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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
This complete series was impossible to put down! The beginning of the first book (The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer) had me a little confused, but I quickly got past that and was enthralled with the story. The further into the series, the deeper the actions went and the more I had to find out what Mara and Noah (as well as a few of their friends) were really up to. Every time I thought I was guessing what was going to happen, I was wrong. I love that in a book. Predictable is boring. This series is anything but boring!
This series was excellently written! The cover caught my attention, I got the first book not realizing it was a trilogy...which annoys me usually but I was hooked & had read maybe a third of the first book. I went back to see if the 2nd & 3rd books were there but they weren't! I ended up finding the 2nd book & ordering the 3rd book on Amazon.
Very well written!!! Kept my attention through all 3 books!!! I didn't want to stop reading but did, for sleep purposes!!! I'll definitely read them again!!! I highly recommend them!!!
Very well written!!! Kept my attention through all 3 books!!! I didn't want to stop reading but did, for sleep purposes!!! I'll definitely read them again!!! I highly recommend them!!!
OVERALL: ~2.3 stars
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) - 3 stars
When Mara Dyer transferred to a new school she thought her past would leave her behind. She was wrong. First it came in the form of nightmares, slowly revealing what had happened the night her best friend died. Then everything became more real and Mara struggled to figure out what was really happening to her along with the help of play boy, Noah.
I don’t know what I was expecting to get out of this book. I first got interested in this book because of all of the hype about it. The story line was interesting and the characters (especially Mara) reminded me of how my sister talks. The reading was slow going, I even felt like skimming some of the parts. Also, I not really sure if I even liked the characters. I was kind of indifferent to both Mara and Noah, my favorite one out of all of them was Joseph and he wasn’t even in the book that much.
I would recommend this book to people that liked Anna Dressed in Blood.
The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) - 3 stars
Mara is haunted by her past and now her past has come back to haunt her, literally. On top of that no one believes her with the exception of Noah because everyone thinks she is just acting crazy. As Mara learns more about her past and her family her life becomes more confusing in the process.
I just didn’t get it.
The writing for me was okay but the story line was so slow, nothing really even happened until the end. I don’t even like any of the characters, Mara keeps switching back and forth on everything and I have NEVER seen the appeal of Noah, I think he acts like an ass and his supposedly redeeming points don’t work for me. The author did a fantastic job of taking me through two entire books and having me still be confused about what was exactly going on in them.
Once gain I have to see what happens in the next one. Maybe some of my questions will be answered.
The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #3) - 2 stars
As the journey continues Mara tries to figure out exactly what or who she is.
This one was more slow paced than the previous two. The ending was okay but it still left a lot of unanswered questions for the reader and to me it did not feel completed.
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) - 3 stars
When Mara Dyer transferred to a new school she thought her past would leave her behind. She was wrong. First it came in the form of nightmares, slowly revealing what had happened the night her best friend died. Then everything became more real and Mara struggled to figure out what was really happening to her along with the help of play boy, Noah.
I don’t know what I was expecting to get out of this book. I first got interested in this book because of all of the hype about it. The story line was interesting and the characters (especially Mara) reminded me of how my sister talks. The reading was slow going, I even felt like skimming some of the parts. Also, I not really sure if I even liked the characters. I was kind of indifferent to both Mara and Noah, my favorite one out of all of them was Joseph and he wasn’t even in the book that much.
I would recommend this book to people that liked Anna Dressed in Blood.
The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) - 3 stars
Mara is haunted by her past and now her past has come back to haunt her, literally. On top of that no one believes her with the exception of Noah because everyone thinks she is just acting crazy. As Mara learns more about her past and her family her life becomes more confusing in the process.
I just didn’t get it.
The writing for me was okay but the story line was so slow, nothing really even happened until the end. I don’t even like any of the characters, Mara keeps switching back and forth on everything and I have NEVER seen the appeal of Noah, I think he acts like an ass and his supposedly redeeming points don’t work for me. The author did a fantastic job of taking me through two entire books and having me still be confused about what was exactly going on in them.
Once gain I have to see what happens in the next one. Maybe some of my questions will be answered.
The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #3) - 2 stars
As the journey continues Mara tries to figure out exactly what or who she is.
This one was more slow paced than the previous two. The ending was okay but it still left a lot of unanswered questions for the reader and to me it did not feel completed.
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adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reread book #1 august 18th 2015 for reading challenge 2015
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
unbecoming: 4/5
evolution: 3.5/5
retribution: 3.75/5. not enough closure
evolution: 3.5/5
retribution: 3.75/5. not enough closure
I am glad to say that my previous notions about this trilogy have been changed. I thought it would be just another young adult series that had the same plotline with the same ending. I was totally wrong. The characters as well as the plot were intriguing and I never wanted to stop reading! I didn’t give it a full 5 stars because although I adore this series, I feel that every book got a little bit weirder and outlandish. Some of the stuff just didn’t really fit in in my opinion. Other than that, I found all three novels to be captivating from start to finish, and it always kept me up late.
Book One
This is where the real magic happens. There is always some mystery shrouding all of the characters and I found it fun to get closer and closer to the truth until I finally figured it out. Well… I never really figured it out until like the last book but you know what I mean. I found all of the characters to be super likeable, especially Noah Shaw. This boy is probably the most perfect human I have ever met( not met exactly, but read about so much I feel like I know him). He is one of the main reasons I kept reading the book. Although Mara was a very interesting character, the combination of Mara and Noah together made the book exciting and fun to read as their relationship progressed throughout the novel. One thing I really liked in the book was the idea of this supernatural power that Mara possesses. It made every chapter interesting to read because of what evidence it might contain.
Book Two
This book kind of really annoyed me. It didn’t annoy me because it was bad writing or a bad plot, but it annoyed me because of the characters. Everyone thinks that Mara is absolutely insane, and they are always putting her into mental hospitals and such, and Mara can’t do anything about it. She can’t tell them what is really going on because then they will think she is even more crazy. It just made me go crazy when her parents made her go away to a place for the mentally ill, because she wasn’t sick at all!!! Also, Mara was kind of getting on my nerves because she kept on pushing Noah away because she was afraid to let him in and let him help her. She just makes everything worse for herself when she does that because then she had no one to talk to that understood.
Book Three
WOW. There were some major plot twists throughout the course of this book. It was pretty scary I’ll have to admit. I liked how in this book, they were in a different setting with different characters with a different mission. The new additions to the series really helped the story overall. What I didn’t like was the fact that we were under the impression that a certain person was dead the whole time, so we never got to really see them in the whole book, except for the end. I didn’t like the ending of the book because I felt that is was too abrupt, and it didn’t fit in with the rest of the story and what the characters would do. It was a happy ending, but I felt that I needed more closure than I got.
Book One
This is where the real magic happens. There is always some mystery shrouding all of the characters and I found it fun to get closer and closer to the truth until I finally figured it out. Well… I never really figured it out until like the last book but you know what I mean. I found all of the characters to be super likeable, especially Noah Shaw. This boy is probably the most perfect human I have ever met( not met exactly, but read about so much I feel like I know him). He is one of the main reasons I kept reading the book. Although Mara was a very interesting character, the combination of Mara and Noah together made the book exciting and fun to read as their relationship progressed throughout the novel. One thing I really liked in the book was the idea of this supernatural power that Mara possesses. It made every chapter interesting to read because of what evidence it might contain.
Book Two
This book kind of really annoyed me. It didn’t annoy me because it was bad writing or a bad plot, but it annoyed me because of the characters. Everyone thinks that Mara is absolutely insane, and they are always putting her into mental hospitals and such, and Mara can’t do anything about it. She can’t tell them what is really going on because then they will think she is even more crazy. It just made me go crazy when her parents made her go away to a place for the mentally ill, because she wasn’t sick at all!!! Also, Mara was kind of getting on my nerves because she kept on pushing Noah away because she was afraid to let him in and let him help her. She just makes everything worse for herself when she does that because then she had no one to talk to that understood.
Book Three
WOW. There were some major plot twists throughout the course of this book. It was pretty scary I’ll have to admit. I liked how in this book, they were in a different setting with different characters with a different mission. The new additions to the series really helped the story overall. What I didn’t like was the fact that we were under the impression that a certain person was dead the whole time, so we never got to really see them in the whole book, except for the end. I didn’t like the ending of the book because I felt that is was too abrupt, and it didn’t fit in with the rest of the story and what the characters would do. It was a happy ending, but I felt that I needed more closure than I got.