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jmeyer376 's review for:
Last Sacrifice
by Richelle Mead
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I can't believe how much better this book is than the last one. Books 1-3 were good and 4 was ok but 5 had me slamming my head into a wall and I only just finished it. I didn't want to read this book because five was sooo bad but then I felt I had to because I've read five out of six books. SO glad I did! This is Mead back in the game. She phoned in the last couple of books but really threw it all in for the final book. She even did a good set up for the next series.
For the most part everything wrapped up nicely with a big ol' bow and a smile. It was a bit of an odd read because there's so much set up for the next series that while you know it's the closure of one series of books, there are all kinds of strange, dangles left over and it makes you want to read the next series.
I thought Rose was pretty true to herself. It bothered me when she cheated on Adrian but I wasn't surprised. Rose's sense of morals has always been a bit skewed and she's very focused on what's good for her and what's good for Lissa. If those things line up with what's good for others then great but if not, oh well, tough luck. I'll admit, I liked Rose less and less as the series went on. I still thought the books were fun but Rose and Lissa got crapper with each book. They just aren't all that nice or thoughtful though Mead tries to write them as such.
The fact that Mead left the world the same was disappointing but unsurprising. I really hoped that Rose and Lissa would bring great social change but when the books ends things are actually worse than they were before. Sure, Lissa's life is better, she's queen and can help Rose make sure her life is on track too but the rest of their society is pretty much out of luck. Mead does a flimsy job of implying Lissa's reign will change things but I guess that's the difference between an adventure novel and a romance novel - this is more of a romance novel. It could have easily been an adventure novel but Mead put more focus on Rose getting Dimitri than social statements. Such is life.
I can't believe how much better this book is than the last one. Books 1-3 were good and 4 was ok but 5 had me slamming my head into a wall and I only just finished it. I didn't want to read this book because five was sooo bad but then I felt I had to because I've read five out of six books. SO glad I did! This is Mead back in the game. She phoned in the last couple of books but really threw it all in for the final book. She even did a good set up for the next series.
For the most part everything wrapped up nicely with a big ol' bow and a smile. It was a bit of an odd read because there's so much set up for the next series that while you know it's the closure of one series of books, there are all kinds of strange, dangles left over and it makes you want to read the next series.
I thought Rose was pretty true to herself. It bothered me when she cheated on Adrian but I wasn't surprised. Rose's sense of morals has always been a bit skewed and she's very focused on what's good for her and what's good for Lissa. If those things line up with what's good for others then great but if not, oh well, tough luck. I'll admit, I liked Rose less and less as the series went on. I still thought the books were fun but Rose and Lissa got crapper with each book. They just aren't all that nice or thoughtful though Mead tries to write them as such.
The fact that Mead left the world the same was disappointing but unsurprising. I really hoped that Rose and Lissa would bring great social change but when the books ends things are actually worse than they were before. Sure, Lissa's life is better, she's queen and can help Rose make sure her life is on track too but the rest of their society is pretty much out of luck. Mead does a flimsy job of implying Lissa's reign will change things but I guess that's the difference between an adventure novel and a romance novel - this is more of a romance novel. It could have easily been an adventure novel but Mead put more focus on Rose getting Dimitri than social statements. Such is life.