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A review by abbyl819
The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin
3.0
3.5 stars
Characters were really the only thing keeping me reading this book. There wasn’t much of a plot, and it didn’t connect as well as the original series did. I still don’t feel as if anything happened throughout the whole book until the last 50 or so pages. There was little to no suspense, so it was also a much slower read even though it is shorter. The Mara Dyer trilogy is a creepy thriller book, but I would say you could hardly classify this as the same type. It seemed as if the romance was the main focus, which should not have been the case. The writing was also not as good as the original trilogy. I didn’t find any wonderfully written phrases as I had in the first few books where I had to reread them a few times before moving on. It seemed much more blunt, but it could be due to the new character POV. I didn’t really think that Noah had a very unique voice, like Mara did. I would often forget whose point of view I was reading through. As much as I liked Noah in the original trilogy, I think he is better as more of a side character. With its generic voice, lack of plot, and focus on the romance, this book read very much like fan fiction.
Characters were really the only thing keeping me reading this book. There wasn’t much of a plot, and it didn’t connect as well as the original series did. I still don’t feel as if anything happened throughout the whole book until the last 50 or so pages. There was little to no suspense, so it was also a much slower read even though it is shorter. The Mara Dyer trilogy is a creepy thriller book, but I would say you could hardly classify this as the same type. It seemed as if the romance was the main focus, which should not have been the case. The writing was also not as good as the original trilogy. I didn’t find any wonderfully written phrases as I had in the first few books where I had to reread them a few times before moving on. It seemed much more blunt, but it could be due to the new character POV. I didn’t really think that Noah had a very unique voice, like Mara did. I would often forget whose point of view I was reading through. As much as I liked Noah in the original trilogy, I think he is better as more of a side character. With its generic voice, lack of plot, and focus on the romance, this book read very much like fan fiction.