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colapola 's review for:
The Fate of the Tearling
by Erika Johansen
overall enjoyed this entire series. dunno if i would push it on people. if you wanna read it, please do so and we can talk about it if you want. the writing is quality, and i enjoyed the character development + backstory. i find the plot comes up short. a valiant attempt nonetheless.
potential spoilers below...
things I enjoyed:
- Katie's pov (hearing about the town and its trajectory)
- the side characters (brenna's narrative was so cool + ewen is just so pure, i love his pov and all that he does)
things that disappointed:
- revelations of certain character backgrounds (e.g. the fetch - what a set up! + row finn - he's creepy af but i think it would have been interesting to see into his thoughts, otherwise he comes off as being quite 1 dimensional)
- pen (i'm not the biiigggest fan of this character, but i feel like he should have been treated better... haha.)
- brenna (i know this isn't one of the bigger plot points but i think she was a really interesting character. what happened to her was anticlimactic to say the least but i guess you gotta do what you gotta do to wrap! up! your! story!)
on the fence:
- red queen ( i could have seen that ending coming....and i think this was the ending i would have chosen for her. but perhaps a bit too convenient. with that said, i think at this point the plot might have been a bit too fractured with the multiple antagonists)
- THAT ENDING DOE. (i don't want to be quick to trash it b/c it might be the ending we need (rather than the one we want). but it would have been nice if she could have written something that validated Kelsea... and her history... WITH THAT SAID, what happened with the mace killed me. SIGH.)
potential spoilers below...
things I enjoyed:
- Katie's pov (hearing about the town and its trajectory)
- the side characters (brenna's narrative was so cool + ewen is just so pure, i love his pov and all that he does)
things that disappointed:
- revelations of certain character backgrounds (e.g. the fetch - what a set up! + row finn - he's creepy af but i think it would have been interesting to see into his thoughts, otherwise he comes off as being quite 1 dimensional)
- pen (i'm not the biiigggest fan of this character, but i feel like he should have been treated better... haha.)
- brenna (i know this isn't one of the bigger plot points but i think she was a really interesting character. what happened to her was anticlimactic to say the least but i guess you gotta do what you gotta do to wrap! up! your! story!)
on the fence:
- red queen ( i could have seen that ending coming....and i think this was the ending i would have chosen for her. but perhaps a bit too convenient. with that said, i think at this point the plot might have been a bit too fractured with the multiple antagonists)
- THAT ENDING DOE. (i don't want to be quick to trash it b/c it might be the ending we need (rather than the one we want). but it would have been nice if she could have written something that validated Kelsea... and her history... WITH THAT SAID, what happened with the mace killed me. SIGH.)