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Any Way the Wind Blows
by Rainbow Rowell
This is what people do. They get close and try to stay there. They stay. They keep trying to hold on to each other, even though it’s not really possible, I don’t think. Because people are always moving, aren’t they. But this is what they do. They keep trying.
Six months after starting this book, it took me less than two hours to finish it on a whim, and what a disappointment.
What I liked:
- Agatha's goats storyline and her relationship with Niamh (it happened completely out of the blue but well, I liked Niamh)
- Simon's ambiguous feelings towards his wings and tail, as well as the appointment at the clinic (very well-written and serious and nerve-wracking to read)
- Shepard's entire arc with the demon, even though it was resolved way too quickly to be properly satisfying
What I disliked:
- Simon felt very out of character at times, as opposed to the way he behaved in the two previous books
- Baz and Simon's relationship, I remember Carry On being pretty good and then it all went pear shaped in Wayward Son
- the pointlessness of this book and the fact that nothing that happened in Wayward Son was ever mentioned: not the trauma, not the vampire gangs, not Agatha being kidnapped... isn't she supposed to be Simon and Penny's best friend?!
- also, there was no proper plot, whatever happened in the second half of the book wasn't very interesting and the ending was terribly lame. both the Smith thing and the Salisbury thing! I'll admit that the Excalibur plot twist was very good, but it could have happened very differently to be satisfying...
- urgh the s m u t
Anyway, that's it. I'm glad I'm finally done with this series and these characters (I've seriously been wondering whether I wasn't more drawn to the book covers than to the proper story?).
Six months after starting this book, it took me less than two hours to finish it on a whim, and what a disappointment.
What I liked:
- Agatha's goats storyline and her relationship with Niamh (it happened completely out of the blue but well, I liked Niamh)
- Simon's ambiguous feelings towards his wings and tail, as well as the appointment at the clinic (very well-written and serious and nerve-wracking to read)
- Shepard's entire arc with the demon, even though it was resolved way too quickly to be properly satisfying
"Penelope...” He bites his lip again. “There’s more.”
“More? Your secondborn?”
“No, I’ve got dibs on that one...” He’s grimacing. “But I did lose my last name.”
Every time he talks, my jaw drops lower and my eyebrows climb higher. “How on earth did you lose your last name?”
“Told it to the wrong fairy."
What I disliked:
- Simon felt very out of character at times, as opposed to the way he behaved in the two previous books
- Baz and Simon's relationship, I remember Carry On being pretty good and then it all went pear shaped in Wayward Son
I thought we had the sort of love that you can’t set down or walk away from. An undying fire. The love you hear about in the old stories.
- the pointlessness of this book and the fact that nothing that happened in Wayward Son was ever mentioned: not the trauma, not the vampire gangs, not Agatha being kidnapped... isn't she supposed to be Simon and Penny's best friend?!
- also, there was no proper plot, whatever happened in the second half of the book wasn't very interesting and the ending was terribly lame. both the Smith thing and the Salisbury thing! I'll admit that the Excalibur plot twist was very good, but it could have happened very differently to be satisfying...
- urgh the s m u t
Anyway, that's it. I'm glad I'm finally done with this series and these characters (I've seriously been wondering whether I wasn't more drawn to the book covers than to the proper story?).
How can i convince him that we’re a good thing if he doesn’t believe in good things?