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letsgolesbians's review against another edition
3.0
2.8 stars.
I'm okay with stories with supernatural elements. I like magic. I like mythology. I like the elements. But I need to know that these things are going to be in a story beforehand so I can get into the proper headspace. The description of this book did not make me aware of anything supernatural, nor did the first half or so of the book. I expected a coming-of-age story, a story about adventure and self-discovery, a girl who leaves what she knows so she can find out about her family. And this book is that, but with a whole lot of other stuff I was just not expecting.
Some of the writing is wonderful, and sometimes it's too much and feels like it's trying too hard. The narrator is a precocious teenager who has always been told she's a genius, and who has always followed science and logic more than anything else. She abandons her logic too quickly, and does not deny things for as long as I would have thought someone like her should have.
This book was filled with people of color, which was wonderful, and there were parts of the book I really enjoyed. The end was just too much for me.
I'm okay with stories with supernatural elements. I like magic. I like mythology. I like the elements. But I need to know that these things are going to be in a story beforehand so I can get into the proper headspace. The description of this book did not make me aware of anything supernatural, nor did the first half or so of the book. I expected a coming-of-age story, a story about adventure and self-discovery, a girl who leaves what she knows so she can find out about her family. And this book is that, but with a whole lot of other stuff I was just not expecting.
Some of the writing is wonderful, and sometimes it's too much and feels like it's trying too hard. The narrator is a precocious teenager who has always been told she's a genius, and who has always followed science and logic more than anything else. She abandons her logic too quickly, and does not deny things for as long as I would have thought someone like her should have.
This book was filled with people of color, which was wonderful, and there were parts of the book I really enjoyed. The end was just too much for me.
rilester's review against another edition
2.0
I don’t get this book. At all. Maybe I should have read the others in the series first.
emdoux's review against another edition
4.0
Grades 9 and up. A retelling of Jason and the Argonauts (though, I know that story loosely well enough and still had trouble finding all the plot threads) that doesn't need to be connected to that mythology to resonate with mature, thoughtful readers. High GLBT sexual content, but combined with thoughtful devotion to sex vs. love vs. like vs. obsession.
heykellyjensen's review against another edition
A brilliant, lushly-written conclusion to an exceptional fantasy series. This final entry, about Tally, the daughter of Aurora of ALL OUR PRETTY SONGS, is my favorite one. It's about a girl learning who she is, discovering who she is, and finding who she is -- those three things all very different, all very important.
This book features a trans character, lesbians, and a cast of characters of varying colors and backgrounds. It's so, so great. Talk about a solidly feminist book (and series!).
If you haven't read this series, fix it. Though you can read this book without reading the other two, the experience of seeing them all tie together -- to see the history in the same way that Tally learns it -- makes it even more rewarding.
This is some of the finest, most gorgeous, evocative, and enveloping writing in YA.
This book features a trans character, lesbians, and a cast of characters of varying colors and backgrounds. It's so, so great. Talk about a solidly feminist book (and series!).
If you haven't read this series, fix it. Though you can read this book without reading the other two, the experience of seeing them all tie together -- to see the history in the same way that Tally learns it -- makes it even more rewarding.
This is some of the finest, most gorgeous, evocative, and enveloping writing in YA.
flower_boy89's review against another edition
2.0
This book was weird. Not at all what I expected. Parts of it were good and well written but most of it was just weird.
allison9519's review against another edition
1.0
I couldn't get into it for some reason. She writes in these big chunks of texts, there's no chapters or anything to evenly split it up.
lila15151's review against another edition
3.0
So this is one of those books that I read without context. I had no clue it was a series and this entire book was super confusing. I really liked the writing of it and the town. When I came out of this book I was dazed. Maybe one day I'll read the first two.
sevairi's review against another edition
Picking this back up again in ebook format for the Book Riot 2017 Read Harder Challenge!
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Awesome conclusion to this trilogy, of these 3 generations of ladies, and the gods and yeah, just really awesome!