3.49 AVERAGE

chelsaaay10's review

4.0

I’m frustrated and confused and upset I can’t binge read this trilogy like I did with Mara. Michelle, please don’t hurt my babies.

letofron's review

1.0

DNF.
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berns's review

2.0

ehhhh. It was okay, to me anyway. I never really committed to this series as much as I thought I would've (having never started the third book of the Mara Dyer series -- who knows maybe my interest will be piqued if I pick it up), though I was hoping that by the end of this book, I would be swept up into the craze of this series once more. But that didn't happen.

The ending of this book was a bit confusing given the holes in the background that I have yet to understand, but I feel like these Shaw Confessions will begin to build lots of momentum as the sequels are released.

I did enjoy the idea of being able to read this story through Noah's voice instead of Mara's. A new perspective is always interesting.
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darthswiftie's review

2.0

a lame spinoff that didn't need to happen and messed up some perfectly good characters.

sophia16's review


this became to repetitive, and it's annoying as i really enjoyed the main trilogy but this was just far too much

I wasn't expecting it to feel so detached from the characters I had known in the previous series which shocked me. Noah wasn't the Noah I knew and Mara honestly felt like an empty character in the first few chapters. granted it did get better later on IDK kinda expected something different (?) but this different is not too shabby either haha

ravenclaw_clara's review

3.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Noah's perspective, but the story started to get really confusing. However, newly introduced characters add depth to the "Mara Dyer universe" and the banter was still immaculate and, despite not being very plot-driven, the novel got me hooked- read it in two days.

melssb's review

3.0

This gave Noah a new light for me and I always loved him but now I'm not sure I like Mara anymore.... I respect Noah a lot more after reading this one.

(why do I constantly wait two days before rating a book on goodreads?? I do not know)
I loved the Mara Dyer series very, very much and was thrilled to get back with this band of crazy misfits. To be honest, I thought this would be a 5-stars read and I am a bit sad to rate it lower for now.
I had a great time reading this, it was very entertaining, but the plot felt confusing at the beginning - probably my time to get used to it again and back into what the series was about, who were these characters and so on... you get the gist. It's been SO LONG since the series ended.
I still really enjoyed the characters, even if, for this time... I got quite bothered by Mara somehow. She's one twisted character I loved in the series, and now... I don't know. I just don't know what to think.
I still love Noah very, very much.
I'm making no sense and I should stop here - I'll write something more coherent. Maybe. Soon :)
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shizbizz's review

5.0

I'm fully aware that my review for this series is always overshadowed by a huge bias.
Mostly because this is possibly my favourite series.

Listen, I adore Noah, I understand Noah and when this series was announced a thrill of finally hearing more of his perspective overcame me. Noah is a broken boy, he's got massive issues and the book doesn't shy away from the most graphic of his thoughts (therefore the wonderful trigger warning). The book to me is a perfect representation of Noah: interesting, full of secrets, dark, sarcastic (with undertones of self loathing and hollowness) and most of all, captivating.

Another brilliant book, so excited to see how this story unfolds.
(Mara, my wonderful character, so excited to see more of her from another character's perspective)