Reviews - The Endless Song

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31 reviews for:

The Endless Song

Joshua Phillip Johnson

3.82 AVERAGE

starlesssara's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

llamainatophat's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sarahsnacks's review

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

This sequel was so much better than the first book. Feels like the two are written by different authors, very different writing styles.

syllareads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

the_library_kid's review

4.0

adventurous emotional 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: Complicated

thecandlelightlibrary's review

2.5

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Forever Sea was one of my top reads of 2021: it had everything I was looking for in an environmental fantasy and I LOVED it. I couldn't wait to continue to explore this world and see how things came together in the next book and waited (somewhat) patiently as the sequel was delayed several times from fall 2021 until eventually early 2023. Suffice to say, The Endless Song was not the story I had hoped for. The first book had so much potential for me, but this honestly felt like the author decided they didn't want to write anymore in this series but was still contracted for a sequel. I was incredibly disappointed with how things progressed and eventually ended.

dragontomes2000's review

2.0

adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is hard to rate because I did feel like this book was slightly better then book one, The Forever Sea. However, I felt like this book, no, this series went nowhere. I saw so much potential, but ultimately for me this just didn't land for me. This series and book in no way are awful, but more so didn't give me what I wanted. Joshua Phillip Johnson has an amazing writing style, their ideas and world building, super strong. Where I can see they need improvement is in their characters because they lacked life and depth. The Borders Family though that was introduced in this book, now I could have followed them as the main characters over both book instead of Kindred.

This again is in no way a bad book. I didn't hate it and it is beautifully written, with potential. I still want to see more of what Johnson has to offer. So what ever he decides to put out next, I will be waiting.