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A review by robert_redmann
Storm by Amanda Sun
3.0
[a:Amanda Sun|4649677|Amanda Sun|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1349367928p2/4649677.jpg] manages to hit it out of the park yet again in [b:Storm|30066762|Storm (The Paper Gods, Book 4)|Amanda Sun|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1462098027s/30066762.jpg|25473109] while she describes Japan and all of its locales and customs. It’s a pity then that I didn’t enjoy Storm as much as I think I could have. Overall, this series has been enjoyable and Storm was absolutely no different, however, I feel as if it was a bit rushed towards the end, which left me wanting way more than I got.
My major issue in this book continues to be Katie’s indecisive nature. She does and awful lot of whining about her predicament, but not a whole lot of anything to solve it. This left me more irritated with her than in the previous installments of the series, which then made me irritated with the book in general.
Another issue that I had was how fast this book seemed to be trying to go through the motions, just so it could come to a neat and tidy conclusion. We had Tomohiro, Katie and Takahashi rushing to find all of theDeathly Hallows Imperial Treasures so that they could solve the mystery of how to defeat the “ink,” and live to tell the tale. All the while, Tomo becomes the epitome of angst; unlike anything we’ve seen so far in the series (which if you’ve read the series so far, you’d know that he’s quite the angst-ridden character). This all leads to a rather bland conclusion to the series that, in my opinion, was awfully convenient.
In terms of the series as a whole, I would definitely recommend it. While I took slight umbrage with the last two installments, I felt that their pros outweighed the few cons that I had. If anything, read this book for the descriptions of Japan as a whole.
My major issue in this book continues to be Katie’s indecisive nature. She does and awful lot of whining about her predicament, but not a whole lot of anything to solve it. This left me more irritated with her than in the previous installments of the series, which then made me irritated with the book in general.
Another issue that I had was how fast this book seemed to be trying to go through the motions, just so it could come to a neat and tidy conclusion. We had Tomohiro, Katie and Takahashi rushing to find all of the
In terms of the series as a whole, I would definitely recommend it. While I took slight umbrage with the last two installments, I felt that their pros outweighed the few cons that I had. If anything, read this book for the descriptions of Japan as a whole.