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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Tuve grandes expectativas acerca de este libro y realmente me lleve muchísimas sorpresas a lo largo de la historia. Wayward son nos dejo con la intriga de lo que pasaría entre Simon y Baz, de si realmente Shepard puede liberarse de su maldición. Y si Agatha podrá vivir tranquila de ahora en más.
En mi opinión lo peor pasó en Carry on, pero ¿Qué será de nuestros personajes de ahora en más? Bueno eso es lo que nos narran a lo largo de esta historia, los personajes intentando avanzar después de todo el asunto del hechicero, América y lo que van hacer a partir de ahora con sus vidas. Me lleno de muchas emociones, lloré (mucho), reí y me enamore de todos una vez más. Esta vez hay nuevos personajes y no todos me decepcionaron.
Me gustó cómo se manejaron a los personajes, que cosas que se quedaron pendientes por resolver en Carry On y Wayward son tengan respuestas en este libro. Y sobre todo que le dieran lo que a nuestros personajes lo que se merecen. En definitiva lo amé, Carry on jamás se supera así que ese y Any way the wind blows siempre serán mis favoritos.
Ahora, ¿Por qué no las 5 estrellas? Pues bien: la trama. Cuando leí ws dude si Simon era el elegido, ahora creo que sí es realmente el elegido, pero lo que dice la profecía ya pasó en Carry On. Me imaginaba algo enorme, algo terrible y muy difícil. Me entretuvo, sí, pero no me hizo sentir gran emoción o algo.
En fin, lo recomiendo y espero que todos lo disfruten porque pese a la trama el libro me dejo con mucho sentimiento, jamás me había encariñado tanto con los personajes como lo hice con ellos y Simon Snow series siempre tendrán un lugar muy grande en mi corazón
Puntuación: 4.5
En mi opinión lo peor pasó en Carry on, pero ¿Qué será de nuestros personajes de ahora en más? Bueno eso es lo que nos narran a lo largo de esta historia, los personajes intentando avanzar después de todo el asunto del hechicero, América y lo que van hacer a partir de ahora con sus vidas. Me lleno de muchas emociones, lloré (mucho), reí y me enamore de todos una vez más. Esta vez hay nuevos personajes y no todos me decepcionaron.
Me gustó cómo se manejaron a los personajes, que cosas que se quedaron pendientes por resolver en Carry On y Wayward son tengan respuestas en este libro. Y sobre todo que le dieran lo que a nuestros personajes lo que se merecen. En definitiva lo amé, Carry on jamás se supera así que ese y Any way the wind blows siempre serán mis favoritos.
Ahora, ¿Por qué no las 5 estrellas? Pues bien: la trama. Cuando leí ws dude si Simon era el elegido, ahora creo que sí es realmente el elegido, pero lo que dice la profecía ya pasó en Carry On. Me imaginaba algo enorme, algo terrible y muy difícil. Me entretuvo, sí, pero no me hizo sentir gran emoción o algo.
En fin, lo recomiendo y espero que todos lo disfruten porque pese a la trama el libro me dejo con mucho sentimiento, jamás me había encariñado tanto con los personajes como lo hice con ellos y Simon Snow series siempre tendrán un lugar muy grande en mi corazón
Puntuación: 4.5
I went into this hoping it would be an improvement over Wayward Son and that I would understand why Carry On became a series. However, this only cemented that Carry On will forever be a stand alone in my heart.
I loved this book so much I never wanted it to end. This is a trilogy with characters who I truly hold dear to my heart and bring me such joy to read. The problem with having a series that you love so much come to an end is that you, like myself, take your time reading so that it doesn't end as quickly, but you still find yourself awake at 3 in the morning reading until the very end and crying a little bit.
This has got to be my favorite book of them all; I can't find a fault in it and it made me want to read them all over again, from cover to cover. I put so many sticky notes in this book for places that I loved, made me laugh, and just beautifully written.
Rainbow said that this was a romantic book and she was right, she had me thinking that I would be upset for half of this book but no! The kids are in love!! Agatha gets a girlfriend!! Which I was so happy to see because Agatha was the one character I worried wouldn't get a happy ending. I wish that we got more Agatha in this, but her chapters were away from the others and I think she needed that.
I was upset that Lucy was dead, I had a small hope that she was alive in the beginning but I was glad to see that Simon found out who he was, that Lady Sailsbury loved him, and Baz, before she knew who he was and he gets to have his grandmother and uncle in the end even if he doesn't know how to emotionally handle it just yet.
The entire cast has come a long way since the first book and it was lovely to see the growth of them all, and get to see them have their happy endings.
This has got to be my favorite book of them all; I can't find a fault in it and it made me want to read them all over again, from cover to cover. I put so many sticky notes in this book for places that I loved, made me laugh, and just beautifully written.
Rainbow said that this was a romantic book and she was right, she had me thinking that I would be upset for half of this book but no! The kids are in love!! Agatha gets a girlfriend!! Which I was so happy to see because Agatha was the one character I worried wouldn't get a happy ending. I wish that we got more Agatha in this, but her chapters were away from the others and I think she needed that.
I was upset that Lucy was dead, I had a small hope that she was alive in the beginning but I was glad to see that Simon found out who he was, that Lady Sailsbury loved him, and Baz, before she knew who he was and he gets to have his grandmother and uncle in the end even if he doesn't know how to emotionally handle it just yet.
The entire cast has come a long way since the first book and it was lovely to see the growth of them all, and get to see them have their happy endings.
Oh MAN it took me too long to get through this one! It's been a similar theme with all of my reading lately for me I guess! :) I originally started this book as a buddy read, but it dropped off about halfway through, which is why it took me so long to get through it, but WOW was this book gorgeous. I took like a six month break, so we'll see how much I actually remember for this review...here we go!
Okay so Simon in this book was ANNOYING. AS. HELL. at least for like the first 200 pages. Running away like a little kid and all the friction between him and Baz made me irritated and his immaturity really just sent me to my last straw for a section of the book. I'm glad he ended up rebounding and figuring it out, because another entire book where Simon is a straight mess without accepting help or trying may have been too much for me. I love the kid to death, but he gets on my nerves. Gorgeous character, my entire heart, but JESUS CHRIST HE PISSES ME OFF.
I think Baz is one of my favorite characters. The quietness but soft care that he has is beautiful and he's just the cutest thing ever. I appreciate that he cares for Simon, calms him down, and unpacks everything that's going on. I honestly think that his traits have developed beautifully throughout the series, because he didn't used to be exactly that persona. His character development has been stunning and I firmly believe that he's the only thing that held him and Simon together. He's grown into a man, and really learned a lot, including how to dress. I MEAN HAVE YOU SEEN HIS FUCKING SUITS? God I love him. He really propelled this book forward, which I appreciated.
I really liked everything that went on between Penelope and Shepard in this book, and honestly it was nice for Penelope to have a bit of a subplot of her own. Besides for going to visit her stupid American boyfriend who wasn't even her boyfriend in Wayward Son, she's never really been able to have anything to herself. She's either constantly helping Simon, or gone. It was refreshing to see her live her own life a little bit outside of just assisting the group as the "smart one." I was getting a bit tired of that role, so bless that she got to step outside it, and go be the smart one in her own story, not Simon's.
I have hated Agatha this entire series. She's felt unnecessary, annoying, and just overall just a waste of time to me. She has brought virtually nothing to the table and really has been unneeded for much of the duration of the series. I think Penelope is a much better developed character, but somehow Agatha got all the "interesting roles," or "great plot points," which I think is bullshit. She sucks and is REALLY boring. I didn't fully hate her entire revelation of being with the goats and becoming friends (and more,) with Niamh, but again it was so UNNECESSARY. I mean, Agatha is a LESBIAN?! I feel like they just put that in there to make her seem more developed because we were forced to read about her for a third of the book, so she needed to have some sort of spice thrown in there. I wasn't fully surprised about it happening, and had debated it throughout the book, but again, it was just so unneeded. I wish was just not included.
Niamh was an okay character, but I didn't see her being a huge part of the book. I really didn't have many opinions on her. She was kind of plain to me, but I feel like she was necessary in terms of Simon's wings and the surgery he was debating. I didn't love her, but she was fine.
I was okay with the main "evil," in this book, and I think it was intelligent to "prey," on Simon's loss of magic for the main villainous action in this book, because it was ensured Simon was going to be pulled into it. I really enjoyed seeing Simon develop through this struggle, and figure out what he was going to take and what he was going to throw away. It was a good test of morals and worth. I also liked that he FINALLY figured out who his parents were and found family. I liked that finale, and it was well played out and written.
The ending surprised me. I was expecting there to be some sort of joint felt collective ending, but that wasn't really the case at all. Rainbow Rowell says that this is the last book, but I'm really not convinced. I can see her easily pulling another book out of this one, or at least a novella. There'll be some sort of add-on, even if we don't get it for a while, and I firmly believe that. I was okay with the ending, but again, the series just didn't feel complete. I'm interested what's going to come next, even if it's short!
But nonetheless, Rainbow Rowell did it again. I LOVED this book, and easily couldn't put it down, just like the other two. I will re-read this series all over again at some point, because I just love the books SO MUCH. Highly recommend! :)
Okay so Simon in this book was ANNOYING. AS. HELL. at least for like the first 200 pages. Running away like a little kid and all the friction between him and Baz made me irritated and his immaturity really just sent me to my last straw for a section of the book. I'm glad he ended up rebounding and figuring it out, because another entire book where Simon is a straight mess without accepting help or trying may have been too much for me. I love the kid to death, but he gets on my nerves. Gorgeous character, my entire heart, but JESUS CHRIST HE PISSES ME OFF.
I think Baz is one of my favorite characters. The quietness but soft care that he has is beautiful and he's just the cutest thing ever. I appreciate that he cares for Simon, calms him down, and unpacks everything that's going on. I honestly think that his traits have developed beautifully throughout the series, because he didn't used to be exactly that persona. His character development has been stunning and I firmly believe that he's the only thing that held him and Simon together. He's grown into a man, and really learned a lot, including how to dress. I MEAN HAVE YOU SEEN HIS FUCKING SUITS? God I love him. He really propelled this book forward, which I appreciated.
I really liked everything that went on between Penelope and Shepard in this book, and honestly it was nice for Penelope to have a bit of a subplot of her own. Besides for going to visit her stupid American boyfriend who wasn't even her boyfriend in Wayward Son, she's never really been able to have anything to herself. She's either constantly helping Simon, or gone. It was refreshing to see her live her own life a little bit outside of just assisting the group as the "smart one." I was getting a bit tired of that role, so bless that she got to step outside it, and go be the smart one in her own story, not Simon's.
I have hated Agatha this entire series. She's felt unnecessary, annoying, and just overall just a waste of time to me. She has brought virtually nothing to the table and really has been unneeded for much of the duration of the series. I think Penelope is a much better developed character, but somehow Agatha got all the "interesting roles," or "great plot points," which I think is bullshit. She sucks and is REALLY boring. I didn't fully hate her entire revelation of being with the goats and becoming friends (and more,) with Niamh, but again it was so UNNECESSARY. I mean, Agatha is a LESBIAN?! I feel like they just put that in there to make her seem more developed because we were forced to read about her for a third of the book, so she needed to have some sort of spice thrown in there. I wasn't fully surprised about it happening, and had debated it throughout the book, but again, it was just so unneeded. I wish was just not included.
Niamh was an okay character, but I didn't see her being a huge part of the book. I really didn't have many opinions on her. She was kind of plain to me, but I feel like she was necessary in terms of Simon's wings and the surgery he was debating. I didn't love her, but she was fine.
I was okay with the main "evil," in this book, and I think it was intelligent to "prey," on Simon's loss of magic for the main villainous action in this book, because it was ensured Simon was going to be pulled into it. I really enjoyed seeing Simon develop through this struggle, and figure out what he was going to take and what he was going to throw away. It was a good test of morals and worth. I also liked that he FINALLY figured out who his parents were and found family. I liked that finale, and it was well played out and written.
The ending surprised me. I was expecting there to be some sort of joint felt collective ending, but that wasn't really the case at all. Rainbow Rowell says that this is the last book, but I'm really not convinced. I can see her easily pulling another book out of this one, or at least a novella. There'll be some sort of add-on, even if we don't get it for a while, and I firmly believe that. I was okay with the ending, but again, the series just didn't feel complete. I'm interested what's going to come next, even if it's short!
But nonetheless, Rainbow Rowell did it again. I LOVED this book, and easily couldn't put it down, just like the other two. I will re-read this series all over again at some point, because I just love the books SO MUCH. Highly recommend! :)
I am very sad because I read this over a month ago and I thought I loved it (tho there were some things that bothered me) but I just kept thinking and thinking and I realised just how utterly disappointed I am with this book. I LOVED Wayward Son and I was so excited to get the answers to the questions it left me with but the entire plot of the second book was ignored and it's baffling because there were so many important things!
The 'villain' I absolutely didn't care for, there was not a single moment where I felt he was an actual threat and he felt useless.
I liked Agatha in the first two books and while I'm happy she got her answers, she feels unimportant and like it wouldn't affect the rest of the book at all if Rowell wrote her out. And it's horrible because she's such a great character with so much potential.
I never thought I would be saying this, but the demon buisiness ended up being a big MEH. The buildup was interesting but the way they resolved it seemed cheap and like getting your soul back from a demon was a piece of cake. I did like Shep and Penny's dynamic, I love both of their characters and they were cute and easy to read.
Baz and Simon's relationship was the biggest conflict of the book and it got resolved within the first 200 pages. It started out really promising (heart-breaking but promising) but then it got SUPER rushed and all was fine. They finally got over their communication issues (Hooray!) which was great but, again, happened too fast considering how many problems the two have individually. I will always and forever love Simon and Baz together but their relationship in the second part of the book took an unexpectedly...smutty turn that I did not see coming so fast because of Simon's issues with intimacy from the second book. I also don't like how the smut was made equivalent to him resolving said issues.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SIMON-BAZ-PENELOPE TRIO?! WHAT?! That was one of my favourite parts of the story, especially after the end of Wayward Son and the three of them barely interacted with each other in this book. Simon and Baz had their love drama to resolve and Penny was helping Shep with the demon business and everyone was doing their own thing up until the last third of the book and I think SO MANY of my other problems with this book could have been resolved if the three of them hadn't been so separate.
I feel like I'm making this book sound worse than it actually is but wasn't completely horrible, it had really good parts. It's just that I'm so terribly disappointed in it because it could've done so much better.
Favourite bit of dialogue was when Baz told Simon how he didn't know Simon loved him because Simon never said so. To which Simon responded, in a very confused and baffled voice: "How could you not know? I killed so many things for you." And Baz said: "What are you, a cat?"
The 'villain' I absolutely didn't care for, there was not a single moment where I felt he was an actual threat and he felt useless.
I liked Agatha in the first two books and while I'm happy she got her answers, she feels unimportant and like it wouldn't affect the rest of the book at all if Rowell wrote her out. And it's horrible because she's such a great character with so much potential.
I never thought I would be saying this, but the demon buisiness ended up being a big MEH. The buildup was interesting but the way they resolved it seemed cheap and like getting your soul back from a demon was a piece of cake. I did like Shep and Penny's dynamic, I love both of their characters and they were cute and easy to read.
Baz and Simon's relationship was the biggest conflict of the book and it got resolved within the first 200 pages. It started out really promising (heart-breaking but promising) but then it got SUPER rushed and all was fine. They finally got over their communication issues (Hooray!) which was great but, again, happened too fast considering how many problems the two have individually. I will always and forever love Simon and Baz together but their relationship in the second part of the book took an unexpectedly...smutty turn that I did not see coming so fast because of Simon's issues with intimacy from the second book. I also don't like how the smut was made equivalent to him resolving said issues.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SIMON-BAZ-PENELOPE TRIO?! WHAT?! That was one of my favourite parts of the story, especially after the end of Wayward Son and the three of them barely interacted with each other in this book. Simon and Baz had their love drama to resolve and Penny was helping Shep with the demon business and everyone was doing their own thing up until the last third of the book and I think SO MANY of my other problems with this book could have been resolved if the three of them hadn't been so separate.
I feel like I'm making this book sound worse than it actually is but wasn't completely horrible, it had really good parts. It's just that I'm so terribly disappointed in it because it could've done so much better.
Favourite bit of dialogue was when Baz told Simon how he didn't know Simon loved him because Simon never said so. To which Simon responded, in a very confused and baffled voice: "How could you not know? I killed so many things for you." And Baz said: "What are you, a cat?"
adventurous
funny
inspiring
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
I love the story in general and while things wrapped themselves up pretty well, the ending was still underwhelming.
Especially when Simon found out that Lucy was his mother. I honestly thought it would never come up in the book but when it did it fell flat.
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Definitely a solid 4.5 stars, happy to round up because I finished it and wanted to read more! Great characters and the moments unpacking things between Baz and Simon were lovely
After being super disappointed by Wayward Son, this novel was everything I had hoped for and more.