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Well (cue long pause and a deep breath), we've reached the end. In the final novel in this series, Cinder and her crew work to incite a rebellion on Luna to overthrow Queen Levana so that Princess Selene/Cinder may take the throne.
As many reviewers have said, Meyer did a great job of tying up the loose ends and leaving us with a sense of pleasure and accomplishment.
About half way through the novel, I realized that Cinder had turned into Katniss as the mockingjay; she had become the symbol of rebellion and hope to the poor majority who had lived for so long without a voice. Cinder was the face not only of a new monarch but of someone to overthrow the aristocracy and give rights to those with nothing. That was all very Hunger Games (and probably other YA dystopian novels, too) and not at all what I was expecting. Most of all, I was not expecting so much death and blood.
But anyway, I enjoyed each character's extreme bravery and watching them hold their own. I keep thinking back to the characters as we first knew them, and they all have changed so much, and I love them all. Except Wolf. He's still annoying and desperate and animalistic. I don't see what Scarlet likes about him. He's either a mindless killing machine or a wounded kitten. But I digress.
Oh, but I also didn't like Jacin. I admire his loyalty and love towards Winter, but he purposefully makes himself standoffish towards literally everybody else. He's sort of that faceless, personality-less, stereotypical Prince Charming figure. Although I did enjoy learning about him and his incentives while reveling at any little piece of personality or character that came through.
I'm still not sure what to think about Winter. All along, I thought that somehow Winter would pull herself together and ally herself with Cinder so that Winter would be the queen so that Cinder could go back to Earth with Kai. So the truth was a (pleasant?) surprise. Winter really reminded me of Quintana from the Lumatere Chronicles, but possibly more crazy. I wanted more from her, actually - more specifically, I wanted more of the lucid Winter rather than a helpless, crazed girl. I kept picturing her as a young child rather than a seventeen-year-old based on how she acts most of the time. Now that I think of it, it's kind of irritating how she can't function without someone taking care of her.
That's a lot of negative. But I really did love the book, and this whole series will always be dear to me. The setting is rich and the characters (most of them) are deep and amazing and full of surprises. Do I hear a Captain Carswell Thorne and Crew spin-off series? Eh??
As many reviewers have said, Meyer did a great job of tying up the loose ends and leaving us with a sense of pleasure and accomplishment.
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I had also heard enough from reviewers that the ends were tied up so nicely that there was nothing really left to worry about - at least not in a big way. So I wasn't ever particularly fearful that one of our beloved characters would die or that a couple wouldn't "make it." I was never afraid that Meyer would pull a Suzanne Collins and kill off anybody. That lack of fear took away some of my investment because I knew it would all work out in the end.About half way through the novel, I realized that Cinder had turned into Katniss as the mockingjay; she had become the symbol of rebellion and hope to the poor majority who had lived for so long without a voice. Cinder was the face not only of a new monarch but of someone to overthrow the aristocracy and give rights to those with nothing. That was all very Hunger Games (and probably other YA dystopian novels, too) and not at all what I was expecting. Most of all, I was not expecting so much death and blood.
But anyway, I enjoyed each character's extreme bravery and watching them hold their own. I keep thinking back to the characters as we first knew them, and they all have changed so much, and I love them all. Except Wolf. He's still annoying and desperate and animalistic. I don't see what Scarlet likes about him. He's either a mindless killing machine or a wounded kitten. But I digress.
Oh, but I also didn't like Jacin. I admire his loyalty and love towards Winter, but he purposefully makes himself standoffish towards literally everybody else. He's sort of that faceless, personality-less, stereotypical Prince Charming figure. Although I did enjoy learning about him and his incentives while reveling at any little piece of personality or character that came through.
I'm still not sure what to think about Winter. All along, I thought that somehow Winter would pull herself together and ally herself with Cinder so that Winter would be the queen so that Cinder could go back to Earth with Kai. So the truth was a (pleasant?) surprise. Winter really reminded me of Quintana from the Lumatere Chronicles, but possibly more crazy. I wanted more from her, actually - more specifically, I wanted more of the lucid Winter rather than a helpless, crazed girl. I kept picturing her as a young child rather than a seventeen-year-old based on how she acts most of the time. Now that I think of it, it's kind of irritating how she can't function without someone taking care of her.
That's a lot of negative. But I really did love the book, and this whole series will always be dear to me. The setting is rich and the characters (most of them) are deep and amazing and full of surprises. Do I hear a Captain Carswell Thorne and Crew spin-off series? Eh??