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Gods & Monsters

Shelby Mahurin

3.9 AVERAGE

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carolinetew's review

3.0

2.5/5
What even is this plot? If you don’t remember every detail from the first two books you’re screwed because the author does nothing to help you out. There’s also just a lot of repeating of stuff before, people forgetting their pasts or being possessed. Honestly far too long and boring. I also hate Reed’s character so that doesn’t help.
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Family. It'd been an errant thought in the catacombs, surrounded by dust and death. It'd been a simple, foolish dream. Now, however, my chest ached as I glanced from Coco to Reid to Beau. To Ansel. Perhaps I hadn't found parents or brothers or sisters, but I'd found a family regardless. Sitting with them at my table -in my home- that dream didn't feel so foolish, after all.
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Hope isn’t the sickness. It’s the cure.


Sí, puse dos quotes porque quiero y puedo.
Al principio pensé "no voy a escribir nada hasta que pueda superar el libro", y como dudo que lo vaya a superar y es probable que me termine olvidando de lo que quería decir, mejor escribir ahora las cosas en crudo.
QUÉ. BUEN. LIBRO.
Increíble lo mucho que creció Shelby como escritora desde Serpent & Dove, y lo mucho que creció la historia con ella. Los personajes siempre me gustaron, pero en este libro fueron simplemente sublimes, al igual que ese sistema de magia bendito que voy a extrañar un montón porque está tan pero tan bien desarrollado. En realidad, voy a extrañar cada coma, punto y punto y coma de este libro, porque no cambiaría ni uno de ellos, ni una letra o palabra.
Also, de ahora en adelante, siempre que tenga que dar un ejemplo de sobre cómo "ciertos tropes son mal usados HASTA QUE alguien los sabe desarrollar", voy a decir Gods & Monsters. Gracias Shelby por apropiarte de ese trope y usarlo a tu favor y por el bien de tu mundo.
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Just like the first two I couldn’t put this down. It’s hard not to fall in love with the main and secondary characters . The storyline and writing style is everything you could want. Smooth like butter -while making you gasp and reread an entire paragraph to make sure you didn’t misread when something that steals your breath happens. This is the last book but still I want more!

sophieacu's review

4.0

4 ⭐️
Por LEJOS el mejor libro de la trilogia, aunque hubo una parte que dije MEH muy de telenovela, creo que es el que mejor lleva la historia, los personajes y el desenlace.
El final

jmnicol3's review

3.0
adventurous hopeful 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
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Simplemente maravilloso, no decepciona, realmente la culminacion esperada para esta gran trilogia.
adventurous challenging dark inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Pues ya la termine !!!!
Una saga menos ...
Ame el primer libro y para mí ahí pudo terminar todo.