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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First: Dear Mackenzie Lee, what do you have against Spaniards? We are nice people!!!
That being said...
Aaaaaahhhh
I don't know how to rate this book!!
Some chapters I'm like: 5 stars! But some chapters I'm like: I DONT NEED YOU TO HIT ME WITH THE THEME ON THE HEAD!!!
The author clearly wants you to know that it's ok to have anxiety, and depression, and OCD, and whatever other disorders Adrian has (because honestly there is so much more to unpack there), and I'm glad to hear it. It is definitely the hardest part of my everyday life and there were some sentences that really did hit home so hard... But that's literally my problem with this book!! It's all lectures no fun!!! I came to this series to be entertained, not for a self-help book.
Had I known what I was getting into, I might be giving this 5 stars and thanking the author for the representation, but as it is I just feel like I came to this book to decompress from my own anxiety to then have to deal with Adrian's. I will NEVER understand why people like to see their mental health struggles depicted in fiction. I want escapism, not a mirror!
I also have minor complaints about a lot of things but I won't get into it. The book is alright, but I had to put it down so many times that I didn't enjoy it at all.
The only thing I really really want to say: thank you for keeping up Monty's sobriety. I'm so happy for him and the way his story ends, and that's the only thing I really care about.
That being said...
Aaaaaahhhh
I don't know how to rate this book!!
Some chapters I'm like: 5 stars! But some chapters I'm like: I DONT NEED YOU TO HIT ME WITH THE THEME ON THE HEAD!!!
The author clearly wants you to know that it's ok to have anxiety, and depression, and OCD, and whatever other disorders Adrian has (because honestly there is so much more to unpack there), and I'm glad to hear it. It is definitely the hardest part of my everyday life and there were some sentences that really did hit home so hard... But that's literally my problem with this book!! It's all lectures no fun!!! I came to this series to be entertained, not for a self-help book.
Had I known what I was getting into, I might be giving this 5 stars and thanking the author for the representation, but as it is I just feel like I came to this book to decompress from my own anxiety to then have to deal with Adrian's. I will NEVER understand why people like to see their mental health struggles depicted in fiction. I want escapism, not a mirror!
I also have minor complaints about a lot of things but I won't get into it. The book is alright, but I had to put it down so many times that I didn't enjoy it at all.
The only thing I really really want to say: thank you for keeping up Monty's sobriety. I'm so happy for him and the way his story ends, and that's the only thing I really care about.
Took me two months to finish this book. I get what the author wants to do (and the message as well) but the execution turned out to be bland and dragging. There were a lot of cringe passages too.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
suuuuuch a good exploration of anxiety and complex family relationships. wonderful way to wrap up the stories of all the siblings and beloved characters
adventurous
medium-paced
Monty nods, then takes a wobbly breath. “I have something to tell you both.”
“You’re having a baby,” I say with as much seriousness as I can muster. “That explains why he finally agreed to be married.”
🏴☠️ Set decades after the adventures of Monty, Percy, and Felicity, this book introduces Baby Goblin, but I couldn’t help missing the original trio. They were the heart of the first two books, and their limited appearances here left me nostalgic and a little unsatisfied.
🎩 Mental Health Representation (Anxiety/OCD)& LGBT (for the series)
🧊 Meandering Pacing: Is where this one falters. The plot meanders through a lot of travel and scenes that feel vaguely connected at best. It drags in places and probably could have been 100 pages shorter without losing terribly much.
💍FINALLY: It took 3 books and a novella, I finally got the Monty and Percy HEA that I’ve been desperately waiting for. I just want them to be happy okay. Even if it happened in the epilogue idc. I'm just sad it took so long.
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adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I loved this! What a satisfying conclusion to one of my favorite series! I loved and related to the way anxiety was depicted in this book, and thought the whole thing was very well done and realistic in the sense that you will never be completely ‘fixed’ and ‘normal’ and there will still be bad days, but that doesn’t mean you should give up. It was lovely to read about Monty and Felicity again, and see other beloved characters (especially dear Percy), and I loved the way the sibling relationships were written, I found them to be very realistic :) Overall just really loved this!
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Love this campy series with characters that represent the characters that never get represented, it should one hundred percent be a tv series I would watch the shit out of it
This book has been on my TBR, technically, since little more than a year. However, it has been out for over two years, and for two years, I've been refusing to finish the series. I still adore the first book and the novella; Monty and Percy are just delightful characters and it's a fairly fun, fast paced romp. However, I already struggled with reading the second book and the third book shows that this, in fact, didn't need to be a series. I think this book could've benifitted of being cut down by at least a 100, if not 200, pages. Which is kinda frustrating because the beginning was just way too slow, and the ending way too fast. It felt like some plot threats were hardly wrapped up, like Felicity or Sim's brother whose name I already forgotten. Also, it's annoying that you have a such a fun character like Lou and completely sideline her. Also, being in Adrian's head was just exhausting. I'm well aquinted with anxiety, so at one hand it was refreshing to see it from someone else' perspective. But it was quickly getting tired. The constant thinking, thinking and thinking just made me want to quit te story. The action series, or when they were constantly on the go, were much more fun. The journey also felt a little poorly contstructed; it felt like they were jumping from thing to thing, never really having thought out how the story solves. Especially compared to the addition of Sim's little brother, who could've been a great character but was completly unutilised. Also, there was a despare lack of Percy and Monty was very annoying troughout most of the novel, especially the first half. Also, the spat between him and Felicity was solved way too quickly; she ruined many people's lives, got someone killed, and all was forgiven and forgotten. Like, wtf??? Tdlr; not a terrible book, however, the first half is very, very slow and I am slightly surprised that I didn't DNF it, because I've been thinking off it everytime I put it down. But the author somehow keeps hooking me in. Well, at least that's a wrap!
i have never read something that made me feel as seen as thing book did with its general anxiety rep with ocd thoughts, triggers, and actions. i found those parts of myself reflected in adrian in a way i have never been able to express or see in another person until now. (it's just a shame the rest of the book felt extremely dragged out)
An absolutely amazing finale. Adrian(the goblin from the first book) is the protagonist, and darn he is a good one. He has anxiety and it is so darn well-written. I was a bit nervous about the time skip, but it is pulled off really well. Monty and Percy are back...and damn Monty acts kind of mature throughout the book but is still 100% Monty. I don't want to spoil anything about Felicity. Excellent conclusion to an excellent trilogy.
The epilogue was so gosh darn good.
Update: Re-reading the epilogue made me cry. I legit want to re-read the trilogy again.
5/5.
The epilogue was so gosh darn good.
Update: Re-reading the epilogue made me cry. I legit want to re-read the trilogy again.
5/5.