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elenaharvey 's review for:
Wildcard
by Marie Lu
Another audiobook done with my sister, because she got emotionally invested in the characters and honestly who can blame her? Once you've gotten sucked into a world you love it dearly and you want to know how the story ends.
Neither of us saw much of what was going to happen, coming. We loved a good majority of the surprises and how things turned out. The chapters were shorter than usual, and felt a little rushed- like this should have been a trilogy but they only let Lu have 2 books so she had to cut things and squeeze in things the best that she could- which would be the logical explanation. It was still good and a beautiful series that I want to buy one day for my personal collection (Borrowed from the library).
I think the most interesting part for me, as it was for most people, is that Taylor was the real antagonist the whole time. The strings pulling everything along even all those years ago and nobody even knew and yet it all tied back together with her and her Project Zero. It blows my mind how much thought Lu must have put into it and how much more we could have gotten if they had given her a 3rd book.
We needed more personal development, from Emika and her teammates and I think that's what this book should have been about, and if we got a book 3, this should have been book 3 and maybe we would have gotten more than some small nuggets. I loved what we got, felt for the characters, always, but more screentime for them to just be them and build them is important to a story and for this sort of novel I would have liked to see it more. Maybe if we get side novels or a comic series we can get cute slice of life things from the characters.
Neither of us saw much of what was going to happen, coming. We loved a good majority of the surprises and how things turned out. The chapters were shorter than usual, and felt a little rushed- like this should have been a trilogy but they only let Lu have 2 books so she had to cut things and squeeze in things the best that she could- which would be the logical explanation. It was still good and a beautiful series that I want to buy one day for my personal collection (Borrowed from the library).
I think the most interesting part for me, as it was for most people, is that Taylor was the real antagonist the whole time. The strings pulling everything along even all those years ago and nobody even knew and yet it all tied back together with her and her Project Zero. It blows my mind how much thought Lu must have put into it and how much more we could have gotten if they had given her a 3rd book.
We needed more personal development, from Emika and her teammates and I think that's what this book should have been about, and if we got a book 3, this should have been book 3 and maybe we would have gotten more than some small nuggets. I loved what we got, felt for the characters, always, but more screentime for them to just be them and build them is important to a story and for this sort of novel I would have liked to see it more. Maybe if we get side novels or a comic series we can get cute slice of life things from the characters.