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A review by haia_929
Storm by Amanda Sun
3.0
This is a trimmed down version of my review, to view the full review visit The Book Ramble.
For Katie and Tomo time is running out. They'll soon have to face the destiny written for them by the kami. The tragedy of the gods is about to repeat itself and Katie and Tomo's lives are at stake because of it. They'll have to gather the secrets of the kami as well as their three treasures in able to stop the world from coming to an end in an epic repeat of a centuries old battle between gods.
This was probably not my favourite of the books in the series, but I still really liked it a lot. As always I liked the action and the plot the most, the characters are a little less that perfect. The main problem with this final installment in the series though is that the pacing was really rather bad.
I really enjoyed the action in this book. There were a few really cool fights making use of the magic ink powers that Jun, Ikeda, Tomo, and Katie all have. I especially loved the final fight of the book, I think it was the best written one of the series and will surely prove to be the most memorable. Beyond the fighting though I really enjoyed the exploration into the past of the kami and the trekking all around Japan that Tomo and Katie did because it really brought something interesting to the book.
The characters to me are just sort of...meh? I don't know if it's a problem of the narrative (first person), but to me everything felt kind of passive and uninvolved. I've never been a huge fan of Katie, she's not a particularly strong lead. Tomo's characterization has always felt kind of wishy washy to me, and I think that's excused a lot by the warring gods inside of him, but it still feels very inconsistent. I thought Jun was better developed by the end of this book but it came too late. Overall they're not really the best thing about this book, and often feel like a shortcoming for the novels.
The biggest problem by far was the pacing though. It took me well over 50 pages to really get into the book, before that I couldn't get 3 pages without becoming bored. Even past that point that I often found the action to drag or become overly contemplative instead of really active.
This wasn't the best in the series but it is still a very good series in general. I'd recommend reading it, because it's a unique and interesting read.
For Katie and Tomo time is running out. They'll soon have to face the destiny written for them by the kami. The tragedy of the gods is about to repeat itself and Katie and Tomo's lives are at stake because of it. They'll have to gather the secrets of the kami as well as their three treasures in able to stop the world from coming to an end in an epic repeat of a centuries old battle between gods.
This was probably not my favourite of the books in the series, but I still really liked it a lot. As always I liked the action and the plot the most, the characters are a little less that perfect. The main problem with this final installment in the series though is that the pacing was really rather bad.
I really enjoyed the action in this book. There were a few really cool fights making use of the magic ink powers that Jun, Ikeda, Tomo, and Katie all have. I especially loved the final fight of the book, I think it was the best written one of the series and will surely prove to be the most memorable. Beyond the fighting though I really enjoyed the exploration into the past of the kami and the trekking all around Japan that Tomo and Katie did because it really brought something interesting to the book.
The characters to me are just sort of...meh? I don't know if it's a problem of the narrative (first person), but to me everything felt kind of passive and uninvolved. I've never been a huge fan of Katie, she's not a particularly strong lead. Tomo's characterization has always felt kind of wishy washy to me, and I think that's excused a lot by the warring gods inside of him, but it still feels very inconsistent. I thought Jun was better developed by the end of this book but it came too late. Overall they're not really the best thing about this book, and often feel like a shortcoming for the novels.
The biggest problem by far was the pacing though. It took me well over 50 pages to really get into the book, before that I couldn't get 3 pages without becoming bored. Even past that point that I often found the action to drag or become overly contemplative instead of really active.
This wasn't the best in the series but it is still a very good series in general. I'd recommend reading it, because it's a unique and interesting read.