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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Disappointing considering how much I enjoyed the Mara Dyer trilogy. I found this book very vague and uninteresting. I basically didn’t understand the plot at all. I wondered if that’s because it’s been 2 years since I read the Mara Dyer trilogy, but I picked up The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer again and found it understandable? So I don’t know what my problem was or if this really was just a bad book.
honestly i'm pretty disappointed with the way this book turned out. it seemed like a poorly written fanfiction most of the time (and i would know, considering the amount of fanfictions i've read). it hasn't truly hit me yet that this book is actually real, because it feels fake. the characters don't act the way i remember and noah's perspective let me down quite a bit. from mara's pov, noah is one of my most favorite fictional male characters i've ever encountered. from his own perspective...well, that's a different story.
i'm also super confused. like, most of the plot doesn't make sense to me and there's no real sense of urgency behind the character's actions. i don't really get what was pushing the plot forward but :// the ending also made things more confusing, rather than clearing anything up. which ig is intentional since it makes you inclined to read the rest of the books in the trilogy.
overall, i'm really sad that this book did not pack the punch i was looking for. the mara dyer series is one of my all time favorite series and i was expecting so much more from this book.
i'm also super confused. like, most of the plot doesn't make sense to me and there's no real sense of urgency behind the character's actions. i don't really get what was pushing the plot forward but :// the ending also made things more confusing, rather than clearing anything up. which ig is intentional since it makes you inclined to read the rest of the books in the trilogy.
overall, i'm really sad that this book did not pack the punch i was looking for. the mara dyer series is one of my all time favorite series and i was expecting so much more from this book.
So boring and unnecessary. I was happy with the original trilogy ending and i literally pushed myself to get through half of this and i just kept thinking about how I wish it didn’t exist and that I didn’t not want more to these characters stories
1.5 stars
What the hell just happened?
What even is this??
This book practically ruined the whole Mara Dyer trilogy.
First of all, I didn't enjoy reading from Noah's perspective at all. Not sure what happened to all the characters, they lost all the development they've made in the other trilogy, they're just awful now.
The book was really boring. The plot was kinda interesting at some points, to be honest, but it was really messy and complicated for no good reason. Things started getting a bit better in the lasr 60 pages, until the last few pages where everything abruptly and unconvincingly went to hell.
I'm not sure if I'm gonna get the next books, but honestly, a little part of me is a bit curious to know why things ended in The Becoming of Noah Shaw like they did.
What the hell just happened?
What even is this??
This book practically ruined the whole Mara Dyer trilogy.
First of all, I didn't enjoy reading from Noah's perspective at all. Not sure what happened to all the characters, they lost all the development they've made in the other trilogy, they're just awful now.
The book was really boring. The plot was kinda interesting at some points, to be honest, but it was really messy and complicated for no good reason. Things started getting a bit better in the lasr 60 pages, until the last few pages where everything abruptly and unconvincingly went to hell.
I'm not sure if I'm gonna get the next books, but honestly, a little part of me is a bit curious to know why things ended in The Becoming of Noah Shaw like they did.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
I honestly and truly wanted to enjoy this book. I wanted to fall into Noah’s dark and twisted story and come out of it still loving him and still rooting for him and Mara. But I read this book at the wrong time, and unfortunately my reading tastes have decided that this book came, and was too little too late. I found that I was interested in the mystery of the powers Noah and Mara and the crew had for the first third of the book, and I slowly grew very tired of reading about the genetics and fate of it all. I grew bored of the explanation behind Lukumi’s actions, and the twisted nature of Mara’s actions.
I found that while I initially loved Mara and Noah years ago when I read the original trilogy, I read this book and questioned the overall health and nature of their relationship. I became frustrated with the lack of responsibility for Mara and Noah’s actions in their relationship throughout this book, and that frustration kept reminding me that I could be reading about people who were more wholesome. I just….. I wanted this book to be more than it was.
What I got was a very self-aware, half-baked mystery mixed together with a trope-ridden story about a boy who thinks he’s broken and the girl who he loves, but probably shouldn’t. I kept getting the reminder that this story was supposed to be a beautiful tragedy that I was supposed to love despite it’s flaws, and this time around I really couldn’t lose myself in it. I found that I wasn’t excited to keep returning to this story, and it ended up feeling like an obligation more than a need. I still believe that Michelle Hodkin did a good job with the original trilogy, and I wish her all the best for Noah’s story, I just don’t believe I will be continuing on with this series, at least not in the near future.
I found that while I initially loved Mara and Noah years ago when I read the original trilogy, I read this book and questioned the overall health and nature of their relationship. I became frustrated with the lack of responsibility for Mara and Noah’s actions in their relationship throughout this book, and that frustration kept reminding me that I could be reading about people who were more wholesome. I just….. I wanted this book to be more than it was.
What I got was a very self-aware, half-baked mystery mixed together with a trope-ridden story about a boy who thinks he’s broken and the girl who he loves, but probably shouldn’t. I kept getting the reminder that this story was supposed to be a beautiful tragedy that I was supposed to love despite it’s flaws, and this time around I really couldn’t lose myself in it. I found that I wasn’t excited to keep returning to this story, and it ended up feeling like an obligation more than a need. I still believe that Michelle Hodkin did a good job with the original trilogy, and I wish her all the best for Noah’s story, I just don’t believe I will be continuing on with this series, at least not in the near future.
full review up on my blog: https://sabisaysreads.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/sabisays-reviews-spoiler-free-the-becoming-of-noah-shaw-the-shaw-confessions-1-by-michelle-hodkin/
Not enough Marashaw scenes OKAY I WAS ROBBED, PLUNDERED, SCAMMED AND ET CETERA. YOU REALLY MADE MARA GET DROWSY AND NOT EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE WE'D GET A SOFT MARA AND EXASPERATED YET LOVING NOAH SCENE TM LIKE SERIOUSLYJFJSJSAKNAAN ALSO BRB LET ME FUCKING *DIE* OVER THAT ENDING WTF MAN