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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
Sigh. I hate to only give this 3 stars. I looooooove this series; I really do, but I am not satisfied with that ending. Once I got about halfway through the book I kept wondering how they could possibly fit in everything that needed to happen before the end... but now I see. I'm just not happy! I really want to whine about it. I think I'm going to do a review/rant tomorrow.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to love this like the first two books but the ending felt clunky and disappointing, much like the last season of GoT. Make up your own ending and skip the last 50 pages, this series would be better for it.
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
1.5/5 Stars
The first 92% of this book was amazing. There were parts I was unsure about, but over all it was a 3, perhaps even 4 star book. Then that last chapter happened and I have NEVER been more disappointed in my entire life. That was not an ending, that was just the easy way out. I have never hated an ending more than I hate this one, and I now feel like giving it two stars is being generous. Urgh. I wish I didn't waste my time with that ending. Maybe I'll post a more detailed review later.
The first 92% of this book was amazing. There were parts I was unsure about, but over all it was a 3, perhaps even 4 star book. Then that last chapter happened and I have NEVER been more disappointed in my entire life. That was not an ending, that was just the easy way out. I have never hated an ending more than I hate this one, and I now feel like giving it two stars is being generous. Urgh. I wish I didn't waste my time with that ending. Maybe I'll post a more detailed review later.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
I see that the ending is contentious. I have to say the ending was beautiful and insightful. On the surface, the ending is unfulfilling and may not resonate with a younger audience. But as a military veteran in his 40’s this ending really landed and hit on the phenomenon of having accomplished your goal but having to live on.
There’s other places in the book that tough on mental illness and psychological conundrums that were well represented. But if you don’t have the context from your personal shared experience, these can land flat.
All that said, there were a few loose ends that never tied up and I don’t feel like the victory was won. But the story was ambitious and overall a great conclusion to a trilogy.
There’s other places in the book that tough on mental illness and psychological conundrums that were well represented. But if you don’t have the context from your personal shared experience, these can land flat.
All that said, there were a few loose ends that never tied up and I don’t feel like the victory was won. But the story was ambitious and overall a great conclusion to a trilogy.
To start: I knew how this book ended. I spoiled myself because so many people were talking about a wonky ending and I wanted to prepare myself. When I first learned how it ended I was incredibly upset. I didn't think it made sense but I'll get to that later in the review. But just from where I thought the story was going, I didn't think it made sense.
Ok anyway so I get into the book and honestly I didn't expect to finish it. I really thought I would DNF it before I even got to the end. But I found myself getting deeper and deeper into the book and thinking "ok this isn't that bad."
This book really only started to lose me when we find out that Kelsea's mother is still alive. I can believe a lot about this world because I felt like a lot of the times Johansen explained stuff in a way that made it believable. But this; man I could just not wrap my brain around that explanation.
And then Mhurn being her father? After all that talk about who was her blood that made her more Tear than the Red Queen? Maybe this would have worked if it had been explained that he was somehow Tear? Idk it just didn't work for me.
And then we get to the ending. Honestly, I thought the idea of it made sense. She would come back to everything being different and no one would remember their old lives and I mean why would they? But what I didn't get was how this one thing; this one moment in time would change literally everything. Katie never actually finds Row's body so who knows if he's actually dead. And are we really supposed to believe that everything would be hunky dory for all of these year and the past would never repeat? Isn't that kind of the moral of this story? The past repeats itself. I don't know I just find it hard to believe that defeating one bad guy would mean everything is peaceful for the rest of time.
All that being said I really did enjoy this book. I think Johansen is an extremely gifted storyteller who writes intelligent stories that really make you think and even though she may have lost me at the end I still think this was a solid concluding novel.
Ok anyway so I get into the book and honestly I didn't expect to finish it. I really thought I would DNF it before I even got to the end. But I found myself getting deeper and deeper into the book and thinking "ok this isn't that bad."
This book really only started to lose me when we find out that Kelsea's mother is still alive. I can believe a lot about this world because I felt like a lot of the times Johansen explained stuff in a way that made it believable. But this; man I could just not wrap my brain around that explanation.
And then Mhurn being her father? After all that talk about who was her blood that made her more Tear than the Red Queen? Maybe this would have worked if it had been explained that he was somehow Tear? Idk it just didn't work for me.
And then we get to the ending. Honestly, I thought the idea of it made sense. She would come back to everything being different and no one would remember their old lives and I mean why would they? But what I didn't get was how this one thing; this one moment in time would change literally everything. Katie never actually finds Row's body so who knows if he's actually dead. And are we really supposed to believe that everything would be hunky dory for all of these year and the past would never repeat? Isn't that kind of the moral of this story? The past repeats itself. I don't know I just find it hard to believe that defeating one bad guy would mean everything is peaceful for the rest of time.
All that being said I really did enjoy this book. I think Johansen is an extremely gifted storyteller who writes intelligent stories that really make you think and even though she may have lost me at the end I still think this was a solid concluding novel.
I'm not rating this because I honestly have no clue what to rate it.