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One Apocalypse by Kristy Cunning

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thisiswhyshedied's review

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

I honestly don't know what I just read. It definitely was not what I was expecting. It was wild, crazy, and confusing, and I had to finish it. Just know I still don't really know what I just read, but it was fun. Even if it was confusing as all get out.

saphyr65's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

queen_perfection's review

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Such a fun series

kkarly's review

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adventurous dark lighthearted

2.5

pandaheads2's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

katyanaish's review

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4.0

I loved it. I really did. It was largely a beautiful finish, and I cried. Like, a lot.

I only knocked a star off because the epilogue bummed me out. Here's why:

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It just wasn't her. I mean, I know that it kind of was, but ... honestly, she seemed like an idiot. I kind of shrugged it off in the first epilogue, because you can forgive some weirdness (penis clown costume and beaver underwear??) just out of the utter loneliness of being Ghost Girl for 5 years. But the Ghost Girl of book 1 was confident, but not an imbecile, so aside from being thrilled that her plan worked and she came back, it was a little bit of a let-down.

The second epilogue, 5 years later, was even more of a let-down. She still seems utterly powerless, and she still seems like an imbecile. Paca was rash, and her mind pinged around on tangents, but she was never an imbecile. They were all tangents that made sense, logical leaps, that felt more like genius than imbecilic. As a whole, it actually made me very sad, because it felt like Paca lost everything. Her memories, her power, her mind, ... and I just can't read that as a happy ending. I can't. Now she feels like a child the boys have to babysit, rather than the badass who saved them repeatedly and had stellar intuition - at least partially echo memories - that let her get things handled. This feels like a poor imitator. I'm glad that the boys and she formed a more cohesive unit, but I honestly think that was more a function of time - Paca didn't get the 5 years this pale imitation-Paca got.

It just made the whole story seem worthless. She sacrificed herself - again - to save her boys. Who never even really appreciated her. Like, all their relationship issues were magically solved with her death and reset into a weaker, dumber version of herself. Like, what, this badass heroine needed to be reduced to a powerless, imbecilic child that needs constant caretaking - always falling down (so much that the guys say catching her has become a reflex) or needing to be held to not fall off a balcony?? are you fucking kidding me?? - in order to finally become an equal member in the bond with the guys? That sucks.

I adored everything until the epilogue, but that broke my heart just a bit.

alyssaindira's review

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2.0

**MINOR CHARACTER/STORY RANTING AHEAD**

"“I’m embarrassed for us right now."

Actually, I am embarrassed for me right now. I honestly feel stupid and jipped. I literally feel robbed. THIS is considered to be an epic conclusion??? We went through four books, that got progressively worse, just for that? Was it all for nothing? It feels like it was all for nothing. Wtf. Also the guys getting a pov did not really help the story. It honestly made it worse because instead of getting a unique voice, I just felt like the voice was tamed and cultured, and almost..plain.
Also, this was supposed to be a reverse harem series. There wasnt much reverse hareming going on. **sobs**. There was SOME smut in this book, if you could call it that. But it was pretty weak in my opinion. I do not know, I was expecting more like, extreme 50 shades maybe, but better written? Instead I get poorly written body parts connecting with each other, kind of. I was disheartened.

I dont know...I just felt disconnected with this book. The MC did not seem like herself, the guys were all discombobulated and the final battle felt meh and the ending was crappy. I honestly liked her siblings better in this book than her guys. :/

Least the plot moved fast, I guess. 35 chapters seemed lengthy but I wish it was shorter now. I applaud the authors try to make this a spin on the apocalypse, but I think this series would of been better as a trilogy.

REmember, this is all my opinion. if you want your own, listen/read the book.