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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin
5.0
Wow...what a book, what a story, what a way to pick up where the happily ever after should have started. It felt like the story had never ended. We now simply changed perspective, but we're still reading the same story. It feels like that, even though Noah has a different voice and even though Noah's head might be even darker and more disturbing.
The book starts with a series of trigger warnings. I didn't read them, because I don't have any specific triggers, but I think it's a good thing this book contains them. The Mara Dyer trilogy was dark in a way, but this book feels even darker. Maybe because the story gets more personal. Maybe because what's happening is more personal.
What I really love about this story, about the first trilogy and also this one, is how Hodkin plays with the hearts and loyalties of the reader. We've formed a connection with Mara, with all the others. And yet she constantly pushes us to think about our morals, to look at those characters and what they do and their choices and to question: Do we still root for them? Do we still love them? Do we forgive them for this? It's interesting and in a way also confronting.
Combine a great atmospheric piece with morally questionable characters with a fast paced dark mystery and you have a five star read that makes me set my alarm on a Saturday morning so I can finish it before I have to get to the gym.
The book starts with a series of trigger warnings. I didn't read them, because I don't have any specific triggers, but I think it's a good thing this book contains them. The Mara Dyer trilogy was dark in a way, but this book feels even darker. Maybe because the story gets more personal. Maybe because what's happening is more personal.
What I really love about this story, about the first trilogy and also this one, is how Hodkin plays with the hearts and loyalties of the reader. We've formed a connection with Mara, with all the others. And yet she constantly pushes us to think about our morals, to look at those characters and what they do and their choices and to question: Do we still root for them? Do we still love them? Do we forgive them for this? It's interesting and in a way also confronting.
Combine a great atmospheric piece with morally questionable characters with a fast paced dark mystery and you have a five star read that makes me set my alarm on a Saturday morning so I can finish it before I have to get to the gym.