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A review by pomegranateseedpress
The Map of Stars by Laura Ruby
2.0
Well that was unsatisfying.
Even the kids when we finished it exclaimed in disbelief, "That's the end of the series? THAT is the end of this book? There just HAS to be more."
Too many unfinished plot lines to me, too many unanswered questions. I was hoping for a neat and tidy ending to all these pieces and people coming together but it felt like a mish-mash rushed ending and after absolutely LOVING the first two books with all our hearts, we feel cheated and heartbroken.
So sad.
I sadly must remove this from one of my most recommended book series purely because of the ending. I think I wouldn't have been so disappointed if the first two hadn't been so amazing. We can hope for another book I suppose? But the "THE END" typed at the finish of this book makes us sadly believe the author thinks this wraps everything up. We disagree :( This is like the Tearling books all over again - great beginning - absolutely unsatisfying ending that leaves me not liking the first books in the series because of the ending.
Even the kids when we finished it exclaimed in disbelief, "That's the end of the series? THAT is the end of this book? There just HAS to be more."
Too many unfinished plot lines to me, too many unanswered questions. I was hoping for a neat and tidy ending to all these pieces and people coming together but it felt like a mish-mash rushed ending and after absolutely LOVING the first two books with all our hearts, we feel cheated and heartbroken.
So sad.
Spoiler
I mean only Jaime travels in time and after having every perspective shared, she leaves out the perspective of him traveling back in time? This is what we've been gearing up for in all these books and it's just omitted? Why? What happened? How did he change things or did he just jump to an alternate timeline, but without any explanation? And the vague end of Ono, one of our favorite characters? Just no. Sad, sad faces over that. And what happened with Darnell Slant, who has been the big bag guy (admittedly, more the face of the bad guy, with others operating behind) but I still wanted to see some sort of resolution. I suppose leaving him out entirely of the new timeline would be just reward for a narcissist but still.I sadly must remove this from one of my most recommended book series purely because of the ending. I think I wouldn't have been so disappointed if the first two hadn't been so amazing. We can hope for another book I suppose? But the "THE END" typed at the finish of this book makes us sadly believe the author thinks this wraps everything up. We disagree :( This is like the Tearling books all over again - great beginning - absolutely unsatisfying ending that leaves me not liking the first books in the series because of the ending.