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A review by boezaaah
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
1.0
I think from my previous review on Hush, Hush, it's quite obvious that I'm not the biggest fan of this series. This was my second time reading this and I can definitely say that my opinions changed a lot with maturity. The first time that I read this I was around 12 years old, but now being 15 and having matured (both reading and personality wise), I did not enjoy this.
The themes discussed in this particular installment are quite childish. With Patch and Nora's relationship going downhill and Patch moving on to Marcie (for reasons intertwined with the whole archangels storyline), I found it quite pointless and I feel as though it didn't add anything to the story. The whole jumping from girl to girl just brings in even more of a typical bad boy trope, which I hate.
That being said, I didn't like Patch at all in this novel. His possessive qualities just progressed into something somewhat even worse than in Hush, Hush. This series being aimed towards younger readers (not to say that I'm not young but you know what I'm getting at) portrays their relationship as unhealthy without specifying that this is not what a relationship should consist of. I find this to be a reoccurring theme in older young adult novels and although it has improved a lot recently, I know of many people who this could negatively affect.
The storyline again, is predictable. My personal favourite part is how easy it is to read. I don't have to use as much brain power as I would other novels. I won't be finishing this series, maybe if I was still 12 I would have been interested, or maybe if I read this closer to it's release date (because look at the range of high quality YA I could be reading instead), but no thank you. I'll be happy to be moving onto bigger and better books!
That being said, I didn't like Patch at all in this novel. His possessive qualities just progressed into something somewhat even worse than in Hush, Hush. This series being aimed towards younger readers (not to say that I'm not young but you know what I'm getting at) portrays their relationship as unhealthy without specifying that this is not what a relationship should consist of. I find this to be a reoccurring theme in older young adult novels and although it has improved a lot recently, I know of many people who this could negatively affect.
The storyline again, is predictable. My personal favourite part is how easy it is to read. I don't have to use as much brain power as I would other novels. I won't be finishing this series, maybe if I was still 12 I would have been interested, or maybe if I read this closer to it's release date (because look at the range of high quality YA I could be reading instead), but no thank you. I'll be happy to be moving onto bigger and better books!