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2.87 AVERAGE
2.87 AVERAGE
I really don't know. Eureka just really annoyed me. I wished she'd just get her feelings sorted and stop all the self-pity, self-hatred and all that crap, "I am dark and I only feel sadness wah wah. (I get it, that's perhaps the whole point. Is she emotionally stunted or full of emotion? I get confusedly full of suppressed emotion.) I got the impression that she didn't understand herself clearly- who she was in love with, what she came from, what she needed to do- and in this making me totally unsure about all of this too. Still, after just finishing it, I don't know if she actually loved Ander or not. (Pondering on this as I've been writing the review I perhaps don't think she did. Maybe she could relate to him when he was still sad and thought that he was the only one who could understand her.) Her love for Brooks is sweet and I suppose it is endearing that she just won't give up on him even when told that he is lost to her. Who did I want her to be in love with? I really don't know.
I think my problem was that I couldn't relate to Eureka, I didn't get her thought processes and how she came to conclusions of what she should do. Now this wasn't all the time, I understood and connected with her when she. I understood her feelings often actually, but not the actions following them. *Halleluiah realisation has struck* I wouldn't have done the same things as who once realising my path/fate and whom it was that I loved.
Aaaaanyway, I liked the storyline mostly. I liked the way she inputted Atlantian mythology into the story, I loved the mystery of figuring out who Eureka was (as in her ancestry) and what her mission was. I loved the story in the book of love and with Solon and Byblis. I liked some of the gruesome imagery, but
A lot of the plot did seem pointless to me and was simply there so that Eureka could 'discover' who she was and how she felt and in order for her to 'grow' and understand herself (which I don't really think she achieved.)
I felt really disappointed with the ending, I didn't feel like it was resolved even though it kinda was. It didn't grab me and give me waves of emotion. (Other than irritation and disappointment.) Ok, maybe I felt a bit of sweetness and hope her and there, but I wasn't swept away by them. I felt the most emotion in scenes with her father. (They really got to me.) Surprise, sadness, hope, determination. I liked her Dad. I felt plenty of affection for Claire and William too, the cuties.
I'm going to leave it there for now, as I have just freshly read this, and ponder on it some more. I will perhaps give more in depth thought about the characters and the plot then. but this is my initial reaction.
Spoiler
BUT WHY COULD SHE NOT ADMIT OUT RIGHT THAT SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH BROOKS? It was so obvious, and she was always like "He's my best friend and I love him." She never outright said that she was IN Love with him, but she said frequently that she was in love with Ander. (Was she actually love Ander or?)I think my problem was that I couldn't relate to Eureka, I didn't get her thought processes and how she came to conclusions of what she should do. Now this wasn't all the time, I understood and connected with her when she
Spoiler
lost her father, I understood what she meant about not wanted death but wanted to escape expectations and have some freedom to do whatever she felt likeAaaaanyway, I liked the storyline mostly. I liked the way she inputted Atlantian mythology into the story, I loved the mystery of figuring out who Eureka was (as in her ancestry) and what her mission was. I loved the story in the book of love and with Solon and Byblis. I liked some of the gruesome imagery, but
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I didn't enjoy Eureka doing these gruesome things. Killing those Crimson Devils.)A lot of the plot did seem pointless to me and was simply there so that Eureka could 'discover' who she was and how she felt and in order for her to 'grow' and understand herself (which I don't really think she achieved.)
I felt really disappointed with the ending, I didn't feel like it was resolved even though it kinda was. It didn't grab me and give me waves of emotion. (Other than irritation and disappointment.) Ok, maybe I felt a bit of sweetness and hope her and there, but I wasn't swept away by them. I felt the most emotion in scenes with her father. (They really got to me.) Surprise, sadness, hope, determination. I liked her Dad. I felt plenty of affection for Claire and William too, the cuties.
I'm going to leave it there for now, as I have just freshly read this, and ponder on it some more. I will perhaps give more in depth thought about the characters and the plot then. but this is my initial reaction.
When I realised it had been over a week since I started this book, and I hadn't got further than chapter 5, not because I had no time to read, but because I didn't enjoy reading Waterfall, I decided it was time to give up on it.
After finishing I just felt blah. The ending climax was rather dull. I'm really tired of these teenage girls thinking they can save the world by themselves, because we all know what happens... they can't and you just prolong the story even further, causing more problems along the way. With this premise, this could have been such an exciting story, but it was dull. Very unfortunate. I'm not looking forward to the next book, but I will probably read it (from the library). Good thing I will forget books 1 and 2 completely before reading it. Hopefully this is just a trilogy.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Is anyone else at all confused about how there could possibly be a third book? This one pretty much wrapped it all up... It was an extremely fast read, even though some scenes didn't flow causing you to have to reread in order to understand what is going on. I don't know what else to say about it. I'm not sure I completely liked it or not. I'm mot blown away like the Fallen series and I definitely like Teardrop a lot better...
Story was kind of confusing. I felt that the first half of the book was slow and a lot of information was being fed to us. The main conflict only lasted a few chapters. I feel like Atlantis could’ve been written in more detail as we only got a glimpse of it in this book. I did like how it wasn’t your typical ending where the main protagonist lives happily ever after. It was a different kind of happy as she defeated the bad guy and rebuilt the world again.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
https://lalibreriadij.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/waterfall/
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So this is the second book in the Teardrop series. Because I liked the first book, I was curious to read the sequel. Poor me.
Let's start with how the action scenes are written. Too little attention is given to important things, so the heart of the scene is lost. I was often confused about what was happening. For example, the main character suddenly had a spear in her hand, while I had no idea where it came from.
The romance is cringe as heck. The main character can't control her hormones for a minute and constantly wants to touch him. For example, she wanted to touch his ✨gorgeous✨jaw line right after she almost drowned. Girl, you good?
The characters are flat and experience little to no evolution. 90% are teenagers. Either they are 100-year-olds in the body of a 15-year-old, or they are just real teenagers who behave like that.
The ending might have been good if I didn't get the great idea to read through the last pages as fast as possible. I just wanted to get rid of the book at that point.
All in all, I was never in the story. I didn't feel anything for the main character or empathise with her. There was only one character I liked, and he appeared in this book maybe five times. Although I still liked the Fallen series, this is probably the last book I would read by Lauren Kate.
Let's start with how the action scenes are written. Too little attention is given to important things, so the heart of the scene is lost. I was often confused about what was happening. For example, the main character suddenly had a spear in her hand, while I had no idea where it came from.
The romance is cringe as heck. The main character can't control her hormones for a minute and constantly wants to touch him. For example, she wanted to touch his ✨gorgeous✨jaw line right after she almost drowned. Girl, you good?
The characters are flat and experience little to no evolution. 90% are teenagers. Either they are 100-year-olds in the body of a 15-year-old, or they are just real teenagers who behave like that.
The ending might have been good if I didn't get the great idea to read through the last pages as fast as possible. I just wanted to get rid of the book at that point.
All in all, I was never in the story. I didn't feel anything for the main character or empathise with her. There was only one character I liked, and he appeared in this book maybe five times. Although I still liked the Fallen series, this is probably the last book I would read by Lauren Kate.
Officially giving up on Lauren Kate... Fallen was good, until the ending. The worst ending I have ever read - ever. I hated it. It made me feel like I wasted my time reading the series at all... Then I got a Barnes and Noble gift card for my birthday and thought I'd give her another chance... This series was okay, but not good enough to buy another book from her. It was a really interesting idea. It seemed to wrap up quickly at the end and because of that lost some of what was good about it and not make a lot of sense.
**sorta spoiler***
So my understanding is Eureka and Brooks die at the end of the books.... is that right? She sacrificed her self to keep atlantis from fully rising and Brooks sacrificed hisself to help her at the last minute cuz she wasn't doing so well.
**sorta spoiler***
So my understanding is Eureka and Brooks die at the end of the books.... is that right? She sacrificed her self to keep atlantis from fully rising and Brooks sacrificed hisself to help her at the last minute cuz she wasn't doing so well.