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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
1 питання до авторки "чи рада вона що довела мене до сліз найсумнішою і найбезглуздішою кінцівкою з усіх можливих?"
ВОНА ВБИЛА ГАБРІЕЛЯ ЦЕ БУВ ЄДИНИЙ ПЕРСОНАЖ ЯКОГО Я ЛЮБИЛА. А НАТАН ПОЇХАВ ГОЛОВОЮ І СТАВ ДЕРЕВОМ БІЛЯ ЙОГО МОГИЛИ ВТФ😭😭😭
З усіх частин ця сподобалася мені найменше. Я слідкувала за сюжетом двох перших частин, але на цій моя увага зі мною попрощалася. Тому я читала лише щоб дізнатися чим все закінчиться і побачити Натана та Габріеля разом. Бо по факту їхні стосунки це найкраще що є в цих книгах. Я навіть неочікувала що вони будуть аж настільки милими❤️🩹
З усіх частин ця сподобалася мені найменше. Я слідкувала за сюжетом двох перших частин, але на цій моя увага зі мною попрощалася. Тому я читала лише щоб дізнатися чим все закінчиться і побачити Натана та Габріеля разом. Бо по факту їхні стосунки це найкраще що є в цих книгах. Я навіть неочікувала що вони будуть аж настільки милими❤️🩹
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
Loveable characters:
Yes
I've read this saga because I didn't have anything else and because I read a tweet talking about the books when talking about how netflix always cancel their series with a lgtb+ protagonist.
If I'm sincere, I have mixed feelings with the books. The plot was very promising. It really has everything. But the writing style is pretty bad, meh at best. I'm not a fan of the books written in first person, and that I've read a Spanish version, but even without that, it felt weird. Like, I've read fics with better narrative than this.
Also, the end? It remembered me a lot to the end of THG, but darker and sadder. I couldn't not cry with it. Idk, I feel Nathan deserved better than that. It's pretty cruel that Annelise had a better end than him.
The good point for these books is the complexity of the characters. I enjoyed their development, their motivations. I just wish they could be better written.
If I'm sincere, I have mixed feelings with the books. The plot was very promising. It really has everything. But the writing style is pretty bad, meh at best. I'm not a fan of the books written in first person, and that I've read a Spanish version, but even without that, it felt weird. Like, I've read fics with better narrative than this.
Also, the end? It remembered me a lot to the end of THG, but darker and sadder. I couldn't not cry with it. Idk, I feel Nathan deserved better than that. It's pretty cruel that Annelise had a better end than him.
The good point for these books is the complexity of the characters. I enjoyed their development, their motivations. I just wish they could be better written.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If I ever met Sally Green IRL, we would fight. For a YA book, how could you make it so depressing! You killed my favorite character and left me shattered in Nathan’s grief. I could have never dreamed of how this series would end. In my heart, I know this might have been the best option for you, the author. But oh my soul.
You know, I really can't give this book a rating bc it pissed me off so much. Like I enjoyed it up until the last thirty pages and then oh look Sally Green decided to partake in the bury your gays trope that so many other media creators did last year. Gabriel was light and good and you killed him. So, from the bottom of my heart, fuck you Sally Green! Thanks for a horrible end to a series that could've been wonderful.
edit: I lied, I can give this book a rating - I gave it a one bc it sucked goodbye
edit: I lied, I can give this book a rating - I gave it a one bc it sucked goodbye
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Spoilers for the very conclusion of the whole series. The bury-your-gays right at the end of the ultimate book in the series really soured me on it. It seemed like there was ample room for a redemption arc showing how Nathan was traumatized and changed by his experiences and creating hope for a brighter future, but instead the central (and only, iirc) gay couple of the whole series was killed, with the main character essentially committing suicide; I found the ending depressing, nihilistic, and somewhat triggering. In a cultural vacuum I would respect the author's artistic choice, but given the history of gay people being killed in fiction, I thought it was tasteless, especially coming from an author who is not a gay man herself.