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A review by maya_b
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
After the first book was absolutely amazing, I'm not surprised that this second book was too. I'm still really impressed by the way Riggs managed to write a story and include the pictures he found into it/wrote the story around the pictures, and the setting, characters, world in general and story was once again really convincing.
At times it didn't feel quite as important to me, maybe because there wasn't a home anymore that was at stake, but also there was a lot more action and suspense, and I did enjoy that. It just didn't feel quite as creepy anymore, and I will admit that I missed that a little (even though I don't actually like horror).
The end was pretty surprising and really stong in my opinion, but also I'm not exactly convinced with some of the stuff Jacob did. It felt for me a little like he only did the stuff because the plot needed him to, so there would be the exact outcome that would work with what happened next, and I feel like that whole thing was a little forced.
If it wasn't for that the book would have easily matched up to the first one. Like this, I'm sadly not quite as convinced, even though I did really like where the situation ended, I just also can't get over the fact that in my opinion that would have never happened naturally.
At times it didn't feel quite as important to me, maybe because there wasn't a home anymore that was at stake, but also there was a lot more action and suspense, and I did enjoy that. It just didn't feel quite as creepy anymore, and I will admit that I missed that a little (even though I don't actually like horror).
The end was pretty surprising and really stong in my opinion, but also I'm not exactly convinced with some of the stuff Jacob did. It felt for me a little like he only did the stuff because the plot needed him to, so there would be the exact outcome that would work with what happened next, and I feel like that whole thing was a little forced.
If it wasn't for that the book would have easily matched up to the first one. Like this, I'm sadly not quite as convinced, even though I did really like where the situation ended, I just also can't get over the fact that in my opinion that would have never happened naturally.