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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
This book was interesting and fast paced for a book where not much actually happened.
I enjoyed having Noah as the narrator. I don't remember disliking Mara so much, but she is not the hero of this story.
You have to have read the Mara Dyer series to understand what is happening here. A few new things are revealed about these "gifted" kids , but I'm not sure I even understood the reveal at the end 🤔
I enjoyed having Noah as the narrator. I don't remember disliking Mara so much, but she is not the hero of this story.
You have to have read the Mara Dyer series to understand what is happening here. A few new things are revealed about these "gifted" kids , but I'm not sure I even understood the reveal at the end 🤔
The Becoming of Noah Shaw, while being as wonderfully written as The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer series, carries a slightly different tone to it. This series, at least this book, really dives into the mentality of Noah, who is much more grounded in his reality though that alone comes with it's own darkness. This creates a more stable narrator though. Because there is the Mara Dyer series before this one too, the reader (should they read this after the Mara Dyer series) already knows about what is going on with the group, which also changes the tone of the novel from the first series. The great thing that this book does though, is that even as the reader has gained so much knowledge from the previous series, the pace of the story is still engaging and intriguing. We all thought that the answers were solved with the end of The Retribution of Mara Dyer, but here we find that it was only the tip of the iceberg.
PLOT: The fact that we still don't know the full extent of Lukumi's influence over UNFINISHED
I really want to give this book 5 stars, but I can’t. I still love the story, and it remains to be one of my favorites but a few problems for me have arisen that loses a star.
1. The entire book I kept waiting for something to happen. Small things happen here and there, but the majority of the book is bland and monotoned. I love Noah’s point of view, but something is missing from the usual spark that all of the Mara Dyer books have. The usual creepy tone that I love so much was missing from this book.
That being said - the ending was kick ass and I didn’t expect any of what happened. The whole book is worth reading for the last 100 pages alone. I was biting my nails the entire time. It is truly rare that a book promising a dark story telling is actually accurately dark.
And this book is DARK. Mara Dyer is dark. She’s a complex character, that I love. She will always be one of my favorite characters. But she is dark - a scary dark, one that most authors are too afraid to approach in their books, but for Hodkins the risk was worth the reward.
I guess it’s true what they say - if you stick around long enough, you’ll watch the hero become the villain.
I hope the next book has the missing spark I was searching for in the first installment of the Shaw Confessions.
1. The entire book I kept waiting for something to happen. Small things happen here and there, but the majority of the book is bland and monotoned. I love Noah’s point of view, but something is missing from the usual spark that all of the Mara Dyer books have. The usual creepy tone that I love so much was missing from this book.
That being said - the ending was kick ass and I didn’t expect any of what happened. The whole book is worth reading for the last 100 pages alone. I was biting my nails the entire time. It is truly rare that a book promising a dark story telling is actually accurately dark.
And this book is DARK. Mara Dyer is dark. She’s a complex character, that I love. She will always be one of my favorite characters. But she is dark - a scary dark, one that most authors are too afraid to approach in their books, but for Hodkins the risk was worth the reward.
I guess it’s true what they say - if you stick around long enough, you’ll watch the hero become the villain.
I hope the next book has the missing spark I was searching for in the first installment of the Shaw Confessions.
16 year old me didn’t have a problem but older me knows better. 🧖🏻♀️
I could hardly keep any plot points straight, but does it really matter when it’s not engaging in the first place? The whole supernatural-human experimentation gist is practically recycled from every other book in the genre. It takes tropes such as locking the protagonist in an asylum to a rogue murderer within their group of teens with powers. It gets even more ridiculous at each turning point that I can’t help but cringe. The sheer number of coincidences to move the plot along is both astonishing and poor writing.
The only reason I kept reading was for the romance. Mara and Noah do have chemistry. Imagine Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. There’s this back and forth that is totally fun to follow. However, the continuation of the series has watered that down. The perspectives are switched this time around and while I was excited initially, I have to admit that it’s a mistake. This installment shows how gratuitous Noah lies to Mara. He doesn’t do it because he cares for her but because he’s being manipulative. I can see if it’s none of her business since I don’t believe any person owes their entirety to another. Yet, he is deciptive for the sole purpose of having daddy issues. Yes, that’s basically it. He wants to prove his father wrong and in the process put everyone else in danger. What a fantastic person.
Mara on the other hand is another monster. She is judgmental af and questions why no one likes her. Honestly, her narration is kind of hilarious being that it’s a combination of a Noah obsession, hating the people that are trying to help her because who would believe that she has powers, and self loathing due to those powers. Also, she’s not aware of how supermodel beautiful she is and she cares for nonhuman animals more than her own mother. It’s pretty typical for YA and it didn’t bother me how bland she was since Noah was there to act as a foil. There were times when I found Mara to hint at a personality like during the third book of her narration.
I can’t say that this book was necessary and I would have preferred a better written trilogy.
I could hardly keep any plot points straight, but does it really matter when it’s not engaging in the first place? The whole supernatural-human experimentation gist is practically recycled from every other book in the genre. It takes tropes such as locking the protagonist in an asylum to a rogue murderer within their group of teens with powers. It gets even more ridiculous at each turning point that I can’t help but cringe. The sheer number of coincidences to move the plot along is both astonishing and poor writing.
The only reason I kept reading was for the romance. Mara and Noah do have chemistry. Imagine Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. There’s this back and forth that is totally fun to follow. However, the continuation of the series has watered that down. The perspectives are switched this time around and while I was excited initially, I have to admit that it’s a mistake. This installment shows how gratuitous Noah lies to Mara. He doesn’t do it because he cares for her but because he’s being manipulative. I can see if it’s none of her business since I don’t believe any person owes their entirety to another. Yet, he is deciptive for the sole purpose of having daddy issues. Yes, that’s basically it. He wants to prove his father wrong and in the process put everyone else in danger. What a fantastic person.
Mara on the other hand is another monster. She is judgmental af and questions why no one likes her. Honestly, her narration is kind of hilarious being that it’s a combination of a Noah obsession, hating the people that are trying to help her because who would believe that she has powers, and self loathing due to those powers. Also, she’s not aware of how supermodel beautiful she is and she cares for nonhuman animals more than her own mother. It’s pretty typical for YA and it didn’t bother me how bland she was since Noah was there to act as a foil. There were times when I found Mara to hint at a personality like during the third book of her narration.
I can’t say that this book was necessary and I would have preferred a better written trilogy.
I expected far more from this book and all I felt was neutral. Nothing happens that much to me. It is interesting to read it in the perspective of Noah Shaw and it leaves you wondering why he even fell for Mara. Meanwhile I was obsessed and totally sided with Mara in the previous series. Do not read this book without reading the Mara Dyer trilogy First.
What a colossal waste of time. This was supposed to be a "companion" series I believe to the original Mara Dyer trilogy, but instead it was a continuation of the series that ended over three years ago, and I remember nothing. The writing was filled with what seemed like typos, but I couldn't quite tell because it was told in the perspective of an English boy, and god knows all of the weird English mannerisms. The characters were poorly developed, even the ones who were included in the original trilogy. The author reverted back to what was the mystery of the first books and reused it for this one. I will not be continuing the series and I'm not upset about that fact. I highly recommend you skip this one.
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.
AND WE HAVE A TITLE!!
~THE BECOMING OF NOAH SHAW~
November can't come fast enough omg.
Are the rest of the books gonna be the opposite of mara's?? like, this is the BECOMING and Mara was the UNBECOMING. Mara is the EVOLUTION, is Noah the DEVOLUTION? I'm so excited for this book ajdjsjdj
Update: 5/8/17
AND WE HAVE A COVER!! ITS SO GORGEOUS😍
I love that it's different from Mara's trilogy but still has the same ~vibe~.
I also read the excerpt on Entertainment Weekly and I am SO EXCITED!!
Update: 11/19/17
Rating: 3.75
Ok. So. I did really enjoy this?? I missed Noah. I am a little confused about somethings they were talking about but tbh that’s probably my fault bc I should’ve reread retribution before this.
Michelle’s books are always so addicting and I found that to be the case with this one too. I loved reading from Noah’s POV and getting inside his head.
Also, Daniel was AWESOME in this book. I loved him a lot. I can’t help but wonder when/if we’re gonna see Joseph, though? Hm.
However, this book DEFINITELY felt like a first book in a series. It felt like there was a lot of set up happening for the next two books, which is exciting, but kind of underwhelming. I also felt like there wasn’t a lot of plot? I mean I enjoyed it immensely but I couldn’t really tell you what our friends were supposed to be getting done in these 300 pages. I’m definitely gonna keep reading this series, but this is not my favorite book of Michelle’s (that probably still goes to Evolution).
Nevertheless, I did really enjoy this and I’m super excited to see where Noah’s story goes from here!
~THE BECOMING OF NOAH SHAW~
November can't come fast enough omg.
Are the rest of the books gonna be the opposite of mara's?? like, this is the BECOMING and Mara was the UNBECOMING. Mara is the EVOLUTION, is Noah the DEVOLUTION? I'm so excited for this book ajdjsjdj
Update: 5/8/17
AND WE HAVE A COVER!! ITS SO GORGEOUS😍
I love that it's different from Mara's trilogy but still has the same ~vibe~.
I also read the excerpt on Entertainment Weekly and I am SO EXCITED!!
Update: 11/19/17
Rating: 3.75
Ok. So. I did really enjoy this?? I missed Noah. I am a little confused about somethings they were talking about but tbh that’s probably my fault bc I should’ve reread retribution before this.
Michelle’s books are always so addicting and I found that to be the case with this one too. I loved reading from Noah’s POV and getting inside his head.
Also, Daniel was AWESOME in this book. I loved him a lot. I can’t help but wonder when/if we’re gonna see Joseph, though? Hm.
However, this book DEFINITELY felt like a first book in a series. It felt like there was a lot of set up happening for the next two books, which is exciting, but kind of underwhelming. I also felt like there wasn’t a lot of plot? I mean I enjoyed it immensely but I couldn’t really tell you what our friends were supposed to be getting done in these 300 pages. I’m definitely gonna keep reading this series, but this is not my favorite book of Michelle’s (that probably still goes to Evolution).
Nevertheless, I did really enjoy this and I’m super excited to see where Noah’s story goes from here!