A review by chloeajohnsen
The Departure by K.A. Applegate

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

as exhausting as i often find cassie’s inability to see the forest for the trees, i like that in the end, she chose to stand by her stance even with the personal cost. this one was more morality than really any of them have been so far and i appreciated the break from the formulaic little-research-big-battle formula. i will say the beginning of the book made me unreasonably angry because cassie  would rather in the beginning of this book say “fuck jake’s brother, marco’s mom, and every other person in the world. i don’t have to actually be a good person as long as i can still feel like one.”

i’m glad the yeerk was the way she was and i actually feel horrible that she won’t ever experience sight and color again.