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babytaytayx's review
5.0
TW ~ self-harm mentions, suicide
Honestly this book was very very good. Lots of mystery and suspense!!
So
Noah pissed me off. Like I am a Mara loyalist till the end. The constant accusing and condemning of Mara pisses me off. Like why would she kill those people???? She’s never killed anyone just to kill them. So now that Noah has condemned her and told her to go away and immediately regretted it. Also that Noah suffers a bit cause you know
Honestly this book was very very good. Lots of mystery and suspense!!
So
Noah pissed me off. Like I am a Mara loyalist till the end. The constant accusing and condemning of Mara pisses me off. Like why would she kill those people???? She’s never killed anyone just to kill them. So now that Noah has condemned her and told her to go away and immediately regretted it. Also that Noah suffers a bit cause you know
abbyl819's review
3.0
3.5 stars
Characters were really the only thing keeping me reading this book. There wasn’t much of a plot, and it didn’t connect as well as the original series did. I still don’t feel as if anything happened throughout the whole book until the last 50 or so pages. There was little to no suspense, so it was also a much slower read even though it is shorter. The Mara Dyer trilogy is a creepy thriller book, but I would say you could hardly classify this as the same type. It seemed as if the romance was the main focus, which should not have been the case. The writing was also not as good as the original trilogy. I didn’t find any wonderfully written phrases as I had in the first few books where I had to reread them a few times before moving on. It seemed much more blunt, but it could be due to the new character POV. I didn’t really think that Noah had a very unique voice, like Mara did. I would often forget whose point of view I was reading through. As much as I liked Noah in the original trilogy, I think he is better as more of a side character. With its generic voice, lack of plot, and focus on the romance, this book read very much like fan fiction.
Characters were really the only thing keeping me reading this book. There wasn’t much of a plot, and it didn’t connect as well as the original series did. I still don’t feel as if anything happened throughout the whole book until the last 50 or so pages. There was little to no suspense, so it was also a much slower read even though it is shorter. The Mara Dyer trilogy is a creepy thriller book, but I would say you could hardly classify this as the same type. It seemed as if the romance was the main focus, which should not have been the case. The writing was also not as good as the original trilogy. I didn’t find any wonderfully written phrases as I had in the first few books where I had to reread them a few times before moving on. It seemed much more blunt, but it could be due to the new character POV. I didn’t really think that Noah had a very unique voice, like Mara did. I would often forget whose point of view I was reading through. As much as I liked Noah in the original trilogy, I think he is better as more of a side character. With its generic voice, lack of plot, and focus on the romance, this book read very much like fan fiction.
bookbossbella88's review
I didn't like Noah's POV- he felt more asshole-ish/like a robot than i thought he grew at the end of the original series... i might get back to this one, we'll see...
janagaton's review
3.0
I didn't enjoy this as much as the Mara Dyer trilogy, but I still love the characters and overall plot.
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
5.0
Wow...what a book, what a story, what a way to pick up where the happily ever after should have started. It felt like the story had never ended. We now simply changed perspective, but we're still reading the same story. It feels like that, even though Noah has a different voice and even though Noah's head might be even darker and more disturbing.
The book starts with a series of trigger warnings. I didn't read them, because I don't have any specific triggers, but I think it's a good thing this book contains them. The Mara Dyer trilogy was dark in a way, but this book feels even darker. Maybe because the story gets more personal. Maybe because what's happening is more personal.
What I really love about this story, about the first trilogy and also this one, is how Hodkin plays with the hearts and loyalties of the reader. We've formed a connection with Mara, with all the others. And yet she constantly pushes us to think about our morals, to look at those characters and what they do and their choices and to question: Do we still root for them? Do we still love them? Do we forgive them for this? It's interesting and in a way also confronting.
Combine a great atmospheric piece with morally questionable characters with a fast paced dark mystery and you have a five star read that makes me set my alarm on a Saturday morning so I can finish it before I have to get to the gym.
The book starts with a series of trigger warnings. I didn't read them, because I don't have any specific triggers, but I think it's a good thing this book contains them. The Mara Dyer trilogy was dark in a way, but this book feels even darker. Maybe because the story gets more personal. Maybe because what's happening is more personal.
What I really love about this story, about the first trilogy and also this one, is how Hodkin plays with the hearts and loyalties of the reader. We've formed a connection with Mara, with all the others. And yet she constantly pushes us to think about our morals, to look at those characters and what they do and their choices and to question: Do we still root for them? Do we still love them? Do we forgive them for this? It's interesting and in a way also confronting.
Combine a great atmospheric piece with morally questionable characters with a fast paced dark mystery and you have a five star read that makes me set my alarm on a Saturday morning so I can finish it before I have to get to the gym.
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
I totally understand that at times the books are frustrating, confusing and a little over the top when it comes to mad science. I totally understand that some people preferred the semi-happily ever after we got at the end of the first trilogy. I also totally understand that Noah Shaw's head is not the most pleasant I've ever been in.
And yet... These books are incredibly addictive. They're so incredibly easy to read and it only takes a few pages and I'm sucked into the story once more. Even though the book counts 400 pages, I could read it on a normal work day, without much effort. The biggest challenge was taking a break to actually get some work done at the office.
This book clearly is the middle book in another trilogy. The book moves the characters from one point to another, to get them in position for the finale. Along the way we get to know Noah even better, grow more attached to Goose and we learn a lot about the Shaw family history and all the secrets buried there. Even though it's a middle book, it's still entertaining and it never gets boring.
But what makes these books so great is Hodkin's talent to create a wonderful spooky atmosphere, that totally fits the time of the year, and to write emotionally real people. Noah's head is a dark and twisted and scary place at times, but it's that raw emotion, the pure pain, the way he panics, the way he feels about Mara and the choice she made, that kept me reading and reading and reading.
I can't wait for the last book to come out. I can't wait to get back into Noah Shaw's dark head.
And yet... These books are incredibly addictive. They're so incredibly easy to read and it only takes a few pages and I'm sucked into the story once more. Even though the book counts 400 pages, I could read it on a normal work day, without much effort. The biggest challenge was taking a break to actually get some work done at the office.
This book clearly is the middle book in another trilogy. The book moves the characters from one point to another, to get them in position for the finale. Along the way we get to know Noah even better, grow more attached to Goose and we learn a lot about the Shaw family history and all the secrets buried there. Even though it's a middle book, it's still entertaining and it never gets boring.
But what makes these books so great is Hodkin's talent to create a wonderful spooky atmosphere, that totally fits the time of the year, and to write emotionally real people. Noah's head is a dark and twisted and scary place at times, but it's that raw emotion, the pure pain, the way he panics, the way he feels about Mara and the choice she made, that kept me reading and reading and reading.
I can't wait for the last book to come out. I can't wait to get back into Noah Shaw's dark head.
librarian_lady's review
3.0
(Audio book reader)
First and foremost! I wanna say that the narrator was excellent! It made the book more enjoyable and really made you feel like you were in Noah's head.
As for the book in general, it took me a while to really get in to it. I believe it's because the author took a while since the Mara Dyer trilogy to start this new series. Although it's in Noah's perspective, the story really banks on many things that happened in the previous three books. Once I started remembering who everyone was (others I had to look the characters online to remember) and what had happened in those previous books, the story started to make more sense and I was able to get in to the book a little bit more.
I gave it only 3 stars, because although the writing was good, it didn't grab me like the previous three books, until the end (why do authors do that?). It is always the last chapter... the middle is ok, but they always make up for it in that last chapter. That f*****g ending though! Bah! Anyways, hoping the next book will bring more answers and pick up a bit more of the pace since some parts felt more like filler.
First and foremost! I wanna say that the narrator was excellent! It made the book more enjoyable and really made you feel like you were in Noah's head.
As for the book in general, it took me a while to really get in to it. I believe it's because the author took a while since the Mara Dyer trilogy to start this new series. Although it's in Noah's perspective, the story really banks on many things that happened in the previous three books. Once I started remembering who everyone was (others I had to look the characters online to remember) and what had happened in those previous books, the story started to make more sense and I was able to get in to the book a little bit more.
I gave it only 3 stars, because although the writing was good, it didn't grab me like the previous three books, until the end (why do authors do that?). It is always the last chapter... the middle is ok, but they always make up for it in that last chapter. That f*****g ending though! Bah! Anyways, hoping the next book will bring more answers and pick up a bit more of the pace since some parts felt more like filler.
m0rozovas's review
4.0
why do authors like splitting my OTPs in the continuations of their trilogies ffs