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This entire series has been such a treat. Having a Y chromosome and all, it's kind of embarrassing to say that I have read, much less immensely enjoyed, this entire series. Wanted is no exception. Even though it was bittersweet having to see this series end, its time had come. Only so many people can die and be framed for murders they didn’t commit. It ended at the perfect time, too: right before it started getting annoying.
This is by far the most twisted, convoluted, and mind-boggling book in the series. But, when we are first introduced to “Courtney,” and Sara Shepard went with the “the evil twin did it!” angle, I was pretty disappointed. Then, when she revealed that she is actually Ali, I was actually angry with this book. I was thinking the series would end with Courtney actually being the sister who was dead, Ali being alive and well this whole time, and everyone living happily ever after, and that would have been a terrible ending. Of course, with Sara Shepard, nothing is ever, ever, as it seems. I should have known that by now.
I was actually very pleased with how Sara Shepard twisted the evil-twin thing into something much more than that. I had to read the note from the-real-Ali at the end three or four times before I really digested what was going on. The whole “the Ali that Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna were best friends with wasn’t really Ali at all, but really a twin named Courtney posing at Ali. And then the real Ali was thrown into a mental hospital, and then came out posing as Courtney. So the four main characters were never friends with Ali, but Courtney-as-Ali, and Courtney isn’t Ali at all, but Ali-as-Courtney, and she’s trying to kill them all,” was definitely convoluted, but was probably the most ingenious conclusion to a series this complex. I applaud Sara Shepard for even being able to come up with a solution to all the crazy things that have been happening throughout this series.
It was also nice seeing how all the girls, pretty much, got a happy ending. They’re all moving on with their lives and what-not. Emily has always been my favorite of the four, probably because she’s the most tragic of them all. It was almost heartbreaking seeing how much she was clinging on to Ali’s (or Courtney-as-Ali…oh, screw it) memory, and how she just couldn’t accept that her first love really is gone, and how she finally had to come to terms with the fact that the-real-Ali wasn’t the Ali she knew, but a girl trying to kill her. Phew, run-on sentences, anyone? Anyway, Hanna was probably my least favorite, even though I had a special fondness for her, anyway. I would want to feel sorry for her so bad, and when you finally did, she’d turn around and be such a bitch that you’d forget liking her in the first place. However, she was still an interesting character, popularity-obsessed bitch that she is.
However, I did notice a major plot hole. It’s completely unbelievable that a ring marked “A” or “C” was the only thing that could possibly tell the two sisters apart. The fact that Mrs. DiLaurentis mistakes Ali for Courtney simply because she’s wearing a ring with a “C” on it instead of an “A” is pretty unrealistic. However, it didn’t ruin the idea for me; it was just something I noticed.
Also (am I rambling?), the one part of this book that made no sense to me was the epilogue. I milled it over three times and still don’t know what it means. Is Ali alive and gone to another school, where she can wreak havoc there? That’s the only conclusion I can come to.
Overall, I’m going to miss this series so much. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read, especially since I never read books like this. Sigh. At least I still have the TV show, hot mess that it is. And, of course, Sara Shepard’s new series is coming out this December.
This is by far the most twisted, convoluted, and mind-boggling book in the series. But, when we are first introduced to “Courtney,” and Sara Shepard went with the “the evil twin did it!” angle, I was pretty disappointed. Then, when she revealed that she is actually Ali, I was actually angry with this book. I was thinking the series would end with Courtney actually being the sister who was dead, Ali being alive and well this whole time, and everyone living happily ever after, and that would have been a terrible ending. Of course, with Sara Shepard, nothing is ever, ever, as it seems. I should have known that by now.
I was actually very pleased with how Sara Shepard twisted the evil-twin thing into something much more than that. I had to read the note from the-real-Ali at the end three or four times before I really digested what was going on. The whole “the Ali that Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna were best friends with wasn’t really Ali at all, but really a twin named Courtney posing at Ali. And then the real Ali was thrown into a mental hospital, and then came out posing as Courtney. So the four main characters were never friends with Ali, but Courtney-as-Ali, and Courtney isn’t Ali at all, but Ali-as-Courtney, and she’s trying to kill them all,” was definitely convoluted, but was probably the most ingenious conclusion to a series this complex. I applaud Sara Shepard for even being able to come up with a solution to all the crazy things that have been happening throughout this series.
It was also nice seeing how all the girls, pretty much, got a happy ending. They’re all moving on with their lives and what-not. Emily has always been my favorite of the four, probably because she’s the most tragic of them all. It was almost heartbreaking seeing how much she was clinging on to Ali’s (or Courtney-as-Ali…oh, screw it) memory, and how she just couldn’t accept that her first love really is gone, and how she finally had to come to terms with the fact that the-real-Ali wasn’t the Ali she knew, but a girl trying to kill her. Phew, run-on sentences, anyone? Anyway, Hanna was probably my least favorite, even though I had a special fondness for her, anyway. I would want to feel sorry for her so bad, and when you finally did, she’d turn around and be such a bitch that you’d forget liking her in the first place. However, she was still an interesting character, popularity-obsessed bitch that she is.
However, I did notice a major plot hole. It’s completely unbelievable that a ring marked “A” or “C” was the only thing that could possibly tell the two sisters apart. The fact that Mrs. DiLaurentis mistakes Ali for Courtney simply because she’s wearing a ring with a “C” on it instead of an “A” is pretty unrealistic. However, it didn’t ruin the idea for me; it was just something I noticed.
Also (am I rambling?), the one part of this book that made no sense to me was the epilogue. I milled it over three times and still don’t know what it means. Is Ali alive and gone to another school, where she can wreak havoc there? That’s the only conclusion I can come to.
Overall, I’m going to miss this series so much. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read, especially since I never read books like this. Sigh. At least I still have the TV show, hot mess that it is. And, of course, Sara Shepard’s new series is coming out this December.