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Posledná ilúzia by Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher

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kelena_kb's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

emmascr's review against another edition

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4.0

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I really enjoyed the first book in this series and I was very excited when I finally got to read the next instalment.

We jump right in where the first book ended. It's full of action and is a little more grown up than book one. A bit like the later books of Harry Potter here the characters start to show who they really are and not all of them have Eve's best interests at heart.

I loved the multiple POVs. In book one we had Eve and Bram, in this book we also have Michael. For the narration, each POV had a different narrator which helped to separate the differences.

Gi and Tom manage to write so perfectly together. If you didn't know there were two authors then you wouldn't be able to tell. The story just flows.

Like book one this ended on a cliffhanger and I'm dying for the third part!

tia_leona's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Im convinced this could have been 50 pages shoved onto the end of the first book
It was predictable in THE WORST way like i know it was obviously gonna happen but why god why
This one wasnt even as accidentally funny as the first one
Also like all for female empowerment but girly has literally never known a punch but she takes out several people over this book? Ok
STOP NAMING EVERYONE SUCH FUCKING STUPID THINGS!!! THE FREEVERS? STOP! KETCH AS IN KETCHUP? ARE U FUCKING WITH ME??

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emmawheatley's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

evedevlin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

drjoannehill's review against another edition

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3.0

Book 2 of a series set in the near future, where there were no girls born for 50 years, until Eve arrived. Women had been struggling to conceive for a while before then.

I feel like there is more that could be written about the world in which this series is set and so I found this book disappointing compared to the first, Eve of Man, which is more firmly based just in life in the large EPO Tower built to house and imprison Eve. I appreciate it is YA but I would be fascinated to read more about ordinary people in this world - who lives in the cloudscrapers not in poverty in the flooded old city? Where does the EPO get resources and labour to build this huge Tower in just 16 years? How do the younger men of this world find romantic or emotional connection with each other (the world is built in a very heteronormative way which is weird given the circumstances, that there's only a few women, all over 65, and surely gay relationships would be more common). Have the remaining older women had very difficult lives and been especially at risk of sexual violence? Why is the glass building (obviously the Shard) empty of people if it is still a nice building? How old is the youngest boy?

Basically there's holes in the way the world is built and a strange glossing over of facts about London / a weird attempt to hide where they are but also drop major clues about the buildings and geography of London.

I will read book 3 when it arrives but really hope for a more complete view of this world!