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The Last Star
by Rick Yancey
Well this series took a nosedive in the last book.
It's been a while since I read The Infinite Sea but now that Rick Yancey has laid nearly all the cards, The Last Star just felt like a slog through. A lot of the atmosphere (the sinister, creepy vibe) of the earlier books has dissipated that we know what the Others are here for and how they plan to conquer the humans. And I just found the book to be extremely angsty: angst over survival, angst over the deaths of those who are lost, angst over the meaning of humanity, angst over falling for the enemy — essentially as long as it's something that can be angsted over, there would be pages devoted to angsting about it.
The book switches between five different perspectives: Cassie, Ringer, Ben/Zombie, Sam and Evan Walker. I only found Ben's perspective to be bearable because there's at least some attempts at levity in his point-of-view even though there's still a lot of angst. Ben is easily my favorite character throughout the series. Cassie has never been my favorite character from the series and her obnoxiousness continues in this book. Many of the other readers have pointed out that the way that she describes her relationship with Evan, especially the physical parts of their relationship, is very cringe-worthy and I have to agree. Her misogynic attitudes towards other girls also continues. Ringer's perspective was extremely difficult to struggle through because there is a lot of philosophising and, you guessed it, angst.
Evan and Sam aren't the main protagonists in this book, so there was very little pagecount from their perspectives. Evan should've been one of the most interesting characters, given his background. But he was out of commission for most of the plot. Meanwhile, Sam is a five year old and even though he's adept at building weapons, his emotional vocabulary isn't really all quite there yet so there isn't much to say about his point-of-view.
While the ending of the book was decent, the middle was a struggle to get through. What a pity for a series that seemed to have so much potential.
It's been a while since I read The Infinite Sea but now that Rick Yancey has laid nearly all the cards, The Last Star just felt like a slog through. A lot of the atmosphere (the sinister, creepy vibe) of the earlier books has dissipated that we know what the Others are here for and how they plan to conquer the humans. And I just found the book to be extremely angsty: angst over survival, angst over the deaths of those who are lost, angst over the meaning of humanity, angst over falling for the enemy — essentially as long as it's something that can be angsted over, there would be pages devoted to angsting about it.
The book switches between five different perspectives: Cassie, Ringer, Ben/Zombie, Sam and Evan Walker. I only found Ben's perspective to be bearable because there's at least some attempts at levity in his point-of-view even though there's still a lot of angst. Ben is easily my favorite character throughout the series. Cassie has never been my favorite character from the series and her obnoxiousness continues in this book. Many of the other readers have pointed out that the way that she describes her relationship with Evan, especially the physical parts of their relationship, is very cringe-worthy and I have to agree. Her misogynic attitudes towards other girls also continues. Ringer's perspective was extremely difficult to struggle through because there is a lot of philosophising and, you guessed it, angst.
Evan and Sam aren't the main protagonists in this book, so there was very little pagecount from their perspectives. Evan should've been one of the most interesting characters, given his background.
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And how he thought that he had fallen for the enemy and was prepared to destroy what he thought was his civilisation for her.While the ending of the book was decent,