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A review by cobycoyle
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
2.0
It took me way longer than I normally need to get through this book.
Some of it just felt so...long-winded. I'm thinking of the parts where Tally makes grand journeys or escapes. You think they'd be interesting, but it was so hard to keep my attention.
I also am slightly put off how cutting/self-injury is glamorized by the "Cutters." In the end, Tally decides she "never needs to cut to feel icy again" but it just felt so shallow and not true. Also she's supposed to go through this big change at the end with her brain, and while I can tell that she did, I feel like it didn't go as far as it needed to. Sure, she ran off with David at the end, but does she really desire to do that? Does she even enjoy David's presence anymore still? And then the cryptic message she sent everybody at the end left a lot to be desired as well. And Zane deserved better than what he got for his death scene as well.
Just...disappointing overall.
Some of it just felt so...long-winded. I'm thinking of the parts where Tally makes grand journeys or escapes. You think they'd be interesting, but it was so hard to keep my attention.
I also am slightly put off how cutting/self-injury is glamorized by the "Cutters." In the end, Tally decides she "never needs to cut to feel icy again" but it just felt so shallow and not true. Also she's supposed to go through this big change at the end with her brain, and while I can tell that she did, I feel like it didn't go as far as it needed to. Sure, she ran off with David at the end, but does she really desire to do that? Does she even enjoy David's presence anymore still? And then the cryptic message she sent everybody at the end left a lot to be desired as well. And Zane deserved better than what he got for his death scene as well.
Just...disappointing overall.