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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
reflective
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
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Tense and emotional; loved being back in Miranda's POV from book 1 and really enjoyed the merging of the characters from the first two books but it all felt a little rushed; the overall story was really interesting and kept me engaged; it did start to lose me towards the end, with the cringey teenage love;p but I can't wait to get right in to the next book
While I'm glad Miranda's story got continued, I wasn't as big of a fan of this book as the previous two. Because it's now part of a trilogy, a lot of the character building got left out of this title. Alex in particular wasn't well developed and he drove me up the wall, whereas I found him compelling in The Dead and the Gone. The details about dealing with a natural disaster of this magnitude were still fascinating, but it just lost a lot of emotional resonance between books 1 and 2, and this one.
I really enjoyed the first of the series, but the second one not as much. This one, even less.
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm happy that I'm done with this book - not happy that I paid money for it. There's just so much that could have been done with this premise that ended up sorely lacking. So much that just came out of nowhere. I'm gonna have to make this a spoilered review so I can rant adequately about it.
Syl: Why come up with a vaguely interesting character with a checkered past if you're not going to do anything about it? She came out of nowhere just to kill the cat and carry on a bizarre relationship with Miranda's older brother? Was this supposed to be some kind of point about the futility and desperation of relationships after the world ends? It was poorly handled.
Alex and Miranda: Every obnoxious stereotype about teenagers in looove rolled into one. I know I was this obnoxious when I was 16 but that doesn't mean I want to read about it. They felt shoehorned together, Alex felt like a much less strong character than he was in "his" book, and everything just felt flat.
Charlie: Pointless except to have somebody expendable die.
This is a diary?: I never could write pages and pages in a diary like Miranda does. I guess it's just one of those curses of writing a novel in diary form - it's going to have to feel unrealistic if you want to put enough dialogue and plot points in, but you have to make your character present for everything, and have them extremely verbose, with excellent memories. It comes off as unrealistic.
Okay, I'm done ranting. I'm just ready to be done with this book.
Syl: Why come up with a vaguely interesting character with a checkered past if you're not going to do anything about it? She came out of nowhere just to kill the cat and carry on a bizarre relationship with Miranda's older brother? Was this supposed to be some kind of point about the futility and desperation of relationships after the world ends? It was poorly handled.
Alex and Miranda: Every obnoxious stereotype about teenagers in looove rolled into one. I know I was this obnoxious when I was 16 but that doesn't mean I want to read about it. They felt shoehorned together, Alex felt like a much less strong character than he was in "his" book, and everything just felt flat.
Charlie: Pointless except to have somebody expendable die.
This is a diary?: I never could write pages and pages in a diary like Miranda does. I guess it's just one of those curses of writing a novel in diary form - it's going to have to feel unrealistic if you want to put enough dialogue and plot points in, but you have to make your character present for everything, and have them extremely verbose, with excellent memories. It comes off as unrealistic.
Okay, I'm done ranting. I'm just ready to be done with this book.
Well written. It's a thought provoking book about life and all it entails. Lots of people have written reviews saying they didn't like Miranda's decision in the end of the book. But I totally see why she did it. I've been in Julie's position before and it really sucks. And that was only a temporary situation after a surgery. I was able to get better. But she never would. And what kind of life would that be for her? So no, I don't think Miranda was making the wrong choice. She chose love. And I hope my family would make the same decision.