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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
lembro q achei mto pika queria reler p ver se eh bom mesmo ou apenas minha memoria me enganando
Extremely uninteresting. I've tried to read it 4 times now, and 16 chapters in I still don't care about a single character.
<3.75⭐️
I have very mixed feelings about this book.
Many positives but I do also have some small issues that make my rating hard to decide.
Did I enjoy this book overall? YES!
I think that’s important to express that though I have issues with this, it’s an enjoyable story and has much better writing and plot compared to her other books like twilight. And I would recommend to readers!
Some of the things I liked:
• I loved Jamie ALOT
• I liked our two main characters (Melanie and Wanderer)
Which Is always a plus for me as I usually struggle with the main characters.
• *spoiler kinda* I enjoyed the romance with Ian.
• My favourite part of the story was when *spoiler kinda* Jared had left on a raid and Wanderer was no longer treated like a prisoner. That entire section of the book just really made a impression on me. The book only got better from there.
• I did enjoy myself and liked the book and plot.
However some things I didn’t like:
• The beginning was slow and kinda uninteresting compared to the rest of the story.
• Some parts in the book were also a bit slow.
• I hated Jared (sorry not sorry)
• I wanted to slap Sharon 24/7
• And I was a little disappointed with the ending (I guess I expected more)
Though I enjoyed the story I didn’t feel very invested with the characters or plot like I usually do with books I love. However I did smile reading this and I did learn a little about humanity and myself.
I think in the future I will re-read this, as I said the book was enjoyable!
Maybe listening to the audiobook made my experience a little lacking but I’ll try again by properly having and reading the book in my hands in a year or so.
I think for readers who just like reading to enjoy and don’t analyse the writing or structure and development and don’t compare books to other books, I would say you would really enjoy this.
It’s was a enjoyable read and I do think it deserved more than 3 stars,
It’s between 3.75 stars - 4 stars ⭐️
I have very mixed feelings about this book.
Many positives but I do also have some small issues that make my rating hard to decide.
Did I enjoy this book overall? YES!
I think that’s important to express that though I have issues with this, it’s an enjoyable story and has much better writing and plot compared to her other books like twilight. And I would recommend to readers!
Some of the things I liked:
• I loved Jamie ALOT
• I liked our two main characters (Melanie and Wanderer)
Which Is always a plus for me as I usually struggle with the main characters.
• *spoiler kinda* I enjoyed the romance with Ian.
• My favourite part of the story was when *spoiler kinda* Jared had left on a raid and Wanderer was no longer treated like a prisoner. That entire section of the book just really made a impression on me. The book only got better from there.
• I did enjoy myself and liked the book and plot.
However some things I didn’t like:
• The beginning was slow and kinda uninteresting compared to the rest of the story.
• Some parts in the book were also a bit slow.
• I hated Jared (sorry not sorry)
• I wanted to slap Sharon 24/7
• And I was a little disappointed with the ending (I guess I expected more)
Though I enjoyed the story I didn’t feel very invested with the characters or plot like I usually do with books I love. However I did smile reading this and I did learn a little about humanity and myself.
I think in the future I will re-read this, as I said the book was enjoyable!
Maybe listening to the audiobook made my experience a little lacking but I’ll try again by properly having and reading the book in my hands in a year or so.
I think for readers who just like reading to enjoy and don’t analyse the writing or structure and development and don’t compare books to other books, I would say you would really enjoy this.
It’s was a enjoyable read and I do think it deserved more than 3 stars,
It’s between 3.75 stars - 4 stars ⭐️
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh no that ending! I don't think I've ever seen a movie adaptation that improved so much on an ending by making things more vague! 😬 You cannot convince me that she looks like she could be about to turn eighteen, but also look "much younger" than her actual sixteen. and the body being hand-picked by her friends is just so much to unpack.
On a related note, there are multiple relationships between adults and minors with nearly a decade of an age gap. Meyer did not need to do that, it really was not necessary to the story at all! Early on in the book, she has her characters justify the age difference by saying age matters less in the post-apocalyptic reality they live in - which is questionable reasoning in the first place, but fails to hold up when the significantly younger partner is consistently the woman/girl.
Stephenie Meyer could write really cool "weird" sci-fi if she wanted. The abstract descriptions of things as experienced in alien bodies were probably the best parts of the book, but there really wasn't enough! The objectives of the souls/parasites on earth is unclear and often contradictory -they want to experience the Earth as humans do, yet they're quick to do something different when they "know better." Is that really a human experience? When they eliminate the entire field of accounting, do the Souls in bodies that used to be accounting still go spend their days in an office building? I think part of why that never comes together satisfactorily is that Meyer doesn't really understand the critique of humanity she's writing. This is further evidenced by Wanda's "solution" to the occupation of Earth: Soul colonization itself apparently isn't the problem, just when it happens here. Wanda even justifies this by saying that other aliens don't resist - even though the resistance of the Sea Weeds was part of her developing understanding and empathy for humans.
On a related note, there are multiple relationships between adults and minors with nearly a decade of an age gap. Meyer did not need to do that, it really was not necessary to the story at all! Early on in the book, she has her characters justify the age difference by saying age matters less in the post-apocalyptic reality they live in - which is questionable reasoning in the first place, but fails to hold up when the significantly younger partner is consistently the woman/girl.
Stephenie Meyer could write really cool "weird" sci-fi if she wanted. The abstract descriptions of things as experienced in alien bodies were probably the best parts of the book, but there really wasn't enough! The objectives of the souls/parasites on earth is unclear and often contradictory -
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Colonisation
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
I LOVED this book!!!!!! So entertaining and I loved the main character
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It sucked me in, but I'm annoyed that Stephanie Meyer always asks her readers to believe in things that don't seem very possible. I'm not talking about believing in aliens or vampires, but she asks a lot when she wants me to believe that someone who has a soul forced into her body learns to care about it. Even if the soul apparently cares about the person's brother and boyfriend. And the souls are mostly non-violent? But why would they consider wiping out a human non-violent, even if they thought it was helping the earth?
Also, the scene where Wanda decides to save Kyle, even though he was trying to kill her, was so annoying and embarrassingly sappy that I wished it wasn't in the book.
I enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't a good book.
Also, the scene where Wanda decides to save Kyle, even though he was trying to kill her, was so annoying and embarrassingly sappy that I wished it wasn't in the book.
I enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't a good book.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No