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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
After reading the first and second book, I really think the cat needs it's own story, too.
Well goddamn did I love this book!! This was actually such a perfect and completely underrated duology! I cannot believe people are sleeping on this book
The charters? Perfect, complicated and flawed.
The world? So incredibly interesting and complex!
The twist? Goddamn did it get me good.I absolutely love getting caught out by “it was earth all along” normally I can spot it but this got me so good! LOVE I laughed so hard
The charters? Perfect, complicated and flawed.
The world? So incredibly interesting and complex!
The twist? Goddamn did it get me good.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The amnesia trope was written very badly. And generally hate the characters
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tbh I didn't really like the perspective change to random characters
2.5 stars
Book 2 starts fine. Roles are reversed, people once again find themselves in worlds where they don’t belong. But unlike savvy, resourceful North proved to be upon landing below, Nimh really loses her pluck here. She becomes a bit of a wet noodle, incapable of much except wondering “what is happening?!?!?!” and being dopily lost. Even when she’s found. Even when she’s giving information. The characters head right for obviously wrong choices, which is the cheapest and dullest way to drive a plot. I got about a third of the way through Book 2 before I started to worry.
It did not improve. There is nothing wrong with the story or action, or even the characters per se. But the plot circles. The characters confronts the same challenge again and again, trying solve the same problem in only slightly different ways. It’s boring. It grates. And worse, the initial attempts have no chance of working. They’re paying lip service to drawing the story out, but they don’t ratchet up the stakes. Rather they dull the drama out. I wish this book had been half it’s length and cut right to the chase. Instead, what could have been a satisfying ending came far too late for me to still care.
I have read Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner’s co-written series Unearthed (their best, 3.75 stars) and Starboard (still quite good, 3.25 stars). The ends are similarly messy: in Unearthed, our upstart heroes get very dumb at random intervals; in Starbound, the heroine drags like an anchor through the last book. I still enjoyed both of those considerably more than The Other Side of the Sky.
Instead of this series, I recommend Amie Kaufman’s co-writing with Jay Kristoff in The Illumine Files and The Aurora Cycle. Both are incredible. I did not care for Meagan Spooner’s tired and unimaginative Hunted (2 stars), though her pretty average Sherwood (3.5 stars) redeemed itself with a 5-star plot twist.
Book 2 starts fine. Roles are reversed, people once again find themselves in worlds where they don’t belong. But unlike savvy, resourceful North proved to be upon landing below, Nimh really loses her pluck here. She becomes a bit of a wet noodle, incapable of much except wondering “what is happening?!?!?!” and being dopily lost. Even when she’s found. Even when she’s giving information. The characters head right for obviously wrong choices, which is the cheapest and dullest way to drive a plot. I got about a third of the way through Book 2 before I started to worry.
It did not improve. There is nothing wrong with the story or action, or even the characters per se. But the plot circles. The characters confronts the same challenge again and again, trying solve the same problem in only slightly different ways. It’s boring. It grates. And worse, the initial attempts have no chance of working. They’re paying lip service to drawing the story out, but they don’t ratchet up the stakes. Rather they dull the drama out. I wish this book had been half it’s length and cut right to the chase. Instead, what could have been a satisfying ending came far too late for me to still care.
I have read Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner’s co-written series Unearthed (their best, 3.75 stars) and Starboard (still quite good, 3.25 stars). The ends are similarly messy: in Unearthed, our upstart heroes get very dumb at random intervals; in Starbound, the heroine drags like an anchor through the last book. I still enjoyed both of those considerably more than The Other Side of the Sky.
Instead of this series, I recommend Amie Kaufman’s co-writing with Jay Kristoff in The Illumine Files and The Aurora Cycle. Both are incredible. I did not care for Meagan Spooner’s tired and unimaginative Hunted (2 stars), though her pretty average Sherwood (3.5 stars) redeemed itself with a 5-star plot twist.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a great end to the duology! While I would have liked even more after the end, I was happy with how it all worked out. I was disappointed with what characters redeemed themselves and which did not. Overall, I loved the world building and our two main characters and I would read more just about them for sure!
*3.5 Stars. While I didn’t enjoy this as much as The Other Side Of the Sky, it was still a pretty solid end to a duology.
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes