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veskumelooni's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I enjoyed the book, but also think the series could've ended with the last book. The first three books were all about trying to survive on earth and overcoming your past and people's ideas of you. This one the big bad of the book was a completely new thing. In short, what I'm trying to say is this fourth book felt forced.
Had this book been a stand-alone book, I might have given it a higher rating.
Had this book been a stand-alone book, I might have given it a higher rating.
Content Warnings
Minor: Blood, Death, and Violence
stacey332's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
My CAWPILE Score: 4.29
This felt like a big step down from the rest of the series unfortunately & if I wasn't invested in how the series was going to wrap up I likely would have DNF'd.
Things I liked
-The atmosphere/the world was written decently.
-It was nice to be back in some of the characters POVs.
Things that didn't work for me
-The lack of logic for things big and small! I was pulled out of the story no less than 6 times because something came up that seemed contradictory or nonsensical!! It really killed my enjoyment.
-Wells' chapters. The first one was basically an emotional pity party and the subsequent ones had basically no emotion until the end. It wasn't believable.
-The scope of the book was very narrow and it didn't feel like a necessary edition to the series. It basically felt like a slice of life/adventure with the characters with a similar rehash of the same plot instead of a continuation. There were big things introduced that were just ignored (probably in hopes of a book 5 someday - ugh.)
-The endings for each POV were super cliché, predictable and anticlimactic.
This felt like a big step down from the rest of the series unfortunately & if I wasn't invested in how the series was going to wrap up I likely would have DNF'd.
Things I liked
-The atmosphere/the world was written decently.
-It was nice to be back in some of the characters POVs.
Things that didn't work for me
-The lack of logic for things big and small! I was pulled out of the story no less than 6 times because something came up that seemed contradictory or nonsensical!! It really killed my enjoyment.
-Wells' chapters. The first one was basically an emotional pity party and the subsequent ones had basically no emotion until the end. It wasn't believable.
-The scope of the book was very narrow and it didn't feel like a necessary edition to the series. It basically felt like a slice of life/adventure with the characters with a similar rehash of the same plot instead of a continuation. There were big things introduced that were just ignored (probably in hopes of a book 5 someday - ugh.)
-The endings for each POV were super cliché, predictable and anticlimactic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Suicide, Death, Violence, Blood, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Grief, Confinement, and Animal death
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