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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I'm not crazy. I haven't been diagnosed with being mentally insane. I don't hear voices inside my head and I don't hallucinate. At least, I don't think so. After reading Verum, I don't know what to think anymore. Is this real? Am I real? What are we? Courtney Cole has me spiraling in a deep pit of unending madness and I don't think I can claw my way out. When Nocte was finished, I was curious to find out what Dare's secret was, but I felt stable - finally. Then I read Verum. I felt like I was becoming insane, as if the insanity of the Savage's home was transmitting from the pages and straight into my brain. I couldn't keep up and just when I thought I was, everything would crumble and I'd have to rebuild. From the beginning, things were shaky and weird, but as the book progressed, I literally felt my sanity slipping. Calla walked me through a roller coaster of emotions that ended up with one same feeling: crazy. I felt psychotic. Literally. Mystery after mystery, lie after lie, revelation after revelation. I didn't know what was real and what was a figment of Calla's imagination. I still don't know if I should believe any of what I just read. Courtney has made me question my existence. I'm a little afraid to read Initium and then Lux. No, scratch that, I'm terrified. The worst part? As frustrated as I am at not knowing the full story or being able to understand the full picture, I absolutely love it. Guess that makes me certifiable. I'm insane.
Panebože! Jsem úplně rozpolcená. Jak mám teď asi po tomhle konci normálně fungovat???
Ay.
Dios.
Mío.
Es increíble la capacidad de Courtney para meterte en la locura y hacerte sentir loco por el tiempo que lees. Leer este libro fue como un torbellino de emociones y frustración porque muchas veces no entendía nada, igual que Calla. La forma en la que no sabes qué es real y que no, la forma de la escritora de dar un giro totalmente inesperado, es... no tengo palabras. Sé que esté libro me va a dejar marcada como Nocte y como sé que lo hará Lux, porque te deja una sensación de impacto y conmoción que creo que será imposible sacarla de mi interior.
Dios.
Mío.
Es increíble la capacidad de Courtney para meterte en la locura y hacerte sentir loco por el tiempo que lees. Leer este libro fue como un torbellino de emociones y frustración porque muchas veces no entendía nada, igual que Calla. La forma en la que no sabes qué es real y que no, la forma de la escritora de dar un giro totalmente inesperado, es... no tengo palabras. Sé que esté libro me va a dejar marcada como Nocte y como sé que lo hará Lux, porque te deja una sensación de impacto y conmoción que creo que será imposible sacarla de mi interior.
What. The. Fucking. Fuck??????!!!!!!
That's all I'm able to say right now.
That's all I'm able to say right now.
I don't even know what I read. My mind is a complete mess. I thought Nocte was a mess but Verum...Verum is way past craziness. It's..I can't... I don't think I'll be sane enough after this and what to think of life. My review might end up being a mess but it's because I still can't form coherent thoughts on this.
Verum continues right where Nocte left off, that Calla needed to ask Dare something. But of course, in a book full of secrets, Calla needs to figure out everything on her own. The people by her side are merely there to guide her. The twists and turns this story has...everything is dark.
I knew that getting into Verum was going to be difficult. Why? Because I knew this was going to fuck with my head but I never could have imagined what this book had in store for the reader. It is darker than Nocte, darker than any book I've read.
I high-lighted a bunch of things of this book so I wouldn't miss a thing. I thought I had it figured out...I really did but no. Courtney Cole just had to throw the mother of curve-balls at us, the kind you never see coming even with glasses.
The mystery, the suspense...they don't end. They never stop. They will follow you until the last page. You may want to rip your hair out because this book will really mess with your head. I think the reason many people have liked this series is because it is not paranormal nor fantasy nor dystopian, yada yada yada. It is contemporary but it is psychological, meaning these things can happen in real life. Maybe not Calla's story but the conditions that are presented in the book can happen and that is what's scary.
The truth is revealed and believe me, you won't be prepared for it. What you thought you knew, you might as well throw it out of a window because you won't be correct. The truth is much darker than I had anticipated.
Verum continues right where Nocte left off, that Calla needed to ask Dare something. But of course, in a book full of secrets, Calla needs to figure out everything on her own. The people by her side are merely there to guide her. The twists and turns this story has...everything is dark.
I knew that getting into Verum was going to be difficult. Why? Because I knew this was going to fuck with my head but I never could have imagined what this book had in store for the reader. It is darker than Nocte, darker than any book I've read.
I high-lighted a bunch of things of this book so I wouldn't miss a thing. I thought I had it figured out...I really did but no. Courtney Cole just had to throw the mother of curve-balls at us, the kind you never see coming even with glasses.
The mystery, the suspense...they don't end. They never stop. They will follow you until the last page. You may want to rip your hair out because this book will really mess with your head. I think the reason many people have liked this series is because it is not paranormal nor fantasy nor dystopian, yada yada yada. It is contemporary but it is psychological, meaning these things can happen in real life. Maybe not Calla's story but the conditions that are presented in the book can happen and that is what's scary.
The truth is revealed and believe me, you won't be prepared for it. What you thought you knew, you might as well throw it out of a window because you won't be correct. The truth is much darker than I had anticipated.
*I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*
I swear I have no freaking clue what is happening.
I don't know whether or not that is a good thing or a bad thing! I feel turned around and upside down and maybe I am the one who is crazy. WHAT THE F*!K IS HAPPENING?!
I think normally I would be irritated and angry at the the repetitiveness and back and forth of things in a book. I did hit a point of aggravation during Verum, but I think it mostly had to do with Calla and her wishy-washy attitude towards Dare (still hate that he is called that, so I still just call him Adair). I was also aggravated with how long it took things to finally start to unravel. The book was slow going for me at the beginning, and I didn't like how it picked up after a cliffhanger. I got over that though.
I was easily annoyed with all of the "secrets" floating around that no one would help her with. But I am okay with that aggravation because I think I am supposed to feel that way, because its how she felt. So that makes sense. Once these supposed secrets do start to be revealed, and you think you understand whats going on, you're like, okay... cool. All has been revealed. Got it. BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. It's like the reader is meant to lose their grasp on reality right along with her. Because as of right now, I am not sure if what happened at the end will end up being real later on either.
Again, this ended on quite the cliffhanger. So be prepared for that! I keep having these moments where I am not sure whether or not I even like Calla! I do have some guesses as to what the secrets to be revealed in the final book (which comes out at the end of October!) will be. I may have a review for that up before release, so keep an eye out.
Can't wait to see how she manages to wrap up this insanity!
I swear I have no freaking clue what is happening.
I don't know whether or not that is a good thing or a bad thing! I feel turned around and upside down and maybe I am the one who is crazy. WHAT THE F*!K IS HAPPENING?!
I think normally I would be irritated and angry at the the repetitiveness and back and forth of things in a book. I did hit a point of aggravation during Verum, but I think it mostly had to do with Calla and her wishy-washy attitude towards Dare (still hate that he is called that, so I still just call him Adair). I was also aggravated with how long it took things to finally start to unravel. The book was slow going for me at the beginning, and I didn't like how it picked up after a cliffhanger. I got over that though.
I was easily annoyed with all of the "secrets" floating around that no one would help her with. But I am okay with that aggravation because I think I am supposed to feel that way, because its how she felt. So that makes sense. Once these supposed secrets do start to be revealed, and you think you understand whats going on, you're like, okay... cool. All has been revealed. Got it. BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. It's like the reader is meant to lose their grasp on reality right along with her. Because as of right now, I am not sure if what happened at the end will end up being real later on either.
Again, this ended on quite the cliffhanger. So be prepared for that! I keep having these moments where I am not sure whether or not I even like Calla! I do have some guesses as to what the secrets to be revealed in the final book (which comes out at the end of October!) will be. I may have a review for that up before release, so keep an eye out.
Can't wait to see how she manages to wrap up this insanity!
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Si la historia se hubiera quedado en Nocte sería buenísima, la recomendaría totalmente.
Pero este libro fue puro relleno. Lo único quizás relevante para la historia fueron las últimas páginas, que como ya dije, totalmente innecesario agregar más vueltas.
No tengo idea de que pasó, no me quedó claro. Quizás lea el tercer libro solo por eso y ver cómo termina.
Si la historia se hubiera quedado en Nocte sería buenísima, la recomendaría totalmente.
Pero este libro fue puro relleno. Lo único quizás relevante para la historia fueron las últimas páginas, que como ya dije, totalmente innecesario agregar más vueltas.
No tengo idea de que pasó, no me quedó claro. Quizás lea el tercer libro solo por eso y ver cómo termina.
VERUM BY: COURTNEY COLE
How fitting that Cole would quote Alice in Wonderland in this book
Because reading this story felt just like Alice falling down the rabbit hole into Crazytown.
Seriously. In the first book, you knew something was off, there was a sense of unease, an increasing build of tension that snapped in the end, And once it did and you discovered things weren't what they appeared, even though devastating, you had that few minutes where you thought that maybe, just maybe after some therapy and time, healing could begin. And then WHAM! You get clobbered with a hell of a cliffhanger letting you know that things still aren't finished and you don't even know the half of it.
So if the first book, Nocte, was unsettling, than you could say that Verum was unhinged. It was a slightly different experience, as most crazy people don't know that they're crazy, and Calla was actually hip to the fact that her mind wasn't exactly the most reliable of sources. But I actually think that amped things up to a whole new level. To be aware that you can't trust what you see, what you hear, what you know. That's enough to drive you over the edge that you're already teetering on, don't you think?
While I loved trying to discern reality from fantasy, grasping at the thinnest of straws and all that, I was disappointed to not really get any answers until another major cliffhanger at the end of this book. I mean obviously I really dig this story, but I kind of wanted to drop kick my kindle across the room after that ending.
It was an awesome twist, don't get me wrong. But yet again we are left with a few nagging questions answered just to raise even more unabatingly maddening questions! Clearly I will be reading the next book because...
I received a copy of this book from Badass Marketing in exchange for an honest review.
How fitting that Cole would quote Alice in Wonderland in this book
Because reading this story felt just like Alice falling down the rabbit hole into Crazytown.
Seriously. In the first book, you knew something was off, there was a sense of unease, an increasing build of tension that snapped in the end, And once it did and you discovered things weren't what they appeared, even though devastating, you had that few minutes where you thought that maybe, just maybe after some therapy and time, healing could begin. And then WHAM! You get clobbered with a hell of a cliffhanger letting you know that things still aren't finished and you don't even know the half of it.
So if the first book, Nocte, was unsettling, than you could say that Verum was unhinged. It was a slightly different experience, as most crazy people don't know that they're crazy, and Calla was actually hip to the fact that her mind wasn't exactly the most reliable of sources. But I actually think that amped things up to a whole new level. To be aware that you can't trust what you see, what you hear, what you know. That's enough to drive you over the edge that you're already teetering on, don't you think?
While I loved trying to discern reality from fantasy, grasping at the thinnest of straws and all that, I was disappointed to not really get any answers until another major cliffhanger at the end of this book. I mean obviously I really dig this story, but I kind of wanted to drop kick my kindle across the room after that ending.
It was an awesome twist, don't get me wrong. But yet again we are left with a few nagging questions answered just to raise even more unabatingly maddening questions! Clearly I will be reading the next book because...
I received a copy of this book from Badass Marketing in exchange for an honest review.