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A review by kaikai1618
Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
1.0
SPOILER RANT CENTRAL
I have no idea what to rate this. This book was one of the most painful emotional roller coasters I've ever read in my life. I didn't expect that at all, but the authors DESTROYED ME. The characters I cared about so much were crushed and that crushed me. When Alex found out about Reeve and Lillian and he was crushed by it, I was freaking crying in my bed. that god damn rose I knew it was from Reeve when the girl said there was one more.Ughhhhh. I hate that she got mad at him after cause that was the FIRST ROSE HE GAVE ANYONEEEE. And Reeve. I love Reeve so much he's one of my favorite character's. The characters that are bad in the beginning always make me curious about why they do this or that and what their reasoning is. God but when Mary drowned him, and made him and Cho BREAK UP I died inside. I wasn't crying big fat tears but man was I feeling like utter shit inside. It was honestly PAINFUL to read the characters struggle.
And I know it's small but I want closure on the reason why on Halloween that night he said that stuff to Mary. That was an asshole move but it wasn't explained. I'm thinking he's thinks it's a cruel joke cause he's like she's dead who is this impostor and WTH is this. But we never find out.
Also Lillia never tells Reeve everything that happened. Maybe it's not the biggest deal but he deserves to know. You know what. If in the end Lillia and Alex are together, ALEX BETTER FREAKING KNOW. Because some bad shit with Alex went down and he doesn't know it was her that was apart of it.
Don't even start on that half assed end. After all that emotional shit I went through THEY DON'T EVEN END UP TOGETHER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME. There has been so much tension and love and everything but nope it's just one high school fling. Are you serious? They were IN LOVE and you expect me to believe they never talked again at all? He lover her and he freaking was gonna sacrifice his life for her and Kat WTF. And she only broke up with him because of Mary so WTF. It's just sad and he doesn't even go to college properly and she end up with Alex.
Now, I love Alex he's amazing. But after all that, he should have gotten over her and been WITH KAT. He obviously liked her. But even if they didn't end up together, Alex deserves to be with someone who chose him first, not someone who had him as SECOND CHOICE. Alex deserves better and he shouldn't settle for that. And Lillia shouldn't have settled for someone she doesn't love as much as Reeve. WTF THIS BOOK DESRTOYED MEEEEE.
So basically she doesn't even really talk to Kat, she doesn't talk to Reeve, she has some boyfriends that can't come close to Reeve at all, and then Alex kinda talks to her and sends something on her birthday
And then she's like hold her breath to see if he's still into her after he said he was so done cause she BROKE HIS HEART.
And BOOM THEY'RE TOGETHER and she's thinking about planning a trip to Kat with him?
WTFFFFF
And Mary, she was hardly there anymore and her change made us loose the love of the complex character she was. Mary, like REAL MARY was just absent. And there was just this angry ghost lacking the complexity of a human. Like even when humans do bad things they can feel guilty and they also have their mixed moments and they have their reasoning. "Mary" had no reasoning and she had no emotions, just a thirst for blood. I can't feel remorse or true understanding for her that way when she turns into this different being. There was a lot more to Mary before. She just went so so bad. So when she "found peace" I was like THANK GOD THIS SHIT IS OVER NOW THEY CAN GET BACK TOGETHER
but NOPE just rip my god damn heart out. I listened to all these books on Audiobook and I freaking yelled at my phone like AFTER ALL THAT?!
This was a great trilogy but this last book is something I can't rate. Goddamnit I swear if Jenna Han pulls this shit when the last book to the "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" trilogy comes out I'm DONE cause I freaking love those books.
The end was rushed and it just should have been longer. If you make a crappy ending at least stretch it out so I understand everything and can properly grieve. It was short and grazed over everything like it was nothing. Oh yeah Reeve's dreams are gone and the relationship you hurt and cried over never happened after that day even though they loved each other they never spoke again. She chose the other guy who we didn't even see equal tension and love with before. Whateverrrrr.
I had to suffer through that whole book with more and more destroying characters I love, and just hugging my god damn pillow for dear life cause listening to this HURT.
So after addictively staying for all that where my heart is dead and ripped into a million pieces, they decide huh we should make a brutally realistic ending.
Now fine if it's realistic, but you put us through so much crap and you just leave us there hanging? Like I get that things are realistic but it's like there's too much. I mean NOTHING worked out and there needs to be balance for a good ending.
And you don't even break my heart properly and explain
You just sum it up in like 3 pages? I can't tell from the audiobook but the characters got nothing they deserved. THE READERS DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY DESERVED. It's one thing to make an end like this after like just a really sweet high school relationship, or where they try and then they find someone else cause you don't always end up with your high school sweetheart. But readers were TORMENTED AND THE MAIN SHIP DOESN'T FREAKING TALK AGAIN AND THE OTHER AMAZING SHIP WITH AT AND ALEX DOESN'T EVEN COME TOGETHER FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME
WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE IF SHE TOLD HIM MARY WAS THE ONLY REASON SHE BROKE UP WITH HIM LIKE THAT'S THE LEAST YOU COULD DO
Like GOD JESUS CHRIST WTF
I have no idea what to rate this. This book was one of the most painful emotional roller coasters I've ever read in my life. I didn't expect that at all, but the authors DESTROYED ME. The characters I cared about so much were crushed and that crushed me. When Alex found out about Reeve and Lillian and he was crushed by it, I was freaking crying in my bed. that god damn rose I knew it was from Reeve when the girl said there was one more.Ughhhhh. I hate that she got mad at him after cause that was the FIRST ROSE HE GAVE ANYONEEEE. And Reeve. I love Reeve so much he's one of my favorite character's. The characters that are bad in the beginning always make me curious about why they do this or that and what their reasoning is. God but when Mary drowned him, and made him and Cho BREAK UP I died inside. I wasn't crying big fat tears but man was I feeling like utter shit inside. It was honestly PAINFUL to read the characters struggle.
And I know it's small but I want closure on the reason why on Halloween that night he said that stuff to Mary. That was an asshole move but it wasn't explained. I'm thinking he's thinks it's a cruel joke cause he's like she's dead who is this impostor and WTH is this. But we never find out.
Also Lillia never tells Reeve everything that happened. Maybe it's not the biggest deal but he deserves to know. You know what. If in the end Lillia and Alex are together, ALEX BETTER FREAKING KNOW. Because some bad shit with Alex went down and he doesn't know it was her that was apart of it.
Don't even start on that half assed end. After all that emotional shit I went through THEY DON'T EVEN END UP TOGETHER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME. There has been so much tension and love and everything but nope it's just one high school fling. Are you serious? They were IN LOVE and you expect me to believe they never talked again at all? He lover her and he freaking was gonna sacrifice his life for her and Kat WTF. And she only broke up with him because of Mary so WTF. It's just sad and he doesn't even go to college properly and she end up with Alex.
Now, I love Alex he's amazing. But after all that, he should have gotten over her and been WITH KAT. He obviously liked her. But even if they didn't end up together, Alex deserves to be with someone who chose him first, not someone who had him as SECOND CHOICE. Alex deserves better and he shouldn't settle for that. And Lillia shouldn't have settled for someone she doesn't love as much as Reeve. WTF THIS BOOK DESRTOYED MEEEEE.
So basically she doesn't even really talk to Kat, she doesn't talk to Reeve, she has some boyfriends that can't come close to Reeve at all, and then Alex kinda talks to her and sends something on her birthday
And then she's like hold her breath to see if he's still into her after he said he was so done cause she BROKE HIS HEART.
And BOOM THEY'RE TOGETHER and she's thinking about planning a trip to Kat with him?
WTFFFFF
And Mary, she was hardly there anymore and her change made us loose the love of the complex character she was. Mary, like REAL MARY was just absent. And there was just this angry ghost lacking the complexity of a human. Like even when humans do bad things they can feel guilty and they also have their mixed moments and they have their reasoning. "Mary" had no reasoning and she had no emotions, just a thirst for blood. I can't feel remorse or true understanding for her that way when she turns into this different being. There was a lot more to Mary before. She just went so so bad. So when she "found peace" I was like THANK GOD THIS SHIT IS OVER NOW THEY CAN GET BACK TOGETHER
but NOPE just rip my god damn heart out. I listened to all these books on Audiobook and I freaking yelled at my phone like AFTER ALL THAT?!
This was a great trilogy but this last book is something I can't rate. Goddamnit I swear if Jenna Han pulls this shit when the last book to the "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" trilogy comes out I'm DONE cause I freaking love those books.
The end was rushed and it just should have been longer. If you make a crappy ending at least stretch it out so I understand everything and can properly grieve. It was short and grazed over everything like it was nothing. Oh yeah Reeve's dreams are gone and the relationship you hurt and cried over never happened after that day even though they loved each other they never spoke again. She chose the other guy who we didn't even see equal tension and love with before. Whateverrrrr.
I had to suffer through that whole book with more and more destroying characters I love, and just hugging my god damn pillow for dear life cause listening to this HURT.
So after addictively staying for all that where my heart is dead and ripped into a million pieces, they decide huh we should make a brutally realistic ending.
Now fine if it's realistic, but you put us through so much crap and you just leave us there hanging? Like I get that things are realistic but it's like there's too much. I mean NOTHING worked out and there needs to be balance for a good ending.
And you don't even break my heart properly and explain
You just sum it up in like 3 pages? I can't tell from the audiobook but the characters got nothing they deserved. THE READERS DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY DESERVED. It's one thing to make an end like this after like just a really sweet high school relationship, or where they try and then they find someone else cause you don't always end up with your high school sweetheart. But readers were TORMENTED AND THE MAIN SHIP DOESN'T FREAKING TALK AGAIN AND THE OTHER AMAZING SHIP WITH AT AND ALEX DOESN'T EVEN COME TOGETHER FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME
WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE IF SHE TOLD HIM MARY WAS THE ONLY REASON SHE BROKE UP WITH HIM LIKE THAT'S THE LEAST YOU COULD DO
Like GOD JESUS CHRIST WTF