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breezy610's review against another edition
5.0
an awesome ending to an awesome trilogy. I am glad that jaine got her happy ending without having to safrice everything to get it.
cobycoyle's review against another edition
3.0
So...I was conflicted on what to put in this review and how many stars I wanted to give.
I get it, Janie wants to spare Cabel the complications and pain and all from her being a Dream Catcher. But he has been so wonderful, and she was a complete ass to him while trying to "make her decision." Hello, communicate. And then she finally does this last three pages of book, and it's just glossed over. What?
The plot point with her dad and him being a Dream Catcher as well and how he handled it was interesting.
I still have my question of how do Dream Catchers happen (besides just hereditarily, what makes it so someone is in first place?) and more aspects about it are just mysteries never answered, so that's irritating.
I get it, Janie wants to spare Cabel the complications and pain and all from her being a Dream Catcher. But he has been so wonderful, and she was a complete ass to him while trying to "make her decision." Hello, communicate. And then she finally does this last three pages of book, and it's just glossed over. What?
The plot point with her dad and him being a Dream Catcher as well and how he handled it was interesting.
I still have my question of how do Dream Catchers happen (besides just hereditarily, what makes it so someone is in first place?) and more aspects about it are just mysteries never answered, so that's irritating.
brendalovesbooks's review against another edition
2.0
Oh, what a disappointment. After loving both Wake and Fade, I felt like this one was something completely different, and not in a good way. I disliked the characters, who almost felt like emotionless caricatures of themselves (from the previous books). It all just seemed like filler, and not very good filler at that, especially to end a trilogy.
I wasn't sure how Janie's story was going to end, and honestly, the way it ended was fine. It was the getting there that was the problem. It just seemed that every character in the book was defeated. There was very little happiness, hope, or love. We were told that Janie and Cabel were in love (and we saw it in previous books), but it really was not shown here. Cabel was mean, Janie was distant--it was just bad.
I would not recommend this one at all. Even if you've read the previous two books. Make up your own ending--it'd be better than reading this.
I wasn't sure how Janie's story was going to end, and honestly, the way it ended was fine. It was the getting there that was the problem. It just seemed that every character in the book was defeated. There was very little happiness, hope, or love. We were told that Janie and Cabel were in love (and we saw it in previous books), but it really was not shown here. Cabel was mean, Janie was distant--it was just bad.
I would not recommend this one at all. Even if you've read the previous two books. Make up your own ending--it'd be better than reading this.
saks1717's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
4saradouglas's review against another edition
2.0
I REALLY enjoyed the first 2 books of this trilogy, but this one quite frankly sucked. It did tie everything up with an 'Oh good everything's going to work out just fine' ribbon, but the story was just horrible. I didn't care about the dad, I thought it was stupid that they brought Stubin back, Janie is constantly mean to Cabel, her talks with Carrie make them both sound like idiots... and did I mention the thing about her father is completely uninteresting? Very disappointing.
emmyslovelylibrary's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
kitsuneheart's review against another edition
3.0
This book actually annoys me a bit. Why? Because the entire book is about the touch choice Janie must make, between using her powers to help others, though it causes her body to degrade in her twenties, or isolating herself from every human in the world, and living to a normal age. That's a good conflict. That I was up for and interested in.
And then the end of the book comes.
And the book goes "nope, that second one is false, it's actually this," at which point the decision is clear to ANYONE, no matter if they're in a relationship as close as Janie's or just living on their own. And it's still put forth as some kind of hard decision.
The book was saved somewhat by the resolution of Janie's past, and her own decision to focus on self-care. After an entire series of her helping her drunk mother, having an adult Janie who decides to be invested in her own survival over others is good.
But, in the end, this entire series is very meh, for me, and the final conflict is just an eye-roll. If McMann hadn't thrown in the final details about Janie's condition, I'd definitely have pushed this up a star.
And then the end of the book comes.
And the book goes "nope, that second one is false, it's actually this," at which point the decision is clear to ANYONE, no matter if they're in a relationship as close as Janie's or just living on their own. And it's still put forth as some kind of hard decision.
The book was saved somewhat by the resolution of Janie's past, and her own decision to focus on self-care. After an entire series of her helping her drunk mother, having an adult Janie who decides to be invested in her own survival over others is good.
But, in the end, this entire series is very meh, for me, and the final conflict is just an eye-roll. If McMann hadn't thrown in the final details about Janie's condition, I'd definitely have pushed this up a star.