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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
1st read:So I think if I were to rank this series it would go 1. Wake 2. &3. Tie right now that might change later but right now I liked this book. It took a darker twist that was very interesting. And I really liked the place that we left our main characters in. Basically I liked how the series ended and I think it was enough. I got choked up around page 60 even though I'm not really sure why. More updates most likely to. One soon.
2nd read: Wake is still definitely my favorite out of the three. It has more of a story arc than 2 and 3. I’m kind of confused about Captain’s role. She’s police chief but she also deals with Janie’s personal problems? I don’t really get it. There is something really unique about this series that I like.
2nd read: Wake is still definitely my favorite out of the three. It has more of a story arc than 2 and 3. I’m kind of confused about Captain’s role. She’s police chief but she also deals with Janie’s personal problems? I don’t really get it. There is something really unique about this series that I like.
I'd give this a 3.5 if possible. Of the three books Fade was my favorite.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I haven't read the two other books in the series, but I picked this one up, and was able to understand it fairly well. While it doesn't stand alone, I don't think it must be read after the first two books. Overall, the story had an interesting concept, but I wished more happened. I didn't find the plot to be incredibly fulfilling.
This book disappointed me. The first two books, Wake and Fade, were really nice. They had adventure, action, love but this book lacked everything I loved about this series. It was a really bad conclusion to the Dream Catcher series. Nothing much happens in this book. I can't even say much because there isn't anything to say. While this series started off being promising, it ended with a sour note.
I'm a big fan of this series. I'd never read an author that has quite the writing style as Lisa McMann. The first time I read Wake, I seriously thought... "wow can you really write a book like that?" McMann's writing is raw, it's sporadic, but at the same time it's intensely vivid.... even though she doesn't use that many words to depcit her scenes. Don't ask me how it works, it just does. But on to Gone.
Gone is the last book in the series, and I have to admit I was a little disappointed. There was something missing... it just didn't have that edge that the first two books had. It was more of a personal quest, instead of an external one, as it had been in the previous two novels. This was more about the aftermath, what Janie has to deal with when the party is over.
Gone tackled a lot of serious issues. I appreciated McMann addressing Janie's family life, showing that a teen coping with an alcoholic parent doesn't have to feel or deal alone.
I was satisfied with the ending. McMann wrapped it up nicely left a few loose ends, but she didn't need to spell everything out for us.... it was poignant.
Overall, this is a great series, I absolutely recommend it as a whole.
Gone is the last book in the series, and I have to admit I was a little disappointed. There was something missing... it just didn't have that edge that the first two books had. It was more of a personal quest, instead of an external one, as it had been in the previous two novels. This was more about the aftermath, what Janie has to deal with when the party is over.
Gone tackled a lot of serious issues. I appreciated McMann addressing Janie's family life, showing that a teen coping with an alcoholic parent doesn't have to feel or deal alone.
I was satisfied with the ending. McMann wrapped it up nicely left a few loose ends, but she didn't need to spell everything out for us.... it was poignant.
Overall, this is a great series, I absolutely recommend it as a whole.
i really loved the Wake triology as a kid. i never realized how sad the books were though! have lots of emotions and feeling plenty nostalgic. janie & cabel foreva though <3
3.5
3.5
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read the first two books in this trilogy, this review will contain spoilers.
Gone was, in my opinion, a great way to end the Dream Catcher trilogy. I wasn't sure there was any way it could live up to the other two books but it did a pretty good job and I really enjoyed reading about Janie and Cabel again.
Janie and Cabel are still together after Janie's ordeal in Fade but things seem to be a bit strained between them. Janie knows what her future is going to be like as a dream catcher and she knows that she has a choice to make. She also knows that no matter what she chooses, her life will be pretty miserable, one choice just includes being miserable with Cabel.
Once again, the writing style that Lisa McMann uses took me a little while to get used to. It is such a unique way to write a story but it's really different. Once I got into the story it wasn't so noticeable and I really read the book fast. It's just one of those books you don't want to put down until the very last page.
The storyline of this book was definitely not as pulse-pounding as the first two, sadly. Janie and Cabel weren't on an assignment in this book but the story still wasn't boring. There were quite a few shocking discoveries thrown into Gone and it kept me turning the pages.
Also, as usual Janie was an amazingly strong heroine. Her choices were ones that I can't even imagine having to face and she managed to face them all so bravely. And once again she had the wonderful Cabel to help her through everything. He was always there for her and he was such a perfect boyfriend. I wouldn't mind a guy like him. =]
Overall, Gone was a good ending to a spectacular trilogy. All my questions were answered and I was very pleased at how everything turned out in the end. I definitely think fans of Wake and Fade will be pleased with this one.
Gone was, in my opinion, a great way to end the Dream Catcher trilogy. I wasn't sure there was any way it could live up to the other two books but it did a pretty good job and I really enjoyed reading about Janie and Cabel again.
Janie and Cabel are still together after Janie's ordeal in Fade but things seem to be a bit strained between them. Janie knows what her future is going to be like as a dream catcher and she knows that she has a choice to make. She also knows that no matter what she chooses, her life will be pretty miserable, one choice just includes being miserable with Cabel.
Once again, the writing style that Lisa McMann uses took me a little while to get used to. It is such a unique way to write a story but it's really different. Once I got into the story it wasn't so noticeable and I really read the book fast. It's just one of those books you don't want to put down until the very last page.
The storyline of this book was definitely not as pulse-pounding as the first two, sadly. Janie and Cabel weren't on an assignment in this book but the story still wasn't boring. There were quite a few shocking discoveries thrown into Gone and it kept me turning the pages.
Also, as usual Janie was an amazingly strong heroine. Her choices were ones that I can't even imagine having to face and she managed to face them all so bravely. And once again she had the wonderful Cabel to help her through everything. He was always there for her and he was such a perfect boyfriend. I wouldn't mind a guy like him. =]
Overall, Gone was a good ending to a spectacular trilogy. All my questions were answered and I was very pleased at how everything turned out in the end. I definitely think fans of Wake and Fade will be pleased with this one.
Kind of dissapointed in this one. After such a long wait, and a real appreciation for the first two, I expected more. I love the writing style and the characters in this series, but this book did not really advance the overall plot and both Janie and Cabel are not very likable here. They seem to have taken steps back instead of forward, which I understand is part of life sometimes, but it seems a strange choice for the conclusion to a series.
Janie is miserable almost all the time in this book, I get that she has a tough life, but one of the great things about the previous books was her strength and ability to rise above her circumstances.
With the huge trend in YA supernatural series these days, I feel that many authors are extending their stories needlessly, I hate to say that that may have happened here.
I also think the style-which I do for the most part like-is not very well suited to a series. We never really get to delve into the details of Janie's life, and I think that is why for me the introduction of her parents as significant characters in the third and final book seemed odd.
I do love they way she writes the Janie/Cabe interactions though-really good stuff.
Janie is miserable almost all the time in this book, I get that she has a tough life, but one of the great things about the previous books was her strength and ability to rise above her circumstances.
With the huge trend in YA supernatural series these days, I feel that many authors are extending their stories needlessly, I hate to say that that may have happened here.
I also think the style-which I do for the most part like-is not very well suited to a series. We never really get to delve into the details of Janie's life, and I think that is why for me the introduction of her parents as significant characters in the third and final book seemed odd.
I do love they way she writes the Janie/Cabe interactions though-really good stuff.