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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
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:
No
Wow this book is great and I can't believe this story is almost over!!!! I love how cutthroat this book was and all the fighting scenes involved! I would definitely recommend this trilogy! I love Penryn
Oh man, this book is *so much fun* to read. Susan Ee writes some of the best fight scenes in YA, and World After doesn't disappoint. Penryn remains consistently bad-ass, and I think she's one of those rare "everyday girl" YA protagonists that manages to outshine the supernatural love interest. And she does all that WITHOUT getting any special powers of her own.
It still suffers from a few of the usual second book problems: the plot is more of a slow build-up to book 3 than a self-contained story, and some of the secondary characters are weakly characterised. It's also a bit odd being without Raffe for most of the book, but that's not a deal breaker, Penryn is more fun anyway.
All-in-all, this is a great fun read and loses none of the first books charm.
It still suffers from a few of the usual second book problems: the plot is more of a slow build-up to book 3 than a self-contained story, and some of the secondary characters are weakly characterised. It's also a bit odd being without Raffe for most of the book, but that's not a deal breaker, Penryn is more fun anyway.
All-in-all, this is a great fun read and loses none of the first books charm.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
I loved this even more the second time around. Literally every Penryn x Raffe interaction from page 340 onwards is pure gold.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Woah.
AMAN TANRIM.
ÇOK ACI ÇEKİYORUM.
Raffryn ölümüm olucak. O kadar güzeller ki. Hikaye de güzel, anlatım mükemmel ama onlar eşsiz.
AMAN TANRIM.
ÇOK ACI ÇEKİYORUM.
Raffryn ölümüm olucak. O kadar güzeller ki. Hikaye de güzel, anlatım mükemmel ama onlar eşsiz.
First my thoughts on the series itself so far:
This is the next YA series to skyrocket down the the accelerated publishing path of the Internet age (self-publish debut novel --> initiate frenzied fanbase --> gain publi$her's attention --> achieve widespread distribution --> increase fan frenzy to fever pitch -->achieve $ilver $creen movie deal --> initiate passionate casting speculation --> repeat for much anticipated sequels).
There's nothing wrong with this path (in fact, it seems to be serving debut novelists well) but at some point it starts to feel like a formula is at work. There are entire plot devices that seem lifted directly from other widely-read fantasy/fanfic works and stitched together, such as (very mild spoilers):
• A post-apocalyptic setting shaped by enormous, uncontrollable forces (Hunger Games, The Age of Miracles)
• The slightly creepy matching of a young teen girl and a really old immortal (Twilight)
• A helpless, innocent and emotionally capable younger sister (Hunger Games)
• An off-the-rails mother whose personal madness starts to make sense in a new chaotic world (The Age of Miracles)
• The self-sufficient teen girl who carries the weight of her family through personal determination and special skills gained pre-crisis (Hunger Games)
• A reluctant hero, motivated chiefly by personal concerns (Hunger Games)
• A reluctant love interest, worried his/her very nature is a danger to loved ones (Twilight, Beautiful Creatures)
• An inanimate object with special powers and "memories," elaborated upon mostly in the second book (Beautiful Creatures)
• Allusions to a resistance movement and reflection on the ethical costs of survival (Hunger Games)
• Unrealistically confined setting, with main players conveniently sticking around a small geographic area even though there's a supposedly international battle going on (Beautiful Creatures, Harry Potter to some extent)
• Epic battles arising from elite species politics that seem kind of petty (Twilight)
• Creative adaptation of existing mythical lore (Harry Potter, Twilight)
• Star-crossed love, or more specifically, extreme societal taboo surrounding the potential romantic union (Fifty Shades, Twilight, Beautiful Creatures, not to mention pretty much every pulp romance from Romeo and Juliet on)
Despite the fact that recognizing these franken-elements occasionally pulled me out of the plot, the resulting story still feels unique and modern, probably because of what it's lacking:
• A simpering, helpless protagonist with no interests outside a love/marriage/babies (Twilight, Fifty Shades)
• A male love interest whose chauvinistic, control freaky ways are inexplicably excused due to other-worldly beauty and charm (Twilight, Fifty Shades)
• A forced and predictable love triangle, at least so far... (Twilight, Hunger Games)
... and because of what it does have at its core, which I adore:
• A kick-ass, smart-ass, independent female character who can and does fend for herself in a believable way
So anyway, while I gave Angelfall 4 stars (beginnings are so exciting!), this book, which suffers from being a "middle" chapter, with no beginning, no end, and lots of inane details and running around, gets a 3 from me. The series overall is not as epic as Hunger Games, but that set is probably its closest kin in all the best ways, as I alluded to above. And while it's tinged with a little too much Twilighty awe of immortal beauty for my taste, it does have just enough forbidden love heart-aflutter stuff to keep things interesting, in a PG13 kind of way. I'll certainly follow along as Ee completes the series, and hope they don't mess up the film version too much (but oh my goodness, how can they possibly turn this into a decent film that doesn't cost 8 billion dollars and look totally hokey?)
This is the next YA series to skyrocket down the the accelerated publishing path of the Internet age (self-publish debut novel --> initiate frenzied fanbase --> gain publi$her's attention --> achieve widespread distribution --> increase fan frenzy to fever pitch -->
There's nothing wrong with this path (in fact, it seems to be serving debut novelists well) but at some point it starts to feel like a formula is at work. There are entire plot devices that seem lifted directly from other widely-read fantasy/fanfic works and stitched together, such as (very mild spoilers):
Spoiler
• A post-apocalyptic setting shaped by enormous, uncontrollable forces (Hunger Games, The Age of Miracles)
• The slightly creepy matching of a young teen girl and a really old immortal (Twilight)
• A helpless, innocent and emotionally capable younger sister (Hunger Games)
• An off-the-rails mother whose personal madness starts to make sense in a new chaotic world (The Age of Miracles)
• The self-sufficient teen girl who carries the weight of her family through personal determination and special skills gained pre-crisis (Hunger Games)
• A reluctant hero, motivated chiefly by personal concerns (Hunger Games)
• A reluctant love interest, worried his/her very nature is a danger to loved ones (Twilight, Beautiful Creatures)
• An inanimate object with special powers and "memories," elaborated upon mostly in the second book (Beautiful Creatures)
• Allusions to a resistance movement and reflection on the ethical costs of survival (Hunger Games)
• Unrealistically confined setting, with main players conveniently sticking around a small geographic area even though there's a supposedly international battle going on (Beautiful Creatures, Harry Potter to some extent)
• Epic battles arising from elite species politics that seem kind of petty (Twilight)
• Creative adaptation of existing mythical lore (Harry Potter, Twilight)
• Star-crossed love, or more specifically, extreme societal taboo surrounding the potential romantic union (Fifty Shades, Twilight, Beautiful Creatures, not to mention pretty much every pulp romance from Romeo and Juliet on)
Despite the fact that recognizing these franken-elements occasionally pulled me out of the plot, the resulting story still feels unique and modern, probably because of what it's lacking:
• A simpering, helpless protagonist with no interests outside a love/marriage/babies (Twilight, Fifty Shades)
• A male love interest whose chauvinistic, control freaky ways are inexplicably excused due to other-worldly beauty and charm (Twilight, Fifty Shades)
• A forced and predictable love triangle, at least so far... (Twilight, Hunger Games)
... and because of what it does have at its core, which I adore:
• A kick-ass, smart-ass, independent female character who can and does fend for herself in a believable way
So anyway, while I gave Angelfall 4 stars (beginnings are so exciting!), this book, which suffers from being a "middle" chapter, with no beginning, no end, and lots of inane details and running around, gets a 3 from me. The series overall is not as epic as Hunger Games, but that set is probably its closest kin in all the best ways, as I alluded to above. And while it's tinged with a little too much Twilighty awe of immortal beauty for my taste, it does have just enough forbidden love heart-aflutter stuff to keep things interesting, in a PG13 kind of way. I'll certainly follow along as Ee completes the series, and hope they don't mess up the film version too much (but oh my goodness, how can they possibly turn this into a decent film that doesn't cost 8 billion dollars and look totally hokey?)