between fallen angels and Nephilim—-with Patch and Nora torn between sides-—I can't wait for you to read the fourth and final book.
JH: That's genius! Now that you say that, it feels like a fourth book was an inevitability, because how could you even think of keeping all that from us?! Or rather, how could you think of keeping more Patch from us?! Patch is easily one of the sexiest guys in YA literature ever. He's flirty, he's dangerous, he's dark. Is he the guy you would have gone for in high school?
BF: My boyfriend in high school was smart, athletic, and sensitive. He played the saxophone and the piano-—really well. In other words, not a lot of commonalities with Patch. I was crazy in love with him, and so many of my high school memories revolve around him. But I always wondered what it would have been like to fall hard for the baddest of the bad boys-—the guys who made you nervous with a single look, whose thoughts you never could guess. Several novels later, Patch still feels that way to me—-dangerous and impenetrable. I don't think he'd be the least bit disappointed to learn this!
JH: I feel like there's a part of Nora that still doesn't trust Patch completely. Do you think she's justified?
BF: I think it would be very difficult to open myself up completely to someone with a history as dark and sinister as Patch's, so I don’t blame Nora for any unsteadiness in love. Nora trusts Patch, believes in him, and their relationship has grown stronger through each trial they've faced, but she also knows she can't change him. He wants to be the story's hero, but he's in a constant battle with the man he wants to become... and the man he is. The temptation to return to his old lifestyle is relentless.
JH: That makes him even hotter to me. I guess we know who I would choose—-always the impenetrable bad boy, every time! Which is not to say that I don't find the other man in Nora’s life intriguing... Speaking of, would you rather be a fallen angel or Nephilim?
BF: I have a lot of sympathy for Nephilim. I don't think Chauncey Langeais is entirely wrong for hating Patch and trying to get revenge. I can't imagine anything worse than having your body ripped away every October and possessed by a menacing creature. And while it seems fallen angels have all the fun, I'm going to choose Nephilim. But maybe that's because I know something readers don't. Something unexpected and terrifying that happens to fallen angels in Book Four....
JH: After you close out the series, what's next for you?
BF: It's been very hard knowing that soon I'll have to say good-bye to Patch, Nora, Vee, Scott, and even Marcie. But at the same time, I feel there are other characters living in the back of my mind, waiting for their stories to be told. I've always been drawn to writing dark, sexy, and twisty novels, and hopefully I'll be starting a new one very soon!
My Spidey-Senses are signaling a Fitzpocalypse in the works.
I have good news, and I have bad news. As is tradition with me and most everyone I know, let's start with the bad news. In the beginning of the book, Nora forgets everything that happened in the past five months (a.k.a. everything that happened in Crescendo and in Hush, Hush).
The good news: While the plot of Silence might be a massive mindf*ck, the execution is much better. Fitzpatz's prose and her pacing and her everything related to writing has improved since Crescendo, which made the bad news easier to digest. For one, Nora isn't nearly as retarded as she is in Crescendo and Hush, Hush. I would actually say she had moved on from her once retarded ways, but then she hit someone with a shovel, and I bit my tongue.
So, needless to say, Fitzpatz's prose has improved and she improved her craft.
Silence is the longest Hush, Hush SERIES installment to date. It clocks in at 438 pages, and I feel like a few mindless scenes could've been cut to shorten the book. I actually got kind of bored somewhere in the middle of the book.
I feel like Becca Fitzpatrick extended the series to four books because she couldn't live without her series being called a saga. I bet she doesn't even know what a saga is, but because it's stamped on the cover of every Stephenie Meyer book published, and she needs to achieve that level of fame, she can't live without it being on the cover of every one of her books, too.
I don't know. Just my opinion. Don't hate, yo.
SHIT.
Amazon Exclusive: Jenny Han Interviews Becca Fitzpatrick
Jenny Han is the author of We'll Always Have Summer, It's Not Summer Without You, and The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Jenny Han: Writerly questions first. Do you write every day?
Becca Fitzpatrick: I write Monday through Friday. I take the weekends off.
JH: Do you outline?
BF: I didn't used to. But writing Crescendo made me a firm believer in outlining. With a book coming out every year, I don't have time to mess up. I think five years would be my optimal time period for writing a book, but with the nature of a series, I think that would make fans very antsy! When I'm on a deadline, every day counts. I feel an urgency to get the story right the first time.
JH: Did you find the series schedule grueling, doing one book a year?
BF: So many authors say the second book is hard, and they're right. Writing Crescendo was super stressful. The whole time, I kept thinking, I'm never writing a book again. All that pressure, to finish on time, and I also had readers' expectations to think about.
JH: Becca, trust me when I say you more than exceeded them with Silence. When I got to the end of the book, I was so excited Nora's story wasn't over yet. When did you know it would be four books instead of three?
BF: When I was nearing the end of Silence, I kept trying to wrap everything up. I'd planned on ending Patch and Nora's story there, and I wanted to stick to the plan. But a nagging voice at the back of my mind told me I needed to write one more book that takes place during Cheshvan. Those who've read my books know that Cheshvan is the time of year when fallen angels sweep in and possess Nephilim bodies by the droves. I heavily allude to Cheshvan during the first three books, but have never set any of the novels during those dark and haunted weeks. For readers who've been anxiously awaiting a final showdown between fallen angels and Nephilim—-with Patch and Nora torn between sides-—I can't wait for you to read the fourth and final book.
JH: That's genius! Now that you say that, it feels like a fourth book was an inevitability, because how could you even think of keeping all that from us?! Or rather, how could you think of keeping more Patch from us?! Patch is easily one of the sexiest guys in YA literature ever. He's flirty, he's dangerous, he's dark. Is he the guy you would have gone for in high school?
BF: My boyfriend in high school was smart, athletic, and sensitive. He played the saxophone and the piano-—really well. In other words, not a lot of commonalities with Patch. I was crazy in love with him, and so many of my high school memories revolve around him. But I always wondered what it would have been like to fall hard for the baddest of the bad boys-—the guys who made you nervous with a single look, whose thoughts you never could guess. Several novels later, Patch still feels that way to me—-dangerous and impenetrable. I don't think he'd be the least bit disappointed to learn this!
JH: I feel like there's a part of Nora that still doesn't trust Patch completely. Do you think she's justified?
BF: I think it would be very difficult to open myself up completely to someone with a history as dark and sinister as Patch's, so I don’t blame Nora for any unsteadiness in love. Nora trusts Patch, believes in him, and their relationship has grown stronger through each trial they've faced, but she also knows she can't change him. He wants to be the story's hero, but he's in a constant battle with the man he wants to become... and the man he is. The temptation to return to his old lifestyle is relentless.
JH: That makes him even hotter to me. I guess we know who I would choose—-always the impenetrable bad boy, every time! Which is not to say that I don't find the other man in Nora’s life intriguing... Speaking of, would you rather be a fallen angel or Nephilim?
BF: I have a lot of sympathy for Nephilim. I don't think Chauncey Langeais is entirely wrong for hating Patch and trying to get revenge. I can't imagine anything worse than having your body ripped away every October and possessed by a menacing creature. And while it seems fallen angels have all the fun, I'm going to choose Nephilim. But maybe that's because I know something readers don't. Something unexpected and terrifying that happens to fallen angels in Book Four....
JH: After you close out the series, what's next for you?
BF: It's been very hard knowing that soon I'll have to say good-bye to Patch, Nora, Vee, Scott, and even Marcie. But at the same time, I feel there are other characters living in the back of my mind, waiting for their stories to be told. I've always been drawn to writing dark, sexy, and twisty novels, and hopefully I'll be starting a new one very soon!
My Spidey-Senses are signaling a Fitzpocalypse in the works.
Given up. Every time I walked past it I cringed because I knew I had to finish it. I really can not. The end of the second was so good because the series was finally gaining some depth. But when I found out Nora has amnesia in this book I almost threw it down. I had the ridiculous hope it could redeem itself because that has not been possible. The details and fluff were boring enough without having to suffer through them the SECOND time. That's literally a good hundred pages and I can not put up with it any longer.
I guess finally having read some good books and setting my standards a little higher I can no longer read the stereotypical teenage novel and enjoy it knowing there ARE books out there that are much better and have more depth.
I guess finally having read some good books and setting my standards a little higher I can no longer read the stereotypical teenage novel and enjoy it knowing there ARE books out there that are much better and have more depth.
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
This is the best one yet! Interesting storyline and more explanation of angel powers. Much more engaging.
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Good continuation, I must have read further than I thought last time! I love Scott
Ha mejorado con diferencia respecto a los dos anteriores. Sigue sin ser el mejor libro del mundo, pero mucho más satisfactorio.
Dnf will not be continuing on with the series. Only book I loved was the first one.
