Reviews with content warning for Fire/Fire injury - Finale (Large Print)

This was disappointing. Messy and convoluted, confusing yet boring. I was kinda down for the love triangle, actually, but if you want to effectively close the triangle you can’t make me love the bad guy and then undo all the character work in one confusing chapter. Maybe that’s an unpopular opinion? The immediate swap from “bad guy goes good for love” to “just kidding he’s 100% evil” did NOT read. Meh.

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piperplanes's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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dannilmp's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

After I found Legendary weaker in comparison to Caraval, I wasn't expecting much from Finale. I am glad to say I was pleasantly suprised. Following Scarlett and Tella in their biggest game to date, with the entire world and life as we know it at stake. Can they overcome their own weaknesses to combat something greater than both of them?

While the start of this book may feel slower than the pacing of the previous two, it is worth perservering as the second half of the book (at least to me) felt that was where all the action was. The real beauty of this book is the bond that two sisters share and the extents they would go to in order to protect and defend each other. The cryptic mentions of almost and true endings was interesting, however I wish there was more

especially as I wanted to see the Almost Ending that The Lady Prisoner mentioned that Scarlett could have been heading for when she attempted to escape

Other than feeling very cringe like at some of Tella's actions and choices in the book, there was only one more section that unnerved me and while I will state the specific in the spoiler, it involves a relationship dynamic between two characters later in the book

I felt a little uncomfortable that Scarlett didn't even seem to bat an eyelid at the thought of trying to get Gavriel to love her as if she was her mother, I would have thought there would have been some repulsion or at least hesitance going about the plan

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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olivebleu's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Like a lot of trilogies this book started out well and halfway through become messy by trying to fit in too much. The quality of writing breaks down as the same thoughts and phrases are written over and over and over again, and not in a way that is just a helpful reminder of important things. This book was not as polished as the first 2, but the series as a whole is wonderfully imaginative, clearly written, and not easy to predict. I loved the depth of the two sisters and how clearly they come to mind. Jacks was my favorite character. In general with the twisting plot through this series most moves felt meaningful. Just the last half of this book did not do it for me.

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