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A review by syka
The Same End by Gregory Ashe
5.0
Third book for me from Gregory Ashe and I so love his writing.
The way some philosophical/observational musings are included is very organic and does not go over the top (in a "i'm 14 and this is deep" kind of way) - for example Tean's explanation of how a religious person perceives suffering/pleasure and juxtaposing that with the idea of authenticity in philosophy.
Out of the three books in this series, I found this one to have the most interesting mystery to it and it felt more realistic as well I suppose, though it might be the fact that it's set up from the beginning of the series via Jem's life story.
There are a few minor things that bugged me, like Tean's somewhat childish display of jealousy (which I didn't think fit his personality) or the conflict at the date (which was bordering on that trope where a misunderstanding needs to happen for the plot to go a certain way), but I do think these stood out to me simply because most interactions and situations do not stray too far from being grounded and realistic.
Alsooo J.F. Harding is such a wonderful narrator, just absolutely stellar.
The way some philosophical/observational musings are included is very organic and does not go over the top (in a "i'm 14 and this is deep" kind of way) - for example Tean's explanation of how a religious person perceives suffering/pleasure and juxtaposing that with the idea of authenticity in philosophy.
Out of the three books in this series, I found this one to have the most interesting mystery to it and it felt more realistic as well I suppose, though it might be the fact that it's set up from the beginning of the series via Jem's life story.
There are a few minor things that bugged me, like Tean's somewhat childish display of jealousy (which I didn't think fit his personality) or the conflict at the date (which was bordering on that trope where a misunderstanding needs to happen for the plot to go a certain way), but I do think these stood out to me simply because most interactions and situations do not stray too far from being grounded and realistic.
Alsooo J.F. Harding is such a wonderful narrator, just absolutely stellar.