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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
An adequate ending to a phenomenal series.
We return to the Evans home in Connecticut, where Miranda, her mother, and two brothers are still fending for themselves in their suburban home. The flu has passed, there is some normalcy in food deliveries, and they've adjusted to living in one room of their four-bedroom home.
As they near the 1-year anniversary of the moon's fall, family members return. What would have been happy reunions a while ago, are now chalked up as new mouths to feed. But two of those mouths, Alex and Julie (The Dead & The Gone), are reluctant to stay. Enter a few cases of hormones, and the desperate attempt to love before it's too late, and you have a whole new situation.
It was nice to hear Miranda again. Being back in her head (journal) made my feelings for Alex (The Dead & The Gone) waiver a little. She is a stronger character, or so it seemed. As I neared the ending, I realized that while that was partly true, she had the luxury of being that stronger character. Alex, having encountered this horrible crisis in a major city, had been exposed to true horrors and decision-making pressures far sooner than Miranda had. Miranda had the luxury of two parents, relatively healthy siblings, and the comfort of her own home. Alex had been fighting for those things since the moment the moon fell. Once I focused on that...it was harder to be as strongly #TeamMiranda.
I didn't necessarily like the rushed love situations, though I tried to look at them in terms of how intense a feeling attraction must be in an apocalyptic world. When you've decided that you'll die alone and miserable, the idea of love must be worth going a little crazy over. Yet, it felt forced and awkward between these two.
I wasn't as horribly terrified of how plausible this scenario could be as I was when I first read Life As We Knew It, but I was still intrigued by Miranda's voice, her mother's personality, and even the cat. LOL All in all, it was an enjoyable read, (I finished in a few hours), and one I would recommend. I don't think, however, that I am happy about it being the conclusion to the series. I'd love to see where this family ends up.
We return to the Evans home in Connecticut, where Miranda, her mother, and two brothers are still fending for themselves in their suburban home. The flu has passed, there is some normalcy in food deliveries, and they've adjusted to living in one room of their four-bedroom home.
As they near the 1-year anniversary of the moon's fall, family members return. What would have been happy reunions a while ago, are now chalked up as new mouths to feed. But two of those mouths, Alex and Julie (The Dead & The Gone), are reluctant to stay. Enter a few cases of hormones, and the desperate attempt to love before it's too late, and you have a whole new situation.
It was nice to hear Miranda again. Being back in her head (journal) made my feelings for Alex (The Dead & The Gone) waiver a little. She is a stronger character, or so it seemed. As I neared the ending, I realized that while that was partly true, she had the luxury of being that stronger character. Alex, having encountered this horrible crisis in a major city, had been exposed to true horrors and decision-making pressures far sooner than Miranda had. Miranda had the luxury of two parents, relatively healthy siblings, and the comfort of her own home. Alex had been fighting for those things since the moment the moon fell. Once I focused on that...it was harder to be as strongly #TeamMiranda.
I didn't necessarily like the rushed love situations, though I tried to look at them in terms of how intense a feeling attraction must be in an apocalyptic world. When you've decided that you'll die alone and miserable, the idea of love must be worth going a little crazy over. Yet, it felt forced and awkward between these two.
I wasn't as horribly terrified of how plausible this scenario could be as I was when I first read Life As We Knew It, but I was still intrigued by Miranda's voice, her mother's personality, and even the cat. LOL All in all, it was an enjoyable read, (I finished in a few hours), and one I would recommend. I don't think, however, that I am happy about it being the conclusion to the series. I'd love to see where this family ends up.
The series is running on fumes at this point. The author could easily have wrapped it up in a book, but instead drags it on and on. EH
A solid end to the series but, as with the second book, not quite as special. Uniting her main characters from the first and second novels, an inevitable end-of-the-world force works to pair everyone off and this part doesn't quite work for me. Though Miranda's voice and insights continue to well-done, the relationship with Alex feels perfunctory and sudden and ungrounded. As with the foreshadowing example of Matt and Syl, it's as if upon meeting someone of her own age, Miranda (and Alex) must fall in love because...?
I wish the skater boy-crush mentioned so often and possibly seen once in the first book had at least been mentioned; I wish we'd been told some of the details of the bad news they were hearing on the radio; I wish Miranda's family hadn't been so resilient while everyone died around them. Why not Jon instead of Julie?
In a way this book ruins the happy ending of the first one because that promised real hope and a return to some new form of normal while this book seems to almost guarantee the looming end of the world--a really downer note to end the series on.
Still, very well-written and imagined and I was carried along at a page-burning pace. Apparently Pfeffer is thinking of a companion fourth novel in spite of the definite end Miranda puts on her journaling at the end of this novel. I hope she does write the fourth; I'd like to see what happens (so long as it isn't THE END OF THE WORLD! ;)
I wish the skater boy-crush mentioned so often and possibly seen once in the first book had at least been mentioned; I wish we'd been told some of the details of the bad news they were hearing on the radio; I wish Miranda's family hadn't been so resilient while everyone died around them. Why not Jon instead of Julie?
In a way this book ruins the happy ending of the first one because that promised real hope and a return to some new form of normal while this book seems to almost guarantee the looming end of the world--a really downer note to end the series on.
Still, very well-written and imagined and I was carried along at a page-burning pace. Apparently Pfeffer is thinking of a companion fourth novel in spite of the definite end Miranda puts on her journaling at the end of this novel. I hope she does write the fourth; I'd like to see what happens (so long as it isn't THE END OF THE WORLD! ;)
Summary: Miranda and her family are still alive a year after the moon was pushed too close to earth causing every possible natural disaster to happen. With death all around them they are still together and their family is still alive. Their father returns with his wife and baby plus a couple new people. Alex and Lisa Morales from The Dead and The Gone have become part of the Evan's family. With these new people to love comes more mouths to feed and care for. The world is still a dangerous hungry place, but for the moment they are alive.
I was so in such a rush to find out what happened to the Evans family I was in complete surprise with the characters from Book 2 joined them! This book spares no emotion and is physically impossible to put down. This is my new favorite series of books. Off to find book 4: The Shades of the Moon!
I was so in such a rush to find out what happened to the Evans family I was in complete surprise with the characters from Book 2 joined them! This book spares no emotion and is physically impossible to put down. This is my new favorite series of books. Off to find book 4: The Shades of the Moon!
After greatly enjoying the first and second installment in this series, I was really disappointed in this third (and sadly, final) novel. The pacing is off, all of the characters come across as unlikeable, and the ending fails to bring the trilogy full circle. I also felt like there were alot of things that happened to characters offscreen that would have been much more enjoyable to read first hand than what was actually happening.
This book picks up shortly after the events of the previous two books, and gives a glimpse of a number of previous characters from both as they find themselves all together. It is very thought-provoking to read about how life has progressed to this point and how they are moving forward in regards to relationships, children, and the formation and maintenance of bands. The ending is left open-ended, so it will be interesting to see if the series continues.
My primary beef with this whole series is the well-water issue. I grew up in the country. When the power is out, you don't have running water. There is no electricity to pump the water up to the house. You have to lug water up to the house in buckets from a stream, well, spring, or some other nearby source of water.
I am able to suspend disbelief about the dangers of a closer moon, but not about running water when the power is out. I have my limits, dammit.
I am able to suspend disbelief about the dangers of a closer moon, but not about running water when the power is out. I have my limits, dammit.
I didn't care for this book as much as I did the first one. The spare writing style (that made sense for the first book as it is one big journal) did not work as well here. I did like the inclusion of the new characters and I would be interested in reading a something from the perspective of Syl. There is a woman who has an interesting take on this new world. Overall, though, this was an efficient ending to a very depressing series. Depressing but totally worth reading. Miranda develops into a strong character who takes far more responsibility than a girl her age should be expected to handle. I really enjoyed her growth and that makes up for some of the books shortcomings. I had a lot of issues with the sudden romance but it isn't the first time that a book tried to shove a relationship into my heart without justifying it with plot.
Not as good as the first two in the series, primarily because the author turned the character of Alex into a bit of a fool. Still, the story moved forward nicely and kept me interested.