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A review by octavia_cade
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
emotional
sad
medium-paced
3.0
I'm zipping through this series at a fast clip right now - it's a very easy read. Not in the subject matter, which is uniformly depressing, but in the language and the pacing. It just slips down very easily... I started reading earlier today and before I knew it half the day was gone.
As much as I'm enjoying reading it, though, there's part of me that's glad there's only one more book. I expect that one to be fairly depressing as well - how many more characters can die tragic deaths? - and there's a limit on how much misery and sadness I want to read right now. I'm unsure if there's a story to be had in this series that isn't misery and sadness, and while that can be cathartic I think I'm about done with that for a while. Once this series is over it's time to read something happier for a bit.
As for this particular volume, I liked it. I do think, though, that Miranda and Alex is one of the most unconvincing romances I've read in ages. Granted, it's probably desperation attracting them to each other but even so, it's the least appealing part of this series for me.
As much as I'm enjoying reading it, though, there's part of me that's glad there's only one more book. I expect that one to be fairly depressing as well - how many more characters can die tragic deaths? - and there's a limit on how much misery and sadness I want to read right now. I'm unsure if there's a story to be had in this series that isn't misery and sadness, and while that can be cathartic I think I'm about done with that for a while. Once this series is over it's time to read something happier for a bit.
As for this particular volume, I liked it. I do think, though, that Miranda and Alex is one of the most unconvincing romances I've read in ages. Granted, it's probably desperation attracting them to each other but even so, it's the least appealing part of this series for me.