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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
Thankfully this is the last one - I was annoyed pretty much the whole time listening to this. Janie just drove me crazy - everything about her. And this one made me think that Janie and Cabal are a terrible couple. I do not care to see what happens to these characters further down the road.
This wasn't my favorite book in the trilogy but it still tolde Janie's story and I was glad to listen to it. I missed Cane because he wasn't in it much :(
Let me start out by saying that I love Lisa McMann's style of writing and the Wake trilogy. However, I felt like Gone wasn't as good as the first two books in the series.
McMann's style of writing is still there. But the character's to me just felt... different. Janie was still Janie, but she felt like a whole different person. Cabel was still the Cabel we all know and love, but he just felt... too nice and too forgiving in this installment.
I still didn't feel closure after this final book. I still feel like there are some questions that were left unanswered that I want answers to. I still feel like there's more to Janie and Cabel's story that we could be finding out about, because this just didn't feel like a final book.
However, I was entertained throughout the whole story. The stranger was definitely an interesting twist that I didn't see coming at all. McMann takes a different twist in this book that doesn't have the action that the first two books have, but it has a more personal story.
If you can get past the difference from the action filled first two books to Gone which has a more personal story in it, then you will love it. I liked the story, I just wish it was more like the first two and that it answered a few of my questions that were left unanswered. If you liked this series, I still recommend getting this book and reading it, though it may not be your favorite in the series.
McMann's style of writing is still there. But the character's to me just felt... different. Janie was still Janie, but she felt like a whole different person. Cabel was still the Cabel we all know and love, but he just felt... too nice and too forgiving in this installment.
I still didn't feel closure after this final book. I still feel like there are some questions that were left unanswered that I want answers to. I still feel like there's more to Janie and Cabel's story that we could be finding out about, because this just didn't feel like a final book.
However, I was entertained throughout the whole story. The stranger was definitely an interesting twist that I didn't see coming at all. McMann takes a different twist in this book that doesn't have the action that the first two books have, but it has a more personal story.
If you can get past the difference from the action filled first two books to Gone which has a more personal story in it, then you will love it. I liked the story, I just wish it was more like the first two and that it answered a few of my questions that were left unanswered. If you liked this series, I still recommend getting this book and reading it, though it may not be your favorite in the series.
I am so sad to see this series is over. I want so much more of it. I really liked this series. This one dealt with some serious issues and hard choices. None of the characters had an easy time. I really just wanted Janie and Cabel to be able to sit back and relax and get they happily ever after for this book. I wanted to read about their good times. But their struggles were not over. I went through every emotion with them. I really felt their pain, and happiness, and love. It was beautiful.
You get to learn a lot more about dream catchers and Janie in this book. That was really interesting. I don't want this to be the end. I was kind of sad at the way the book ended, because I felt like it still left some gaps. There is so much unknown about all the character's futures. I liked how it ended somewhat hopeful but it was so vague. In my crazy book mind, to me this means that there is room for more books- more stories about Janie! I know this is a trilogy but hey, a girl can hope! :) I just cannot get enough of these books. I loved them. They are an interesting and really well done story. Lisa McMann did an amazing job!
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You get to learn a lot more about dream catchers and Janie in this book. That was really interesting. I don't want this to be the end. I was kind of sad at the way the book ended, because I felt like it still left some gaps. There is so much unknown about all the character's futures. I liked how it ended somewhat hopeful but it was so vague. In my crazy book mind, to me this means that there is room for more books- more stories about Janie! I know this is a trilogy but hey, a girl can hope! :) I just cannot get enough of these books. I loved them. They are an interesting and really well done story. Lisa McMann did an amazing job!
Stop by my blog on June 17th. I will be giving away a copy of Gone! :)
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**2.75**Some spoilers!**
Not a lot happened in this book, it just felt like a really long epilogue I think. It was interesting to learn about Janie's father, but we actually didn't learn that much about him, and I wish we were able to learn more about his life as a dream catcher before he died. It was a good ending, I'm happy with the decision that Janie made, but I'm not sure that there needed to be a whole book about it, because then it just felt like everything was getting dragged out. Not terrible, not great, just sort of an average book, which I think is how I feel about the trilogy as a whole. It had a lot of potential, but it just wasn't reached in my opinion.
Not a lot happened in this book, it just felt like a really long epilogue I think. It was interesting to learn about Janie's father, but we actually didn't learn that much about him, and I wish we were able to learn more about his life as a dream catcher before he died. It was a good ending, I'm happy with the decision that Janie made, but I'm not sure that there needed to be a whole book about it, because then it just felt like everything was getting dragged out. Not terrible, not great, just sort of an average book, which I think is how I feel about the trilogy as a whole. It had a lot of potential, but it just wasn't reached in my opinion.
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.
I really like this series but it makes me upset because we know she's gonna end up blind and thats sad
1.5 stars
What exactly was the point of Gone? The series could have easily ended with Fade and made more sense and caused less irritation to readers. Gone is just one long back and forth with Janie trying to figure out whether to isolate herself or not. Over and over and over she waxes poetic about her dilemma. I got the message in Fade, need we beat it to death in Gone?
What exactly was the PLOT in this one anyway? Bemoaning your decision(s) doesn't really count as a plot to me. The characters seemed altered from those in the previous books. Janie is no longer an intelligent girl but a a borderline nutcase.
I enjoyed both Wake and Fade, but Gone is a useless book which will leave you disgruntled. I wasn't expecting much as Wake and Fade didn't touch me on any deep level, but the very least McMann could have given everyone was a story. Or was that too much to ask for from a book these days? Skip this one unless you absolutely love the first two books.
What exactly was the point of Gone? The series could have easily ended with Fade and made more sense and caused less irritation to readers. Gone is just one long back and forth with Janie trying to figure out whether to isolate herself or not. Over and over and over she waxes poetic about her dilemma. I got the message in Fade, need we beat it to death in Gone?
What exactly was the PLOT in this one anyway? Bemoaning your decision(s) doesn't really count as a plot to me. The characters seemed altered from those in the previous books. Janie is no longer an intelligent girl but a a borderline nutcase.
I enjoyed both Wake and Fade, but Gone is a useless book which will leave you disgruntled. I wasn't expecting much as Wake and Fade didn't touch me on any deep level, but the very least McMann could have given everyone was a story. Or was that too much to ask for from a book these days? Skip this one unless you absolutely love the first two books.
I just spent the last two hours of my life reading this instead of doing my homework...should have done the homework instead.
The series has finally completed and I am so glad. Honestly, I am embarrassed that I even felt blah about the first ones; I thought that the fantasy she concocted had promise and something interesting could be done with it. Well, McCann proved me entirely wrong with the final book in the trilogy. For one thing, there really is not a plot in this novel, which makes it weak. Since there was no plot, I was able to notice something I had previously managed to ignore: the incredibly horrific writing. McCann seems not to know how to construct full sentences. Most are sentence fragments. Let me illustrate her writing style with the first section of the book:
"It's like she can't breathe anymore, no matter what she does.
Like everything is closing in on her, crowding her. Threatening her.
The hearing. The truth coming out. Reliving Durbin's party in front of a judge and the three bastards themselves, staring her down. Cameras following her around the second she steps outside the courtroom. Exposed as a narc, all of Fieldridge talking about it.
Talking about her."
Final tally: Sentences- 1, Fragments- 8. The whole book is written this way, so I would suggest passing on this series unless you appreciate lackluster grammar.
"It's like she can't breathe anymore, no matter what she does.
Like everything is closing in on her, crowding her. Threatening her.
The hearing. The truth coming out. Reliving Durbin's party in front of a judge and the three bastards themselves, staring her down. Cameras following her around the second she steps outside the courtroom. Exposed as a narc, all of Fieldridge talking about it.
Talking about her."
Final tally: Sentences- 1, Fragments- 8. The whole book is written this way, so I would suggest passing on this series unless you appreciate lackluster grammar.