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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Glad to revisit this world again, this book was a bit of a filler, setting up the action for the next. Enjoyable escapism but wish it had more substance on its own.
Sadly I’ve aged out of the series- thank goodness for book summaries online!
Meh.
I loved the first three books; I found them very imaginative and unique. But the fourth and fifth books have been disappointments and really just more of the same with no real new development of characters or plot. In my opinion, this series has really run its course.
I gave it 2 stars because it wasn't that I didn't like the book, but the story is just getting old. Even though there is a cliffhanger at the end, I'm not inclined to care enough to read a 6th book in this series.
Should have left well enough alone after the original trilogy.
I loved the first three books; I found them very imaginative and unique. But the fourth and fifth books have been disappointments and really just more of the same with no real new development of characters or plot. In my opinion, this series has really run its course.
I gave it 2 stars because it wasn't that I didn't like the book, but the story is just getting old. Even though there is a cliffhanger at the end, I'm not inclined to care enough to read a 6th book in this series.
Should have left well enough alone after the original trilogy.
Audiobook- Pretty much the same as the others. If you've made it this far you'll enjoy it. Moved faster than the last book. Still ends in a cliffhanger.
Oh. My. Wooooord!!!!
The adrenalin in the last few chapters and thinking all is okay and then it is not and then it is. Aaaaaaahhhh! I love it!!
And then it ends and I am like what, no, no it can not be!
Worste part is I have to wait for the last book now. Its not available in SA yet! The horror.
Needless to say, I loved it and I am very excited to see what happens in the last one to tie it together.
The adrenalin in the last few chapters and thinking all is okay and then it is not and then it is. Aaaaaaahhhh! I love it!!
And then it ends and I am like what, no, no it can not be!
Worste part is I have to wait for the last book now. Its not available in SA yet! The horror.
Needless to say, I loved it and I am very excited to see what happens in the last one to tie it together.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
BRING OUT THE HOLLOWGASTS
I don’t have anything new to add- I loved this for the same reasons I loved the others (characters, plot, world-building, etc.) and this series as a whole is probably a new favourite :)
I don’t have anything new to add- I loved this for the same reasons I loved the others (characters, plot, world-building, etc.) and this series as a whole is probably a new favourite :)
A few things I mention below will be spoiler-adjacent. I don’t think they give away any important plot points, but reader beware.
I was disappointed with this book. That’s not to say it was bad; it wasn’t. It just wasn’t good. The entire book just felt like filler, a big breath taken between scene changes. It honestly seemed like a waste of time.
Ransom Riggs continues to improve as a writer. His skill wasn’t the issue here. It’s just that a good chunk of the book was spent trying to figure things out. It was a “hurry up and wait” situation, which left me wondering what the point was. I felt like a large part of the book could have been condensed and added to either the previous book, or the next book in the series.
I did enjoy seeing more of the entire group of peculiars again. Several of them were missing from A Map of Days (the previous book in the series), so I was happy to have them make an appearance this time. I also enjoyed learning a bit about Noor and seeing how she adjusted to her new life.
There were fewer photos in this book, which was an interesting development. They were what originally drew me to the series in the first place. They’re not necessary, but I missed having them scattered throughout the book.
I appreciated how the world was opened up. By adding new areas to explore, and new peculiars to meet, Ransom Riggs has created the opportunity to really build and expand his world. Unfortunately, he also did something that really bothers me in books: he reused villains. I loathe seeing a villain defeated just to have him show up again (Cassandra Clare, anyone?). It makes a series stagnant.
I hope that in future books. the author will test the boundaries he’s set for himself and introduce new scenarios involving different problems to solve, and – gasp!- maybe even a new villain or two.
I give this one a resounding “meh.”
https://wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2020/02/18/the-conference-of-birds-by-ransom-riggs/
I was disappointed with this book. That’s not to say it was bad; it wasn’t. It just wasn’t good. The entire book just felt like filler, a big breath taken between scene changes. It honestly seemed like a waste of time.
Ransom Riggs continues to improve as a writer. His skill wasn’t the issue here. It’s just that a good chunk of the book was spent trying to figure things out. It was a “hurry up and wait” situation, which left me wondering what the point was. I felt like a large part of the book could have been condensed and added to either the previous book, or the next book in the series.
I did enjoy seeing more of the entire group of peculiars again. Several of them were missing from A Map of Days (the previous book in the series), so I was happy to have them make an appearance this time. I also enjoyed learning a bit about Noor and seeing how she adjusted to her new life.
There were fewer photos in this book, which was an interesting development. They were what originally drew me to the series in the first place. They’re not necessary, but I missed having them scattered throughout the book.
I appreciated how the world was opened up. By adding new areas to explore, and new peculiars to meet, Ransom Riggs has created the opportunity to really build and expand his world. Unfortunately, he also did something that really bothers me in books: he reused villains. I loathe seeing a villain defeated just to have him show up again (Cassandra Clare, anyone?). It makes a series stagnant.
I hope that in future books. the author will test the boundaries he’s set for himself and introduce new scenarios involving different problems to solve, and – gasp!- maybe even a new villain or two.
I give this one a resounding “meh.”
https://wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2020/02/18/the-conference-of-birds-by-ransom-riggs/