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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
Not super impressed, but it's a quick read.
Janie is trying to deal with the truths she discovered and is deciding between staying with Caleb or running away. She also finds out who her father was, and tries to find out more about him. The story is a bit disconnected, and you don't really get closure. I expected more. Not much, but more.
Janie is trying to deal with the truths she discovered and is deciding between staying with Caleb or running away. She also finds out who her father was, and tries to find out more about him. The story is a bit disconnected, and you don't really get closure. I expected more. Not much, but more.
I wanna give it four point five stars, but whatever :) I love this series so much! I LOVE Cabel... I just love these books. As far as the end of a trilogy, this book delivered. I think I was a bit disappointed because there wasn't "The Case." The big scandalous ploy they are striving to expose through the police. But then again I feel like if there had been a ploy, it would have taken away from (I'm blanking on the main girls name)'s struggle to make the decision to stay or isolate. I honestly think the author did an amazing job. She created one of my favorite series. :)
Yay! I finished the Wake series. And it's definitely a favourite series of mine now.
Again, just a heads up that this review may contain spoilers for those who haven't read Wake or Fade.
Janie Hannagan has a choice to make. Because of her ability to enter people's dreams, she must choose between an isolated life or becoming blind and crippled in her early twenties. Leaving Cabel wouldn't be easy, but can she make him stay with her as she deteriorates? Then a stranger enters Janie's life, and she realizes her decision is going to be even more difficult than she imagined.
I think that Lisa McMann ended her trilogy perfectly with this book. Janie finally makes her decision, and the whole trilogy concludes quite nicely. It's clear that there will be no more books. And yet, McMann left a lot to the reader's imagination. Because Janie's story isn't over. The parts we get to read about are through, but Janie still has a long life to live. The last sentence of the book shows that perfectly, and I hope that you'll agree.
The trilogy on a whole was great. The books are short and quick reads, but they are still deep and meaningful. Sometimes they're even scary. This one in particular has some frightening and gruesome scenes. Fade is still my favourite book in the series; the best by far.
One thing I just want to say I love were the random Canadian references. Like Saskatchewan and loonies. I don't know. They just made me smile.
Fans of the series will not be disappointed with this ending.
Again, just a heads up that this review may contain spoilers for those who haven't read Wake or Fade.
Janie Hannagan has a choice to make. Because of her ability to enter people's dreams, she must choose between an isolated life or becoming blind and crippled in her early twenties. Leaving Cabel wouldn't be easy, but can she make him stay with her as she deteriorates? Then a stranger enters Janie's life, and she realizes her decision is going to be even more difficult than she imagined.
I think that Lisa McMann ended her trilogy perfectly with this book. Janie finally makes her decision, and the whole trilogy concludes quite nicely. It's clear that there will be no more books. And yet, McMann left a lot to the reader's imagination. Because Janie's story isn't over. The parts we get to read about are through, but Janie still has a long life to live. The last sentence of the book shows that perfectly, and I hope that you'll agree.
The trilogy on a whole was great. The books are short and quick reads, but they are still deep and meaningful. Sometimes they're even scary. This one in particular has some frightening and gruesome scenes. Fade is still my favourite book in the series; the best by far.
One thing I just want to say I love were the random Canadian references. Like Saskatchewan and loonies. I don't know. They just made me smile.
Fans of the series will not be disappointed with this ending.
Rating as of May 1st 2011: 4 stars (first read)
Rating as of June 29th 2021: 5 stars (second read)
Looking back I can see why people rated this book the lowest of the trilogy. It didn't have the same feel of the first two books where you're getting introduced to the world, and Janie's powers, you're falling in love with Cabe for the first time, and you're getting to be a part of these big police mysteries like the drug bust and the molester teachers in the first and second book.
Book 3 is purely about Janie coming to terms with the fact that her ability is slowly killing her body, and no matter what choice she makes--keep on catching dreams or isolate--she will end up with either a disabled body, or not using her gift will cause her to die.
There is no big police mystery that Janie is a party of in this book, it's purely her getting to know her dying father, and getting to see what the choice of isolating herself would ultimately bring her.
Morton's fork. Catch-22. Neither option is a good option, and yet Janie is forced to make it. As a young kid, obviously, I wanted Janie to choose to stay with Cabe, because to me having the romance and love was more important than a broken body, and I was frustrated that for most of this book Janie was going to choose isolation and to leave Cabe. Now, rereading as an adult, I understand why she chose that initially. She had no way of knowing the toll isolation would take not only on herself but on the people around her. Janie witnesses it in her mother's downward spiral that she didn't know was the result of her father making the choice of isolation. And when she realizes that isolation won't save her body, she chooses to instead stay with the people who love her.
I think for those who have never suffered a chronic disability, or chronic pain, it may be difficult to see why Janie almost chose a life in isolation, but I think it makes sense. In the end, I am glad that she chose not to isolate and to continue being with Cabe, because in the end, no matter what happens to your body, at the end of life it's the people you love and the connections you made that really matter and make all the pain worth it.
Rating as of June 29th 2021: 5 stars (second read)
Looking back I can see why people rated this book the lowest of the trilogy. It didn't have the same feel of the first two books where you're getting introduced to the world, and Janie's powers, you're falling in love with Cabe for the first time, and you're getting to be a part of these big police mysteries like the drug bust and the molester teachers in the first and second book.
Book 3 is purely about Janie coming to terms with the fact that her ability is slowly killing her body, and no matter what choice she makes--keep on catching dreams or isolate--she will end up with either a disabled body, or not using her gift will cause her to die.
There is no big police mystery that Janie is a party of in this book, it's purely her getting to know her dying father, and getting to see what the choice of isolating herself would ultimately bring her.
Morton's fork. Catch-22. Neither option is a good option, and yet Janie is forced to make it. As a young kid, obviously, I wanted Janie to choose to stay with Cabe, because to me having the romance and love was more important than a broken body, and I was frustrated that for most of this book Janie was going to choose isolation and to leave Cabe. Now, rereading as an adult, I understand why she chose that initially. She had no way of knowing the toll isolation would take not only on herself but on the people around her. Janie witnesses it in her mother's downward spiral that she didn't know was the result of her father making the choice of isolation. And when she realizes that isolation won't save her body, she chooses to instead stay with the people who love her.
I think for those who have never suffered a chronic disability, or chronic pain, it may be difficult to see why Janie almost chose a life in isolation, but I think it makes sense. In the end, I am glad that she chose not to isolate and to continue being with Cabe, because in the end, no matter what happens to your body, at the end of life it's the people you love and the connections you made that really matter and make all the pain worth it.
Really gives another meaning to the phrase “damned if you do, damned if you don’t”.
I read all 3 books combined into 1 without realize it was actually 3 separate books (imagine my surprise)
I originally bought it because it was a VERY thick book (it was all three books in one with another title) and it was on sale for somewhere around $6. I never realized how much I would adore the story! The whole thing was very interesting and a different plot than anything else I’ve read. All three books compliment each other well and are beautifully written. I’ve recommended it to many people!
I originally bought it because it was a VERY thick book (it was all three books in one with another title) and it was on sale for somewhere around $6. I never realized how much I would adore the story! The whole thing was very interesting and a different plot than anything else I’ve read. All three books compliment each other well and are beautifully written. I’ve recommended it to many people!
