A review by wyll
Destiny by Matthew Mather, Lucas Bale

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

a massively disappointing end to an already disappointing series. I wasn't too invested from the jump, but I can imagine how people who were must have felt when they were given this as a finale. it reads like a first draft because it's sorely lacking for editing. the pacing is difficult, the time jumps annoying, and the characters feel entirely different from the rest of the series for no good reason (there isn't the development to justify the personality changes). what sickens me the most, though, is the ending, and how violently misogynistic it was. I find it really shocking that Mather didn't write it out and immediately cringe at how disgusting it was. I can't believe no one told him, "hey, you SURE you want to be like "and all the characters with wombs are going to have to reproduce with the ONLY cis man in space, and also the main character was forcibly impregnated with quadruplets!"?" like.. did NO one tell him this wasn't okay??? I'm so mad. I can't believe I wasted my time with this series