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A review by modest_mercedes
A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes
1.0
I had a hard time staying interested in the story soon after I started this third installment. It felt like I'd been struggling to get through it all year long. The first two were pretty interesting and I was really wanting to see more of The West through Parvin's eyes as someone experiencing high-end tech and traveling abroad for the first time. And I was willing to go back east of the wall with her, but there was nothing of interest on that side for me. The constant hints or foreshadowing that even Parvin noticed about Skelly's personality were finally starting to draw me in again at the end, but âthe big revealâ about all of the whys behind his seemingly out of character actions was less than satisfying. I mean, is he suppose to be autistic if he really only sees things as that black and white? Like, oh he's only taken several hostages at gun point, uses threats and his Brawn suit to injure the crap out of them all, but he dramatically opened the gap in the wall like people wanted; he just didn't know any better way of doing the right thing. I don't feel like that one good thing excuse any of his past violent behavior, of which there are many incidences. And I had to go back and read it a couple times, but I think instead of bringing down the entire wall (you know, her entire reason for being since the first book), only the small gap Parvin created before was what was opened for the people to go through to The West. And then she just drops or destroys the pirate chip containing the last remaining information in the entire world about how to finish taking down said entire wall which she FINALLY steals from Skelly??? Like, âMeh, this one tiny hole near Door 3 is good enough. Who cares about the rest of the continent still stuck in The East.â
Needless to say, I had a lot of issues with plot holes and the nonsensical ending of this series in the book. (I know I can be a bit wordy, so I'm cutting it off here because honestly, who'd care about this rant?) I honestly would've possibly been interested in a fourth book if only just to be able to go more into detail about what's actually happening to Willow's skin (um, it's all of a sudden contagious??), what the Albino tribe have been up to, what the Preacher's plans are now that he's broken the peace among the East and the West, etc.
Decent series overall, interesting concept, I just would've liked to see more explored with it.
Needless to say, I had a lot of issues with plot holes and the nonsensical ending of this series in the book. (I know I can be a bit wordy, so I'm cutting it off here because honestly, who'd care about this rant?) I honestly would've possibly been interested in a fourth book if only just to be able to go more into detail about what's actually happening to Willow's skin (um, it's all of a sudden contagious??), what the Albino tribe have been up to, what the Preacher's plans are now that he's broken the peace among the East and the West, etc.
Decent series overall, interesting concept, I just would've liked to see more explored with it.