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The Retribution of Mara Dyer
by Michelle Hodkin
This was such an unexpected ending to this trilogy. I honestly couldn't have guessed the outcome if I had all the clues handed to me on a silver platter. To my surprise though, I am more satisfied with the ending than I had imagined I would be. I hear a lot of complaints about this installment, but I think it accomplished exactly what Hodkin set out to do. I do think there are some lose ends and some things i would like cleared up, but that is what the new spin off series is for :).
I loved the absolute spiral of confusion the first two books threw me into. I loved that I was grasping for straws and theorizing and second guessing everything. But in this book, the author really buckled down and moved right into the plot. There were not as many mind games, well there were, just of a different kind. Rather than trying to guess what was and was not real, this story was a search and mission for answers.
The biggest downfall of this series is that people don't seem to know how to classify or explain the series in an accurate way that doesn't spoil the plot. Because of this, I think readers enter the story under false pretenses and ultimately end up emerging dissatisfied with the revelations. However, I think the author created a brilliant story, centered around many popular archetypes, set in a modern world, with each archetype identifying with a certain ability. It definitely ties all the different paths from the first book together to create a unique mythology for this world.
Overall, this installment is both everything and nothing that I wanted. Plus, Hodkin weaves in so many pop culture references. It is amazing.
I loved the absolute spiral of confusion the first two books threw me into. I loved that I was grasping for straws and theorizing and second guessing everything. But in this book, the author really buckled down and moved right into the plot. There were not as many mind games, well there were, just of a different kind. Rather than trying to guess what was and was not real, this story was a search and mission for answers.
The biggest downfall of this series is that people don't seem to know how to classify or explain the series in an accurate way that doesn't spoil the plot. Because of this, I think readers enter the story under false pretenses and ultimately end up emerging dissatisfied with the revelations. However, I think the author created a brilliant story, centered around many popular archetypes, set in a modern world, with each archetype identifying with a certain ability. It definitely ties all the different paths from the first book together to create a unique mythology for this world.
Overall, this installment is both everything and nothing that I wanted. Plus, Hodkin weaves in so many pop culture references. It is amazing.