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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
If I thought I lost my sanity in Nocte I damn sure annihilated it in Verum. My mind and my heart were glass and Courtney picked up a hammer and smashed it into smitherins. If there is one thing I know for sure about this book it's that I know absolutely nothing. Like, at all. I am still literally running in circles chasing a tail I'll never catch.
The way Courtney wrote in this book painted a vivid picture for my brain and I felt I was going crazy right beside Calla. Nocte answered a couple of questions for me but Verum left me with about 7027 MORE questions. There's too many details for me to pick apart and dissect. With this book I had to read for thirty minutes and than stop and stare into space to try and let my brain catch back up.
The way Courtney wrote in this book painted a vivid picture for my brain and I felt I was going crazy right beside Calla. Nocte answered a couple of questions for me but Verum left me with about 7027 MORE questions. There's too many details for me to pick apart and dissect. With this book I had to read for thirty minutes and than stop and stare into space to try and let my brain catch back up.
Holy shit
Highly talk about being confused for an ENTIRE book. Omg I thought Nocte was messed up, this totally screwed my brain.
Highly talk about being confused for an ENTIRE book. Omg I thought Nocte was messed up, this totally screwed my brain.
3.5 stars
If you want confusion, then read this book. From the start you think you know what's going on, but then you find yourself being just as crazy as Calla. This book takes you on such a confusing ride, you don't see anything coming, whether it's real or not.
Calla goes on a trip which is supposed to "help her". The whole book is basically her trying to figure out this huge secret that everyone knows, but nobody wants to tell her because she has to "figure it out on her own". It's so annoying, I don't think a book was needed for this. The first 95% is just Crazy Calla. The last 5% is when everything you think you know, goes out the window.
To me this book was a filler book, just makes us spiral down Calla's crazy rabbit hole. I give it a 3.5 because it makes me want to read the next installment. Hopefully that'll have more answers than questions.
If you want confusion, then read this book. From the start you think you know what's going on, but then you find yourself being just as crazy as Calla. This book takes you on such a confusing ride, you don't see anything coming, whether it's real or not.
Calla goes on a trip which is supposed to "help her". The whole book is basically her trying to figure out this huge secret that everyone knows, but nobody wants to tell her because she has to "figure it out on her own". It's so annoying, I don't think a book was needed for this. The first 95% is just Crazy Calla. The last 5% is when everything you think you know, goes out the window.
To me this book was a filler book, just makes us spiral down Calla's crazy rabbit hole. I give it a 3.5 because it makes me want to read the next installment. Hopefully that'll have more answers than questions.
This definitely took a long time to read. I didn't like book 2. And man, I'm disappointed because I was really looking forward to it. It was a jumbled mess and not in a good way. I felt crazy, just like her, which I guess is a good thing because the author executed the feel of Calla correctly, but there was no coherent thought. I was confused all the way till the end with absolutely no resolution and no need or want to read the next book either. I felt like the first book was so good, and so well done and I'm sadly disappointed with this one. It was so irritating how everyone was so vague and no one would answer her questions. The mystery to it was ridiculously annoying. The series should've stayed with Nocte itself and it would've been perfect. Like a better version of We Were Liars. Verum was a sloppy mess, up until the end of this book. I don't even know what happened, and I don't really care to know lol I'm just going to pretend I never read this. And pretend it ended on Nocte.
Infuriating.
The first book was frustrating, but I was willing to go ahead. If you want to save yourself the trouble of this one--haven't read #3 yet, here is the summary:
Time passed. I wanted Dare then pushed him away. I asked everyone to tell me the secret and they said no. [SPOILER.] The house was like the Jane Eyre house. I read the book Jane Eyre. [SPOILER] [TWIIIIIIIST ending]
I guess you could argue the dreamlike quality is intentional--by the way, the MC has MULTIPLE dreams that end in something to the effect of "I'm going crazy, and no one can save me," where I really think exactly one would work--it's totally ungrounded, the pacing is nil, and it's possible the author has been to England, but I have not, and I still feel more qualified to write a book taking place on an estate there. A driver/butler named Jones, everything too formal, etc. Wish fulfillment of a teenager. I remember writing it myself.
At any rate, how many times can reality be FLIIIIIPPED and reversed and "no I remembered it wrong" "no I remembered remembering it wrong" before it actually doesn't matter anymore? Why should I care what happened to Calla? Did ANYTHING happen to Calla? Book three could be that the whole thing took place while she was cryogenically frozen and sent into space, and that would honestly be as linear as this--and mildly more interesting?
The first book was frustrating, but I was willing to go ahead. If you want to save yourself the trouble of this one--haven't read #3 yet, here is the summary:
Time passed. I wanted Dare then pushed him away. I asked everyone to tell me the secret and they said no. [SPOILER.] The house was like the Jane Eyre house. I read the book Jane Eyre. [SPOILER] [TWIIIIIIIST ending]
I guess you could argue the dreamlike quality is intentional--by the way, the MC has MULTIPLE dreams that end in something to the effect of "I'm going crazy, and no one can save me," where I really think exactly one would work--it's totally ungrounded, the pacing is nil, and it's possible the author has been to England, but I have not, and I still feel more qualified to write a book taking place on an estate there. A driver/butler named Jones, everything too formal, etc. Wish fulfillment of a teenager. I remember writing it myself.
At any rate, how many times can reality be FLIIIIIPPED and reversed and "no I remembered it wrong" "no I remembered remembering it wrong" before it actually doesn't matter anymore? Why should I care what happened to Calla? Did ANYTHING happen to Calla? Book three could be that the whole thing took place while she was cryogenically frozen and sent into space, and that would honestly be as linear as this--and mildly more interesting?
OK WOW. If you thought Nocte was a mind**** wait until you finish Verum. Is it possible for a book to make you feel like you're absolutely crazy? I'm going to say yes, because this book just made me feel like a complete and utter confused, mental mess. And I loved it. I think that makes me feel even crazier. I don't know whether to love or hate Courtney Cole right now. That ending. Seriously, that ending has me all twisted up. In simple terms what in the ****! This lady is a pure, cruel genius.
DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT READ NOCTE!!
See that spinning head up there? Yeah, that was me at the end of Nocte!
But fasten your seatbelts, secure all valuables and keep arms and legs inside the carriage, because with Verum you are going to be taken on an
I seriously did not think that this book could have been better than Nocte, but boy was I wrong! I was up until nearly 2am this morning reading, as I just couldn't put Verum down!
I was glad that I only read Nocte a week before Verum, and there was so much going on, and since I suffer fron book-zheimers and often forget details, it was fresh in my mind.
All I knew was that I wanted Calla and Dare to be happy, and that maybe, just maybe they could get there.
My heart broke over and over for Calla as she remembers things about the accident. Can she get to the truth or are lies and omissions standing in her way? I could feel her frustration, her fears coming off the pages. She does what she is doing for answers, but every answers brings more questions.
Dare, Dare, Dare. Oh how I love you, but at times I was annoyed with you!
You know how with Nocte, you thought you knew what was happening, but then it was like Woah! What was that?
In Verum I feel like I spent a great deal of the book befuddled and confused. And just when I thought I had my head around what was happening...
We are hit with another mind f&*k of epic proportions! Well played Ms Cole, well played. I think it must be an amazing and scare place, your mind, while you are writing this series!
I can't see what you have for us in Lux - is it May yet?
If you are looking for a dark, suspenseful, mind blowing series, The Nocte Trilogy is a must.
If you have already read Nocte, make sure you have your one-click finger read for Verum on 2nd February.
See that spinning head up there? Yeah, that was me at the end of Nocte!
But fasten your seatbelts, secure all valuables and keep arms and legs inside the carriage, because with Verum you are going to be taken on an
I seriously did not think that this book could have been better than Nocte, but boy was I wrong! I was up until nearly 2am this morning reading, as I just couldn't put Verum down!
I was glad that I only read Nocte a week before Verum, and there was so much going on, and since I suffer fron book-zheimers and often forget details, it was fresh in my mind.
All I knew was that I wanted Calla and Dare to be happy, and that maybe, just maybe they could get there.
My heart broke over and over for Calla as she remembers things about the accident. Can she get to the truth or are lies and omissions standing in her way? I could feel her frustration, her fears coming off the pages. She does what she is doing for answers, but every answers brings more questions.
Dare, Dare, Dare. Oh how I love you, but at times I was annoyed with you!
You know how with Nocte, you thought you knew what was happening, but then it was like Woah! What was that?
In Verum I feel like I spent a great deal of the book befuddled and confused. And just when I thought I had my head around what was happening...
We are hit with another mind f&*k of epic proportions! Well played Ms Cole, well played. I think it must be an amazing and scare place, your mind, while you are writing this series!
I can't see what you have for us in Lux - is it May yet?
If you are looking for a dark, suspenseful, mind blowing series, The Nocte Trilogy is a must.
If you have already read Nocte, make sure you have your one-click finger read for Verum on 2nd February.