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A review by kitsuneheart
Trust No One by Linda Sue Park
3.0
While most of the 39 Clues books make an effort to stay on a fairly historical track, with a bit of manufactured history thrown in, the final couple books always just throw out things that are so far from the truth that its place as a semi-educational series is just destroyed.
We get a few revelations here. Who the mole among the Cahills is, which made me feel a bit silly, as it's the person who felt very tacked-on at the beginning of this sub-series. And, well...tacked on at the end of the previous series, really. As if the collective authors decided they needed a villain and just yanked one out and were like "look, they're important, they've always been important, see!"
I kind of rolled my eyes a bit at the reveal of the Vesper's final goal, since it feels a bit over-dramatic and, well, impractical?
Still, we're given a fairly unexpected ending, which I have to congratulate. Books of build up and I was expecting there to be a last-minute swerve, but nope. Woah.
It's a bridging book. I'll be continuing the series, but, overall, the big reveals were small and the main plot of this entire thing is now such a cliche. Probably not Park's fault, as they do all develop the plot together, but kind of disappointing, nonetheless.
We get a few revelations here. Who the mole among the Cahills is, which made me feel a bit silly, as it's the person who felt very tacked-on at the beginning of this sub-series. And, well...tacked on at the end of the previous series, really. As if the collective authors decided they needed a villain and just yanked one out and were like "look, they're important, they've always been important, see!"
I kind of rolled my eyes a bit at the reveal of the Vesper's final goal, since it feels a bit over-dramatic and, well, impractical?
Spoiler
I mean, first, you're assuming that an ancient Greek scientist had a strong enough grasp on scientific principles that his theories would remain valid in the modern age, and that he could somehow find a way to create a doomsday device. And, well...who the heck living on a planet wants to destroy said planet? They live there!Still, we're given a fairly unexpected ending, which I have to congratulate. Books of build up and I was expecting there to be a last-minute swerve, but nope.
Spoiler
Dan takes the potion.It's a bridging book. I'll be continuing the series, but, overall, the big reveals were small and the main plot of this entire thing is now such a cliche. Probably not Park's fault, as they do all develop the plot together, but kind of disappointing, nonetheless.