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A review by michelle_1486
The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
5.0
"This is a love story. Twisted and messy. Flawed and screwed up. But it's ours. It's us. I don't know how our story will end, but I know how it will start."
This story was definitely not your typical fantasy/paranormal/supernatural, people with abilities saving the world from the bad people type of story. It doesn't have the black and white depiction that a lot of stories have (like some persons' perceptions of the world is depicted as).
For me, it was scary, intriguing, dark, mysterious, and beautiful.
I was scared for what was going to happen and how the series would conclude, most importantly, would it be a happy ending? In a way it was and maybe in a way it wasn't but again, it didn't have the black or white depiction. The characters come to terms with what they've been through, who they are, the choices they've made and the choices they are making by the end of the series.
A quote from the book that is a perfect description for what this series shows the reader is:
"I have seen the villainous act heroic, and men called heroes act villainous. The ability to heal does not make one good any more than the ability to kill makes one evil. Kill the right people, and you become a hero. Heal the wrong ones, and you become a villain. It is our choices that define us, not our abilities."
What I take from this is that we are people, we all have good and evil inside of us. What makes us is our choices. Are our choices done in good or in evil?
This story was definitely not your typical fantasy/paranormal/supernatural, people with abilities saving the world from the bad people type of story. It doesn't have the black and white depiction that a lot of stories have (like some persons' perceptions of the world is depicted as).
For me, it was scary, intriguing, dark, mysterious, and beautiful.
I was scared for what was going to happen and how the series would conclude, most importantly, would it be a happy ending? In a way it was and maybe in a way it wasn't but again, it didn't have the black or white depiction. The characters come to terms with what they've been through, who they are, the choices they've made and the choices they are making by the end of the series.
A quote from the book that is a perfect description for what this series shows the reader is:
"I have seen the villainous act heroic, and men called heroes act villainous. The ability to heal does not make one good any more than the ability to kill makes one evil. Kill the right people, and you become a hero. Heal the wrong ones, and you become a villain. It is our choices that define us, not our abilities."
What I take from this is that we are people, we all have good and evil inside of us. What makes us is our choices. Are our choices done in good or in evil?