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katyanaish's review against another edition
5.0
Fan-freaking-tastic! I'm not going to say it's perfect, I can see the flaws, I just don't care about them. The characters, the story, the world are so engaging to me, I'm completely absorbed. I can't wait for more!
aranafyre's review against another edition
3.0
Not a lot happens in this one. There's attacks and new info but a lot of just verifying what they already suspected. I am also annoyed with the grumpy Simon not knowing what he feels and the way more passive than I'm used to in a main character Meg. Sure she has her strong points but overall not impressed.
kiaras's review
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
larkken's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ialwayshaveabook's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
obsessiveaddictedreader's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Drug use
aft888's review against another edition
5.0
I flew through this one expecting there to be more going on but it's a bit of filler.
diandra_s's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.25
chemwitch's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars.
Meg Corbyn and her friends are back, and this time they're going to stop whatever is happening to the Others. As they begin to narrow down the source of the mysterious disease plaguing the Midwest, there is just one question on everyone's mind: will they be fast enough to stop the Midwestern Others from destroying every human in the region?
Overall, I liked this book better than the first with one MAJOR exception.
They kept the romance to a minimum, which I liked with a few annoyances. I wasn't a huge fan of how they keep dangling the "slow burn" in our faces. Like, just let them be platonic. They don't have to have feelings for each other.
Anyway.
The plot was better than the first book, and I would marry Charlie Crowgard in a hot second. I was interested the whole way through and I never really felt like the book wasn't giving enough plot. Like the first book, there were a lot of exposition dumps but I didn't mind it so much.
My biggest problem? The fucking jokes. There are several instances in this book of "haha, females, am I right? Women are so hard to understand and emotional, hahaha, we're men and this is funny" and I just despise that type of humor and it pulled me right out of the story and into a bitter homicidal rage.
These jokes happened a couple times in the first book but I felt this one had them more prominently since Meg's pack of humans was entirely female. Every time I read one I had to do some deep breathing exercises to continue. They're just. So. Bad.
So, yeah, bottom line: If you like shitty misogynist humor, then maybe this is more than a 3-star read, I guess. It's decent otherwise. I just hate that shit. So goddamn much.
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5/26/19: A good book brought down by shit humor. Rtc?
Meg Corbyn and her friends are back, and this time they're going to stop whatever is happening to the Others. As they begin to narrow down the source of the mysterious disease plaguing the Midwest, there is just one question on everyone's mind: will they be fast enough to stop the Midwestern Others from destroying every human in the region?
Overall, I liked this book better than the first with one MAJOR exception.
They kept the romance to a minimum, which I liked with a few annoyances. I wasn't a huge fan of how they keep dangling the "slow burn" in our faces. Like, just let them be platonic. They don't have to have feelings for each other.
Anyway.
The plot was better than the first book, and I would marry Charlie Crowgard in a hot second. I was interested the whole way through and I never really felt like the book wasn't giving enough plot. Like the first book, there were a lot of exposition dumps but I didn't mind it so much.
My biggest problem? The fucking jokes. There are several instances in this book of "haha, females, am I right? Women are so hard to understand and emotional, hahaha, we're men and this is funny" and I just despise that type of humor and it pulled me right out of the story and into a bitter homicidal rage.
These jokes happened a couple times in the first book but I felt this one had them more prominently since Meg's pack of humans was entirely female. Every time I read one I had to do some deep breathing exercises to continue. They're just. So. Bad.
So, yeah, bottom line: If you like shitty misogynist humor, then maybe this is more than a 3-star read, I guess. It's decent otherwise. I just hate that shit. So goddamn much.
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5/26/19: A good book brought down by shit humor. Rtc?