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bookdust's review against another edition
1.0
DNF
It was awful. The characters were immature and petty and their actions made no sense. They were supposed to be 19-21 years old in which, I can assure you, the majority don't act like that. There were cliches everywhere as well. I tried to stick around for Galen, but once I began skipping Emma's chapters to read his, I knew there was no point in continuing. Emma's a petty idiot who has no common sense. This was just awful. Terribly awful.
It was awful. The characters were immature and petty and their actions made no sense. They were supposed to be 19-21 years old in which, I can assure you, the majority don't act like that. There were cliches everywhere as well. I tried to stick around for Galen, but once I began skipping Emma's chapters to read his, I knew there was no point in continuing. Emma's a petty idiot who has no common sense. This was just awful. Terribly awful.
a_strix_named_strix's review against another edition
1.0
Completely pointless. This series has a million and five novellas. Would one more hurt?
blurrypetals's review against another edition
1.0
I maintain the stance that these books are the best unintentional comedies besides More Than Us by Jay McLean. I don't know why I read all three of these books or what compelled me to read book two, let alone book three, but here we are.
One thing I found to be incredibly hilarious was the half fish boy, Reed, and how he was like instantly in love with Emma after having known her less than a few hours. There was a part where he was telling her he wouldn't kiss her until he knew she wanted it, until she decided between him and Galen and I was cringing and laughing so hard it physically hurt me. It was like Banks read Siege and Storm and completely misunderstood the weight and meaning behind Nikolai saying something very similar to Alina. The reason it works there is because Alina and Nikolai genuinely have a connection and, on top of that, she's trying to use that connection (and him in general) to escape from her inner turmoil and crippling isolation. The reason it is so funny here is because Emma meets Reed, Galen and Emma get into a fight, and Reed says that whole thing after they've known each other maybe a total of two days at the absolute most and there is no reason for him to say this at all.
Also, speaking of the fight Emma and Galen Erso have, they never actually worked any of the things hey were fighting about out. They kind of just shrugged and went, "Eh whatever lets get married in a year and then we can fuuuuuuck." Comedy gold.
I think Anna Banks has a weird obsession with puking. Just read all three of these books and you'll see, almost every single character either ralphs, talks about ralphing, or gets ralphed on at one point or another and it's so weird, descriptive, and nasty I'm worried it might be like...a thing she's in to. I hate it. I'm so uncomfortable.
I talked about this a bit in one of my past reviews of the other two books, but I still really do not get why these books are half first person POV from Emma's perspective while the other half is third person POV from Gay-len's perspective. Why not just have alternating first person POV? Or make them both third person? It literally makes no sense and I will never understand it.
These books are so bad. I don't know why I put myself through them but I made it out. Laughter was my only defense agains the weird vomiting, bad writing, and insta-love and it was enough to get me through this trilogy that I had zero obligation to read. Glad I didn't pay a fuckin' cent on this shit at least, because goddamn what a train wreck. Like...Jesus Christ. Train. Wreck.
One thing I found to be incredibly hilarious was the half fish boy, Reed, and how he was like instantly in love with Emma after having known her less than a few hours. There was a part where he was telling her he wouldn't kiss her until he knew she wanted it, until she decided between him and Galen and I was cringing and laughing so hard it physically hurt me. It was like Banks read Siege and Storm and completely misunderstood the weight and meaning behind Nikolai saying something very similar to Alina. The reason it works there is because Alina and Nikolai genuinely have a connection and, on top of that, she's trying to use that connection (and him in general) to escape from her inner turmoil and crippling isolation. The reason it is so funny here is because Emma meets Reed, Galen and Emma get into a fight, and Reed says that whole thing after they've known each other maybe a total of two days at the absolute most and there is no reason for him to say this at all.
Also, speaking of the fight Emma and Galen Erso have, they never actually worked any of the things hey were fighting about out. They kind of just shrugged and went, "Eh whatever lets get married in a year and then we can fuuuuuuck." Comedy gold.
I think Anna Banks has a weird obsession with puking. Just read all three of these books and you'll see, almost every single character either ralphs, talks about ralphing, or gets ralphed on at one point or another and it's so weird, descriptive, and nasty I'm worried it might be like...a thing she's in to. I hate it. I'm so uncomfortable.
I talked about this a bit in one of my past reviews of the other two books, but I still really do not get why these books are half first person POV from Emma's perspective while the other half is third person POV from Gay-len's perspective. Why not just have alternating first person POV? Or make them both third person? It literally makes no sense and I will never understand it.
These books are so bad. I don't know why I put myself through them but I made it out. Laughter was my only defense agains the weird vomiting, bad writing, and insta-love and it was enough to get me through this trilogy that I had zero obligation to read. Glad I didn't pay a fuckin' cent on this shit at least, because goddamn what a train wreck. Like...Jesus Christ. Train. Wreck.
beachybookstack's review against another edition
3.0
I would have freaking rated this freaking book better but Anna Banks' use of "freaking" as a filler word is FREAKING annoying. Also, learn how to use "probably" correctly. "Ohmysweetgoodness" irritates me as well. Just use a real swear word goddamnit. As an adult reading YA, choices like these come across as ridiculous and immature to me. Or maybe I've just become accustomed to more academic formats.
Anyways, I liked the story though most of it takes place within hostage situations. It went from one bad situations that nobody else was aware of to another. A little frustrating. The ending was extra adorable, I'm happy with it. I've seen that some older reviews noted that this novel was probably not planned until the second book was successful enough to warrant it. If this is indeed an add-on novel for the series, then nicely done ma'am! It connected back to Jagen and everything. Reed was more of a plot device than a character here, and I honestly didn't suspect the scientist of any misdeeds. A fun series, despite my points of irritation.
Anyways, I liked the story though most of it takes place within hostage situations. It went from one bad situations that nobody else was aware of to another. A little frustrating. The ending was extra adorable, I'm happy with it. I've seen that some older reviews noted that this novel was probably not planned until the second book was successful enough to warrant it. If this is indeed an add-on novel for the series, then nicely done ma'am! It connected back to Jagen and everything. Reed was more of a plot device than a character here, and I honestly didn't suspect the scientist of any misdeeds. A fun series, despite my points of irritation.
rychelereads's review against another edition
3.0
Sufficiently surprising at times and cliche most others. The first book is the best of this series, but this is a nice ending. I especially liked the attention given to the political and world issues that were sorely ignored or pushed aside in favor of feelings in the second book. But some of the ways it all resolved itself was a bit to YA textbook for a series that started off so deliciously sassy and surprisingly different. Still a well written piece of mer people fiction so 3 stars for that.
manoukreviews's review against another edition
3.0
I give it a 3.5 stars. I liked the book and it is a good ending of the series
kkoerth613's review against another edition
4.0
This book really got to me. I felt like the entire book was just stupidness because of the relationship between Emma and Galen.
I found it frustrating because Emma couldn't just tell Galen how she really felt about going into the ocean and how Galen felt about living on land and the fact that get didn't tell each other these problems caused an even bigger problem. They wouldn't have gotten in such a big fight that caused a lurch in their relationship.
I really love Grandfather in this book. To me he's more like a new best friend. He's all protective and everything. But he's more like a stubborn humorous friend that makes you laugh and fills you with awesome stories.
Reed would've been an amazing boyfriend to Emma if she's have chosen him. He's definitely protective, but too protective, not Galen protective. He's hilarious and is not afraid to show Emma how he feels about her even if it went a bit too far.
Overall, I think this was a great end to the series and I am feeling like there is no more to expect.
Anna banks is a great writer and I hope to see more works from her.
I found it frustrating because Emma couldn't just tell Galen how she really felt about going into the ocean and how Galen felt about living on land and the fact that get didn't tell each other these problems caused an even bigger problem. They wouldn't have gotten in such a big fight that caused a lurch in their relationship.
I really love Grandfather in this book. To me he's more like a new best friend. He's all protective and everything. But he's more like a stubborn humorous friend that makes you laugh and fills you with awesome stories.
Reed would've been an amazing boyfriend to Emma if she's have chosen him. He's definitely protective, but too protective, not Galen protective. He's hilarious and is not afraid to show Emma how he feels about her even if it went a bit too far.
Overall, I think this was a great end to the series and I am feeling like there is no more to expect.
Anna banks is a great writer and I hope to see more works from her.
pernillesoe96's review against another edition
4.0
3.75
Emma is still annoying as hell, but it was better in this book.
But i didn't think this book added anything to the story. It should just have been a duology. I really liked the ending though.
Emma is still annoying as hell, but it was better in this book.
But i didn't think this book added anything to the story. It should just have been a duology. I really liked the ending though.