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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
"There's just one more sorrow's dream to change."
'Broken' families come in different shapes and forms, with different degrees of severity. No matter what type of 'broken' family you come from or which "familiar circus of deformity", it still hurts. And the hurt is accompanied by feelings of loneliness, embarrassment, shame. And guilt. Guilt of the fact that you are embarrassed of your own flesh and blood (or who ever you consider your family).
Or to say in Janie's thoughts "Haven't you given me enough shit to deal with already?"
I have been patiently waiting for Janie's family situation and her feelings surrounding that to be brought into the spotlight. And I'm glad it finally was. It is a good knot to tie the trilogy together, and the novel somehow gives you an unwritten happy ending, because with some creativity you can imagine her future life. She made the right choice.
McMann's writing style still remains the same, but you get used to it. And compared to the first book the content was better and more youth appropriate (aka no nuditiy dream etc); and compared to the second book there was not as much focus on Cabel and Janie's relationship, which I enjoyed since it gave room to address Janie's family situation and the future to come.
'Broken' families come in different shapes and forms, with different degrees of severity. No matter what type of 'broken' family you come from or which "familiar circus of deformity", it still hurts. And the hurt is accompanied by feelings of loneliness, embarrassment, shame. And guilt. Guilt of the fact that you are embarrassed of your own flesh and blood (or who ever you consider your family).
Or to say in Janie's thoughts "Haven't you given me enough shit to deal with already?"
I have been patiently waiting for Janie's family situation and her feelings surrounding that to be brought into the spotlight. And I'm glad it finally was. It is a good knot to tie the trilogy together, and the novel somehow gives you an unwritten happy ending, because with some creativity you can imagine her future life. She made the right choice.
McMann's writing style still remains the same, but you get used to it. And compared to the first book the content was better and more youth appropriate (aka no nuditiy dream etc); and compared to the second book there was not as much focus on Cabel and Janie's relationship, which I enjoyed since it gave room to address Janie's family situation and the future to come.
Dull, but at least it gave background on Janie's past and wrapped everything up. Cabel was too distant ( and he was my favourite character) and whole time it was just Janie. Dad. Janie. Dad. Mom. Screwed up life. Janie. Dad. Ending. I dunno, not exactly satisfying. The characters felt flat and lifeless, everyone turned back, the romance sucked, the emotions that Janie went through failed to draw me in and sympathized with her, and the usual writing style just doesn't work out for this plot. It made sense in Wake, not as great in Fade, AND RIDICULOUS for Gone. No doubt that Wake was the best book in the whole series- it gave such promise and now I feel let down, I think if Lisa McMann expanded Wake a bit for and cut down some of Gone and the indecision that Janie constantly had, and combined it, it would've made an excellent book. At least now I cleaned off the series, so I won't be wondering what happens next.
“Because with the right person, sometimes kissing feels like healing.”
I was hesitant going in to this one. With all the lukewarm reviews, I wasn't sure I'd love this one.
But I did.
It's still Cabe and Janie - stumbling through their complicated lives. Janie's mom has not gotten better, she's only gotten better at trying to not take the blame. Cabe hasn't gotten better with Janie's situation - he's only gotten better at rolling with the punches.
But Janie IS dealing with a tough issue. To stay and use her curse for good or go and be alone. She's not really a loner, not completely - not anymore. Cabe has opened her eyes to a life filling with love and fun and easy banter. It's hard to go back once you know it. But to shackle him to someone who has this many issues with only more to come? It's a tough call.
I liked the struggle and how tough it was for Janie - it IS tough decision. And I liked Cabe and his "roll with it" attitude but also when he did a misstep and they had to talk it through.
The added element of her dad and the struggle of her mom to come to terms - and even the blaring light and the bright colors nightmare. I thought it all gave a new layer to the surrounding players in Janie's life and gave a perspective of what could happen when she chose, right or wrong.
I'm so glad I finished this series.
I was hesitant going in to this one. With all the lukewarm reviews, I wasn't sure I'd love this one.
But I did.
It's still Cabe and Janie - stumbling through their complicated lives. Janie's mom has not gotten better, she's only gotten better at trying to not take the blame. Cabe hasn't gotten better with Janie's situation - he's only gotten better at rolling with the punches.
But Janie IS dealing with a tough issue. To stay and use her curse for good or go and be alone. She's not really a loner, not completely - not anymore. Cabe has opened her eyes to a life filling with love and fun and easy banter. It's hard to go back once you know it. But to shackle him to someone who has this many issues with only more to come? It's a tough call.
I liked the struggle and how tough it was for Janie - it IS tough decision. And I liked Cabe and his "roll with it" attitude but also when he did a misstep and they had to talk it through.
The added element of her dad and the struggle of her mom to come to terms - and even the blaring light and the bright colors nightmare. I thought it all gave a new layer to the surrounding players in Janie's life and gave a perspective of what could happen when she chose, right or wrong.
I'm so glad I finished this series.
This is the final book in the _Dream Catcher_ series. Janie discovers that there are more options than just living in isolation and going blind. A new character arrives that shows her that there isn't really a better choice and that her situation is still pretty bad. Again, not a piece of high literature but an entertaining read, especially with the characters that are familiar by this point.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A disappointment, I loved the first two books, but this was horrible I couldn't wait until it was over.
Not great but tied it all up. Like with Fade a gap filler you can dip in and out of.
This was exctremely sad, and often bittersweet, and it took me in some surprising directions, and some obvious directions.
Janie really carried the world on her shoulders, and even when she thought she'd found the perfect solution to her little problem, she realized that the fork was a lot worse than what she had thought in the beginning. And really good for her that Cabe was always so patient!
Captain was great, a real mother-figure for Janie, and my goodness, did she need one.
The end was bittersweet as well, and left me with a feeling that there should be a small epilogue, although at the same time, I was quite satisfied that there was no real happily ever after - it made it more real - no hollywood ending for this series.
The writing was eerily beautiful, and the insight to Janie's character, as well as her growth through the three books was amazing and very nice to follow.
Janie really carried the world on her shoulders, and even when she thought she'd found the perfect solution to her little problem, she realized that the fork was a lot worse than what she had thought in the beginning. And really good for her that Cabe was always so patient!
Captain was great, a real mother-figure for Janie, and my goodness, did she need one.
The end was bittersweet as well, and left me with a feeling that there should be a small epilogue, although at the same time, I was quite satisfied that there was no real happily ever after - it made it more real - no hollywood ending for this series.
The writing was eerily beautiful, and the insight to Janie's character, as well as her growth through the three books was amazing and very nice to follow.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the ending was a bit obvious but at least i wasn't disappointed that way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Terminal illness
Minor: Rape, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury
Again, the writing was choppy. I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did. Not only was it just as interesting as the first two, it may have even surpassed them, in my opinion. Not only that, but the series ended gracefully, which is not always the case with trilogies.