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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
This book was good, but suffered from one great flaw: it was a setup book.
Up until the halfway point, the plot is solidly average, and not that interesting. But as Noah’s own perspective begins to contrast with what we were used to with Mara, it gains more dimension and becomes more interesting. Overall it isn’t the most impressive, but the ending is solid and acts as great setup for the coming sequels.
Up until the halfway point, the plot is solidly average, and not that interesting. But as Noah’s own perspective begins to contrast with what we were used to with Mara, it gains more dimension and becomes more interesting. Overall it isn’t the most impressive, but the ending is solid and acts as great setup for the coming sequels.
Quite a few distasteful jokes especially from when this was written. I’m definitely too late to the party on this one - despite having fond memories for the original Mara Dyer trio logo.
This was just sub-par in all ways and I’m happy to say I’ll be unhauling this and the sequel.
2/5
This was just sub-par in all ways and I’m happy to say I’ll be unhauling this and the sequel.
2/5
She hates being told to breathe.
“I fucking hate it when people tell me to breathe-“
Ah... I will only be continuing the Shaw Confessions because of my love for the Mara Dyer trilogy. This was extremely disappointing.
“I fucking hate it when people tell me to breathe-“
Ah... I will only be continuing the Shaw Confessions because of my love for the Mara Dyer trilogy. This was extremely disappointing.
I received an ARC through Netgalley
I gave this book 5 stars. I really loved how well this book was written, the characters weren't weird and different than they were in the original trilogy and it was well paced.
This book was a ticking time bomb. We know from the synopsis that Noah and Mara are going to have the main conflict in this book. Going into this book I was very nervous as I love Noah and Mara together. They are perfect together. It’s even harder seeing Noah grow to distrust Mara as he loves her so much. They love each other so much and that’s part of the problem, they are willing to do anything to protect each other.
The fact that our former protagonist of the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is now our antagonist. This is a unique position as this rarely happens. We see this character that we grew to love and fear and we’re seeing this side of her that we don’t really want to see. She is turning into something unrecognizable.
It was interesting to see everything from Noah’s perspective, he seems like an open book, but he really is good at answering questions with questions, you can’t really know Noah. Noah is actually pretty noble. Pun intended. When we first met him in the first Mara Dyer book he seems like a skeazy playboy, now e can see that he isn’t what we thought he was. He’s a really good person who wants to do the right thing.
Noah and Mara’s banter was the same as it always was, even when they were in tough situations, they were stressed, they still had their easy banter going on. I loved this the ease between them, even though they might not have completely trusted each other, they could still talk to each other.
I hope that in the end Noah and Mara will find their way back to each other because I would love nothing more than to see them work it all out. I know this may not be the case because of the whole “You will love him to ruins” thing, but I still have hope for them.
Also, more of a sidenote, you should 100% read the Mara Dyer trilogy before reading or else it won’t make a lot of sense. There are a lot of references to things that happen in that first trilogy that are detrimental to this story.
I gave this book 5 stars. I really loved how well this book was written, the characters weren't weird and different than they were in the original trilogy and it was well paced.
This book was a ticking time bomb. We know from the synopsis that Noah and Mara are going to have the main conflict in this book. Going into this book I was very nervous as I love Noah and Mara together. They are perfect together. It’s even harder seeing Noah grow to distrust Mara as he loves her so much. They love each other so much and that’s part of the problem, they are willing to do anything to protect each other.
The fact that our former protagonist of the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is now our antagonist. This is a unique position as this rarely happens. We see this character that we grew to love and fear and we’re seeing this side of her that we don’t really want to see. She is turning into something unrecognizable.
It was interesting to see everything from Noah’s perspective, he seems like an open book, but he really is good at answering questions with questions, you can’t really know Noah. Noah is actually pretty noble. Pun intended. When we first met him in the first Mara Dyer book he seems like a skeazy playboy, now e can see that he isn’t what we thought he was. He’s a really good person who wants to do the right thing.
Noah and Mara’s banter was the same as it always was, even when they were in tough situations, they were stressed, they still had their easy banter going on. I loved this the ease between them, even though they might not have completely trusted each other, they could still talk to each other.
I hope that in the end Noah and Mara will find their way back to each other because I would love nothing more than to see them work it all out. I know this may not be the case because of the whole “You will love him to ruins” thing, but I still have hope for them.
Also, more of a sidenote, you should 100% read the Mara Dyer trilogy before reading or else it won’t make a lot of sense. There are a lot of references to things that happen in that first trilogy that are detrimental to this story.
Despite knowing that the chances of this one being good were very low, I was still so f*cking disappointed.
The reason I don't like continuations of series after they've already been completed (e.g City of Fallen Angels to name one) is very simple: it's completely undermines the all the effort and completeness of the series itself, previous to the release of new ones. Obviously, the author originally decided to end the series for a reason, right?
This book confirmed that dislike.
The Mara Dyers series is one of my all time favourite series and this book, set immediately after the end of The Retribution of Mara Dyer, was a disaster.
Let's start with the writing: unremarkable. That's all there is to say.
I thought reading in Noah's perspective would be fun but it was honestly... dull. The biggest reason the Mara Dyer series was so awesome was because it was Mara narrating, as a crazy unreliable narrator, and not Noah. Dull.
The plot itself was over complicated and unnecessary (the series had already FUCKING ENDED). It was apparent that Hodkin was grasping at the plot lines that were deliberately left open at the end of Retribution and trying to turn them into a novel.despite the complication of the plot, the book lacked the same excitement and mystery as the rest of the series.
The ending was also really fucking stupid. Like, bringing back the OG Mara from the grave doesn't make sense. The fact that Noah told Mara he didn't ever want to see her again after finding out she killed his dad - who he HATED and was a murderer and was going to hurt more people - was so out of character and completely destroyed the relationship of unconditional love that they swore on in the previous series. Also, the fact that their powers were 'cut off' is ridiculous. You can't 'cut off' genes. It's genetically written in their DNA like wtf?
Other little stuff:
Maybe it's just me - but I don't remember Mara hating Sophie as much as she did in this one. Either way, Sophie was such an ungrateful bitch. Mara saved her life over and over again and then she constantly points fingers and blames her for being 'evil' or a bad person.
Really not loving the finger pointing towards Mara either. Even Noah started to doubt her. Maybe she's really better off without him if he isn't going to trust her?
The characters were all pretty sucky in this one. Not written as well at all.
The original trilogy is absolutely hilarious despite how dark it is. So not the case in this one, even with Noah as the main.
Abel Lukumi needs to gtfo.
Making Sophie and Goose Carriers was a stupid plot line. So now there's the one token 'human' character and everyone else is just 'randomly' granted superhero powers.
Honestly, this was pretty bad. It gets two stars because as much as it was a hot mess that ruined the original series, the book did pick up around 60% of the way through and I do want to see if Hodkin can save this mess of a story.
I still wish I'd never read it and I will continue to deny the existence of this series. Taherah Mafi better not disappoint.
And I'm obviously not the only one who hates this one considering how low the ratings are in comparison to the original three 🤷🏻♀️
The reason I don't like continuations of series after they've already been completed (e.g City of Fallen Angels to name one) is very simple: it's completely undermines the all the effort and completeness of the series itself, previous to the release of new ones. Obviously, the author originally decided to end the series for a reason, right?
This book confirmed that dislike.
The Mara Dyers series is one of my all time favourite series and this book, set immediately after the end of The Retribution of Mara Dyer, was a disaster.
Let's start with the writing: unremarkable. That's all there is to say.
I thought reading in Noah's perspective would be fun but it was honestly... dull. The biggest reason the Mara Dyer series was so awesome was because it was Mara narrating, as a crazy unreliable narrator, and not Noah. Dull.
The plot itself was over complicated and unnecessary (the series had already FUCKING ENDED). It was apparent that Hodkin was grasping at the plot lines that were deliberately left open at the end of Retribution and trying to turn them into a novel.despite the complication of the plot, the book lacked the same excitement and mystery as the rest of the series.
The ending was also really fucking stupid. Like, bringing back the OG Mara from the grave doesn't make sense. The fact that Noah told Mara he didn't ever want to see her again after finding out she killed his dad - who he HATED and was a murderer and was going to hurt more people - was so out of character and completely destroyed the relationship of unconditional love that they swore on in the previous series. Also, the fact that their powers were 'cut off' is ridiculous. You can't 'cut off' genes. It's genetically written in their DNA like wtf?
Other little stuff:
Maybe it's just me - but I don't remember Mara hating Sophie as much as she did in this one. Either way, Sophie was such an ungrateful bitch. Mara saved her life over and over again and then she constantly points fingers and blames her for being 'evil' or a bad person.
Really not loving the finger pointing towards Mara either. Even Noah started to doubt her. Maybe she's really better off without him if he isn't going to trust her?
The characters were all pretty sucky in this one. Not written as well at all.
The original trilogy is absolutely hilarious despite how dark it is. So not the case in this one, even with Noah as the main.
Abel Lukumi needs to gtfo.
Making Sophie and Goose Carriers was a stupid plot line. So now there's the one token 'human' character and everyone else is just 'randomly' granted superhero powers.
Honestly, this was pretty bad. It gets two stars because as much as it was a hot mess that ruined the original series, the book did pick up around 60% of the way through and I do want to see if Hodkin can save this mess of a story.
I still wish I'd never read it and I will continue to deny the existence of this series. Taherah Mafi better not disappoint.
And I'm obviously not the only one who hates this one considering how low the ratings are in comparison to the original three 🤷🏻♀️
Ummmmmm.... wtf bye
I loved this, albeit it was a bit slow until the last 30 pages but I thoroughly enjoyed being in Noah's mind and seeing his development. God damn I can never get enough of Michelle Hodkin's books
I loved this, albeit it was a bit slow until the last 30 pages but I thoroughly enjoyed being in Noah's mind and seeing his development. God damn I can never get enough of Michelle Hodkin's books
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes