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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
4,5⭐
This ending man. Made the book so much better but Mal was getting on my last nerve every single time
This ending man. Made the book so much better but Mal was getting on my last nerve every single time
~3.75~
Llegit en anglès. M’encanta el món que se’ns mostra en aquests llibres i m’ha agradat conèixer a altres personatges. Hi ha algun moment que se m’ha fet més pesat però en general m’ha agradat bastant el llibre i el prefereixo al primer de la trilogia.
Llegit en anglès. M’encanta el món que se’ns mostra en aquests llibres i m’ha agradat conèixer a altres personatges. Hi ha algun moment que se m’ha fet més pesat però en general m’ha agradat bastant el llibre i el prefereixo al primer de la trilogia.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
TW violence, death, torture, kidnapping, animal death
Usually the middle books in trilogies tend to be the weakest books in my opinion, im really glad that this one wasn’t.
The introduction to the characters of Nikolai, Toyla and Tamar was absolutely the best decision Leigh could’ve made as they’re some of my favourite characters in the entire grishaverse.
Having Nikolai being introduced as this arrogant full of himself pirate (then prince) really made me think I wouldn’t like him. However as we read on we get to see his perfect demeanour start to crumble and fall especially as we get introduced to his family. We realise that Nikolai isn’t as self confident as he seems, he’s so driven by peoples opinions of him and he’s so desperate to please everyone, we can see this through the different facades he puts up with everyone he interacts with. My issue with Nikolai are the scenes where he either kisses Alina without consent or makes inappropriate comments towards her, however luckily these aren’t as common.
Mal as a character really annoyed me during this book, to some degree I get where he’s coming from and I realise that his issues are purely to do with miscommunication both on Alina’s part and his part but it’s so frustrating how he treated her. The scene where she flinched away from him and he just snaps at her especially just hurt me. On one hand I really liked that we got to see the insecurity Mal was feeling because it does show that he truly cares for Alina, but the way it manifested I didn’t like.
I loved Alina’s character during this book especially, and getting to see her internal struggle with everything she was feeling. Alina becoming crazy for power due to the amplifier and struggling to decide if she wants the third one because she doesn’t know what would become of her if she did, it’s just so well done. The scenes where the darkling just appears alongside Alina were genuinely terrifying and stand out so much, in a good way.
While talking about favourite scenes I obviously have to mention the chapel scene. Genuinely one of my favourite scenes in the entire grishaverse. It’s just SO GOOD. I was so immersed and genuinely tense the whole time because I could not predict what was going to happen. When she goes towards the Darkling and the exchange power I was genuinely holding my breath thinking that she was going to join him but then she just brings the whole chapel down on top of him. It’s such a good scene and I can’t wait to see it in the show.
TW violence, death, torture, kidnapping, animal death
Usually the middle books in trilogies tend to be the weakest books in my opinion, im really glad that this one wasn’t.
The introduction to the characters of Nikolai, Toyla and Tamar was absolutely the best decision Leigh could’ve made as they’re some of my favourite characters in the entire grishaverse.
Having Nikolai being introduced as this arrogant full of himself pirate (then prince) really made me think I wouldn’t like him. However as we read on we get to see his perfect demeanour start to crumble and fall especially as we get introduced to his family. We realise that Nikolai isn’t as self confident as he seems, he’s so driven by peoples opinions of him and he’s so desperate to please everyone, we can see this through the different facades he puts up with everyone he interacts with. My issue with Nikolai are the scenes where he either kisses Alina without consent or makes inappropriate comments towards her, however luckily these aren’t as common.
Mal as a character really annoyed me during this book, to some degree I get where he’s coming from and I realise that his issues are purely to do with miscommunication both on Alina’s part and his part but it’s so frustrating how he treated her. The scene where she flinched away from him and he just snaps at her especially just hurt me. On one hand I really liked that we got to see the insecurity Mal was feeling because it does show that he truly cares for Alina, but the way it manifested I didn’t like.
I loved Alina’s character during this book especially, and getting to see her internal struggle with everything she was feeling. Alina becoming crazy for power due to the amplifier and struggling to decide if she wants the third one because she doesn’t know what would become of her if she did, it’s just so well done. The scenes where the darkling just appears alongside Alina were genuinely terrifying and stand out so much, in a good way.
While talking about favourite scenes I obviously have to mention the chapel scene. Genuinely one of my favourite scenes in the entire grishaverse. It’s just SO GOOD. I was so immersed and genuinely tense the whole time because I could not predict what was going to happen. When she goes towards the Darkling and the exchange power I was genuinely holding my breath thinking that she was going to join him but then she just brings the whole chapel down on top of him. It’s such a good scene and I can’t wait to see it in the show.
Nicolai Lantsov, I cannot wait to read more about you.
My girl Alina is becoming such a baddie and we love that for her.
My girl Alina is becoming such a baddie and we love that for her.