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dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Holy hell, this was so frickin bad. The whole trilogy was messy but still pretty readable if you ignore the plot holes, convenient stuff, and weird choices the author makes. But this ending totally killed it because while some things are explained, they do not make sense and most of the plot is left open. It seems like the author had just enough written to make it three books (because hello 2010s YA has to be a trilogy) and called it a day. The story pretty much circled back to 'well, if Gene didn't do stupid shit at the beginning we wouldn't have to go through all this and caused death to pretty much everyone in close proximity'. No effort whatsoever. And the poor attempt at religious symbolism was just laughable. A real question for the author: and you did this for what?
All of the characters pretty much suck and don't grow at all. When you think Gene is going to get some sense in him, he backpaddles in the next chapter, because why not. And I can't stress enough the unnecessary romance triangle because - the whole trilogy covers roughly three weeks and the dude falls in love and falls out of love (kinda, because tragic ending you know) and then falls in love again with someone else (kinda, because happy ending you know). The constant thoughts about the girls were just annoying and the more 'heady' stuff felt gross and out of place.
Anyways, I'm just happy I finished this and don't have to read a word from this trilogy ever again.
All of the characters pretty much suck and don't grow at all. When you think Gene is going to get some sense in him, he backpaddles in the next chapter, because why not. And I can't stress enough the unnecessary romance triangle because - the whole trilogy covers roughly three weeks and the dude falls in love and falls out of love (kinda, because tragic ending you know) and then falls in love again with someone else (kinda, because happy ending you know). The constant thoughts about the girls were just annoying and the more 'heady' stuff felt gross and out of place.
Anyways, I'm just happy I finished this and don't have to read a word from this trilogy ever again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
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