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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This series is really well done and deserves more recognition!!
This book was not my fave of the series but still a fine conclusion overall. There are some things I wish had been expanded on more, and some subplots that I felt were not entirely necessary. But so much happened in this book, I understand why things had to be cut or glazed over.
This book was not my fave of the series but still a fine conclusion overall. There are some things I wish had been expanded on more, and some subplots that I felt were not entirely necessary. But so much happened in this book, I understand why things had to be cut or glazed over.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Enjoyed the final book in the system divine series, but the ending felt a little forced. There was a lot of conflict and more conflict and more conflict and then suddenly everything was solved.
I’m torn between 4 and 5 stars because I really do love this series and I think this a triumphant finale but this series is why I hate love triangles/squares, the one time I let myself get invested in one it ends with the stupidest option.
ANYWAY this series really is very good despite the odd overly cheesy Les Mis reference. I listened to all of them on audiobook and have to applaud the cast who all portrayed their characters excellently. If you like Les Mis, Star Wars, The Hunger Games - give these books a go.
Spoiler
I am SO MAD that Marcellus emotionally gaslit Chatine this whole book and GOT AWAY WITH IT?? Get in the bin. Etienne was right there and although I thought the twist that HE was the Eponine counterpart was really clever (and I cried at THAT scene) I’m mad that he died to pave the way for Marcellus who never deserved Chatine. I guess Alouette just stopped being part of the love square altogether at some point, even though Marcellus was still flip-flopping between them until Etienne suddenly wasn't an obstacle anymore. Chatine spent so much of the books being defined by her hopeless commitment to Marcellus, a commitment she became aware was unhealthy for her, and I really wish the ending had been that she overcame that and went on to live a fulfilled life with her brother helping raise the other orphans or working within the Sisterhood with Alouette.ANYWAY this series really is very good despite the odd overly cheesy Les Mis reference. I listened to all of them on audiobook and have to applaud the cast who all portrayed their characters excellently. If you like Les Mis, Star Wars, The Hunger Games - give these books a go.
Absolutely phenomenal ending to this trilogy. I was on the edge of my seat, the whole time, I cried. I cheered. If you enjoy dystopian books definitely read this trilogy.
I really enjoyed the first two books of this series but could not find myself to enjoy a majority of this one. The pacing seemed off - spending so much time just not doing anything that by the time the book was wrapping up I couldn't find myself caring about any of it. So much of this book was speeches, sitting around or getting into a conflict that never had any meaning by the end.
A good chunk of this book is set aside for receiving the bricks the camp needs to stay hidden - but there's never an explanation on who actually stole it and why they didn't rat the camp out. They also never get the supplies back and it's just set up for the war machines reveal - which is resolved in two sentences at the end and no one really thinks about this at all.
The characters seemed to have drastically different charactizations from the previous two books or even different charactization from a previous chapter - including characters seemingly no longer caring for someone they cared about in a previous book. Gabriel and Alouette are friends in book 2, have history from their childhood, he literally takes a stun bullet for her but neither of them care enough to ask about the other. Gabriel is now so obsessed with Cerise - I don't even wanna get into this but I hated this - that no one else matters anymore.
And there were so much seemingly happening off screen that we never got to see and just had to accept for what it was, meaning we not got any real explanation for things. Chatine tells her brother that they're related off page in book 2 and it's in part 3 of this book when you realize that this actually happened - though she seemingly never tells him that they have an older sister. Gabriel gets unstuck from underneath a barricade to end up in the sewers with no explanation on how he got there let alone the fact Hugo carried him back to the place. Jorlas just seemingly trusts the Inspector and we still never know /why/ - it's also to a point where Max trusts him and how? Why? There's no way I'm meant to be believe they just didn't recognize him when Hugo recognizes him /immediately/.
This book just felt so off and it was disappointing that it turned out this way.
A good chunk of this book is set aside for receiving the bricks the camp needs to stay hidden - but there's never an explanation on who actually stole it and why they didn't rat the camp out. They also never get the supplies back and it's just set up for the war machines reveal - which is resolved in two sentences at the end and no one really thinks about this at all.
The characters seemed to have drastically different charactizations from the previous two books or even different charactization from a previous chapter - including characters seemingly no longer caring for someone they cared about in a previous book. Gabriel and Alouette are friends in book 2, have history from their childhood, he literally takes a stun bullet for her but neither of them care enough to ask about the other. Gabriel is now so obsessed with Cerise - I don't even wanna get into this but I hated this - that no one else matters anymore.
And there were so much seemingly happening off screen that we never got to see and just had to accept for what it was, meaning we not got any real explanation for things. Chatine tells her brother that they're related off page in book 2 and it's in part 3 of this book when you realize that this actually happened - though she seemingly never tells him that they have an older sister. Gabriel gets unstuck from underneath a barricade to end up in the sewers with no explanation on how he got there let alone the fact Hugo carried him back to the place. Jorlas just seemingly trusts the Inspector and we still never know /why/ - it's also to a point where Max trusts him and how? Why? There's no way I'm meant to be believe they just didn't recognize him when Hugo recognizes him /immediately/.
This book just felt so off and it was disappointing that it turned out this way.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No