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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
This book was amazing. It was probably the best book of the trinity. The whole book just kept me wanting more.
Not my favorite out of the series. I just found Janie to be completely annoying and her decisions were a bit on the ridiculous side. I think Lisa is a fantastic writer, and her style and tone makes the reading go fast. But with this installment, I found myself becoming more and more aggravated with the where the story was going. The introduction of the unknown character really didn't give me any closure to this story.
When this book ended, it ended with a whimper.
When this book ended, it ended with a whimper.
The first two books in this series made my top ten list last year! This story was different than the other two, but still very good. It revolved around Janie's choice, her Catch 22, of how she will spend the rest of her life. Isolated from everyone, including the love of her life Cabel, or going blind and disfigured from her dream visions. It's a sad and compelling story, definitely worth the read!
Cover: I really like this cover. Its so beautiful, and it makes so much since with the story.
StoryLine: This last installment was more internal conflict then external conflict, so it wasn't very action-ie, but I definitely devoured it all in one sitting. The ending was quite sad, but I guess given the situation, it was the happier possible outcome. Also, Mcmann's writing style is very unique. She write in fragments, and I think it makes the story flow so beautifully.
Characters: I loved finally see Janie's mom's character get developed. I finally see how she can be such a horrible, neglectful mother. But you still feel for her, because you get to see in a few glimpses, how embarrassed of herself she is of the way she is, and seeing, er, reading her cry is almost heart-breaking. And Cabel and Janie's relationship? From a realistic standpoint, I love how Cabel slips that one time, and how his dreams are sometimes, because no one can actually take what's happening and not be effected. But I was still sad to read that scene.
Parting Thoughts: Mmm, God, I really loved this trilogy. It was so amazing. Wake was actually my first leisurely Post-Twilight read. I'm really sad to see the end of Janie's story, because it was a great one.
StoryLine: This last installment was more internal conflict then external conflict, so it wasn't very action-ie, but I definitely devoured it all in one sitting. The ending was quite sad, but I guess given the situation, it was the happier possible outcome. Also, Mcmann's writing style is very unique. She write in fragments, and I think it makes the story flow so beautifully.
Characters: I loved finally see Janie's mom's character get developed. I finally see how she can be such a horrible, neglectful mother. But you still feel for her, because you get to see in a few glimpses, how embarrassed of herself she is of the way she is, and seeing, er, reading her cry is almost heart-breaking. And Cabel and Janie's relationship? From a realistic standpoint, I love how Cabel slips that one time, and how his dreams are sometimes, because no one can actually take what's happening and not be effected. But I was still sad to read that scene.
Parting Thoughts: Mmm, God, I really loved this trilogy. It was so amazing. Wake was actually my first leisurely Post-Twilight read. I'm really sad to see the end of Janie's story, because it was a great one.
This is a short, but powerful conclusion to the Wake Trilogy. The plot is more character driven than the others of the series, but it was no less entertaining or beautiful. It never ceases to amaze me at how Lisa McMann can say so much in so few pages and I think that is one of the reasons her books always stand out to me. There is something so satisfying about how concise but impactful her writing is. This series will definitely go down as one of my all time favorites and I'm so glad that I finally gave them a reread.
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really can't believe that the series has come to an end. But what an ending it was! McMann did not disappoint with the third and final book in the Dream Catcher Trilogy.
We come into Gone, just a few weeks after the ending in Fade. Janie and Cabel are getting ready to take a mini vacation before starting up with their undercover police work. They head to the lake to spend time with Cabel's brother and sister-in-law. While there, they have a few days of slight peace; though Janie still gets sucked into Cabel's dreams and even one dream while learning to water ski. After getting frantic voice mails from Carrie stating that she is taking Janie's mother to the hospital, Cable and Janie leave. Once they reach the hospital, they find out that it wasn't for Janie's mom, but a man known as Henry.
Henry is someone that Janie, doesn't know; but she soon realizes just how much of a connection that they really have. See, Henry is Janie's father. Janie really has no idea how to handle this new information, and with whatever she is contemplating in the beginning of the book, this added information and her mother's attitude is really getting to her. I wondered through the whole book, exactly what it was that Janie was contemplating, and until the end I didn't really grasp it. I'm sure if I thought about it long and hard I would have figured it out, but I was too worried about how Janie was really going to deal with knowing about her father.
Cabel tries to help Janie find out more about her father, and eventually he finds out where Henry lived and takes Janie there. When they arrive, Janie is a little apprehensive and doesn't really want to find out anything, but after looking around the house a bit, Janie starts to wonder why he lived out in the middle of nowhere and why he pretty much isolated himself.
While Janie is still being sucked into dreams, and for her; Cabel's are the worst. She goes to visit her father, whom is in a coma all through the book. When she goes into his room, she is sucked into his dreams, and she has to fight really hard to get out of it. While doing more research and thinking Janie realizes that the dream catching is hereditary and that she got it from her father. Miss Stubin makes another appearance and that is when Janie realizes everything.
We find out shortly after that, just what it is that Janie has been contemplating and just what she is going to do. I wasn't happy with the decision she came to and I will admit that I teared up quite a bit. Janie is trying to figure out how to help her father in his dream and while she is sleeping beside his bed in the hospital, Henry catches Janie's dream and she actually gets to speak to him. It was a bittersweet moment between father and daughter.
Henry passes the next day and while Janie is trying to get her alcoholic mother to actually have a funeral for him, and then get her mother to the funeral, she learns that while Henry may have isolated himself, Janie does have a "family" that loves and supports her. The funeral is sad and her mother plays the drunk perfectly, but Janie has the support of Cabel, Carrie, and even her "boss".
We go on to see what Janie decided and how she slowly starts to enact her decision, then after about a day she realizes that maybe she made the wrong choice. There are always two sides to every story, the one that you see and then the one that actually happened. Now maybe, it didn't really happen like that, but would you take the chance? Knowing what you know for sure would happen or guessing that just maybe everything would be ok? Could you live with leaving the ONLY one you love and never seeing them again? Janie answers these questions, and realizes that she may need to reconsider exactly what she wants out of her life.
I really can't believe that the trilogy is finished and I won't get to see just how Janie's decision affected everyone around her, and what exactly is happening now.
We come into Gone, just a few weeks after the ending in Fade. Janie and Cabel are getting ready to take a mini vacation before starting up with their undercover police work. They head to the lake to spend time with Cabel's brother and sister-in-law. While there, they have a few days of slight peace; though Janie still gets sucked into Cabel's dreams and even one dream while learning to water ski. After getting frantic voice mails from Carrie stating that she is taking Janie's mother to the hospital, Cable and Janie leave. Once they reach the hospital, they find out that it wasn't for Janie's mom, but a man known as Henry.
Henry is someone that Janie, doesn't know; but she soon realizes just how much of a connection that they really have. See, Henry is Janie's father. Janie really has no idea how to handle this new information, and with whatever she is contemplating in the beginning of the book, this added information and her mother's attitude is really getting to her. I wondered through the whole book, exactly what it was that Janie was contemplating, and until the end I didn't really grasp it. I'm sure if I thought about it long and hard I would have figured it out, but I was too worried about how Janie was really going to deal with knowing about her father.
Cabel tries to help Janie find out more about her father, and eventually he finds out where Henry lived and takes Janie there. When they arrive, Janie is a little apprehensive and doesn't really want to find out anything, but after looking around the house a bit, Janie starts to wonder why he lived out in the middle of nowhere and why he pretty much isolated himself.
While Janie is still being sucked into dreams, and for her; Cabel's are the worst. She goes to visit her father, whom is in a coma all through the book. When she goes into his room, she is sucked into his dreams, and she has to fight really hard to get out of it. While doing more research and thinking Janie realizes that the dream catching is hereditary and that she got it from her father. Miss Stubin makes another appearance and that is when Janie realizes everything.
We find out shortly after that, just what it is that Janie has been contemplating and just what she is going to do. I wasn't happy with the decision she came to and I will admit that I teared up quite a bit. Janie is trying to figure out how to help her father in his dream and while she is sleeping beside his bed in the hospital, Henry catches Janie's dream and she actually gets to speak to him. It was a bittersweet moment between father and daughter.
Henry passes the next day and while Janie is trying to get her alcoholic mother to actually have a funeral for him, and then get her mother to the funeral, she learns that while Henry may have isolated himself, Janie does have a "family" that loves and supports her. The funeral is sad and her mother plays the drunk perfectly, but Janie has the support of Cabel, Carrie, and even her "boss".
We go on to see what Janie decided and how she slowly starts to enact her decision, then after about a day she realizes that maybe she made the wrong choice. There are always two sides to every story, the one that you see and then the one that actually happened. Now maybe, it didn't really happen like that, but would you take the chance? Knowing what you know for sure would happen or guessing that just maybe everything would be ok? Could you live with leaving the ONLY one you love and never seeing them again? Janie answers these questions, and realizes that she may need to reconsider exactly what she wants out of her life.
I really can't believe that the trilogy is finished and I won't get to see just how Janie's decision affected everyone around her, and what exactly is happening now.
This was an uneventful end to the trilogy, in my opinion. I really enjoyed the series as a whole, however I expected something more from the final book. Although, the final few pages really left me hanging on. I would have enjoyed seeing how Janie changes her mother's dreams. I did enjoy the book, but was left feeling incomplete by the ending.
I felt like she gave up on this series. There were questions left unanswered. And it was so unlike the others that I thought it was a different book. I just wish there was more.
so still not as good as the first one but it was a good end to the trilogy. I am gonna miss the characters. I wish there was more to read