Wow. The beginning of this book was really difficult and confusing and there were points where I almost gave up. I'm glad I didn't.
The idea that thereWow. The beginning of this book was really difficult and confusing and there were points where I almost gave up. I'm glad I didn't.
The idea that there is a place where your... memory rests - unless it's been tampered with, of course - just rows and rows of memories, stacked up (I imagine it a bit like the Hall of Prophecies from Harry Potter 5) is quite intriguing.
I think I'll need a few days for this book to settle into my head, there's so much backstory and sidestory and things like that that need to be sorted out before I get a handle on this.
Overall, though, it's a great book. The first half is, like I said, really confusing and hard. The second half is way better. I think it would have been easier to understand if there had been an introduction of what the Archive is, what Keepers and Crews are, things like that. Yes, I figured that out along the way but I was distracted trying to figure it out.
In any case. I liked the characters. I like the story. I will definitely be looking for the sequel.
Ummmm, okay. So this book was not great. I was highly annoyed throughout the entire thing.
It had great potential, but I went from YES SO EXCITED I'VE Ummmm, okay. So this book was not great. I was highly annoyed throughout the entire thing.
It had great potential, but I went from YES SO EXCITED I'VE BEEN DYING TO READ THIS to oh my god what is this pile of trash.
So let's see.
There were way too many POVs. It took me half the book to figure out what was going on and who was who. And I really did not care at all about Glass's point of view until the end, because all she cared about was getting on with it with her ex. And seriously, she's a bitch. She protects her love at all costs, and I mean all costs. The only interesting bit about her POV was when we found out what happened on the ship at the end, with the oxygen.
Wells was so annoying. He was obsessed with Clarke and just so entitled that it was making me sick. Clarke does not owe him anything, no matter what he risked - including wasting precious oxygen on the ship and burning down a fucking tree - to get on Earth with her. No, she is not her property and she does not owe him anything.
I kept waiting for this to turn into a Lord of the Flies situation (and it had so many parallels oh man) because Graham was such a douche.
Clarke was the only one I could remotely stand but even though she was so brilliant and knew a lot about radiation, she still goes and eats the fruit? Like, sure, the animals might be safe, but the fruit? I'm going with not safe.
And the ending is completely ridiculous and not even remotely possible. I don't know if I'll be reading the sequel. I don't have many hopes that it will be better....more
I need a bookshelf just for this labelled 'holy shit I don't know what to say'. When I finished I sat in my chair for a good five miHoly fucking shit.
I need a bookshelf just for this labelled 'holy shit I don't know what to say'. When I finished I sat in my chair for a good five minutes trying to assimilate everything I had just read because this book was so perfect.
The character development in this book was beautiful. Ruby goes from "once again, my voice was locked away behind layers of caution and fear.... I wasn't brave like she was. I can't." to "'So help me God,' I said slowly, clearly, when Cate looked up at me. 'If you go back on your word, I will tear you apart. And I won't stop, not ever, until I've destroyed your life and the lives of every single person in this organization. Believe me, you may not always keep your promises, but I do.'"
My god I have never seen such perfect character development. The world Bracken has built was excellent. It hit what we as a society, as humans, treasure the most - children. Not only are anywhere from three quarters to ninety percent of people under 18 wiped out by a bizarre disease, but the ones that are left are different and feared.
I just can't get enough of how awesome this is. The ending nearly broke my heart. I want to be reading the sequel instead of writing this review but I love you guys so much that I want you all to know how awesome this is so I'm raving about it and seriously why aren't you reading this yet?...more
Not what I expected with tumblrs love for The Darkling.
6/4/21 update
Okay FINE I like this a lot more this go round. I *obviously* don’t remember anythNot what I expected with tumblrs love for The Darkling.
6/4/21 update
Okay FINE I like this a lot more this go round. I *obviously* don’t remember anything from the first round, so it’s not hard to like it more, but I enjoyed it a lot. I already have the second book, so I’ll start that tonight. ...more
Okay, so I was wrong. This was a really good book.
The beginning reminded me a lot of Grave Mercy (ohhhhh~ look at me I'm special and blessed with the Okay, so I was wrong. This was a really good book.
The beginning reminded me a lot of Grave Mercy (ohhhhh~ look at me I'm special and blessed with the power of mUrDeR!) but after a while it was sufficiently different enough that I started to really enjoy it.
I will forever be grateful to the person who told me the trick to remember the locations - Nander in the North, WESTer in the WEST, MIDDLuns in the middle, Monsea has borders of mountains and seas, and Lienid is sorta an anagram of island. #brilliant
Anyways, about the book itself. I'm a little worried that this will turn out to be an Allegiant type thing because Katsa is so perfect at everything (except her temper) and it reminds me a lot of Tris. The world building is a little... well, difficult to imagine but I read it while I had a migraine so that might be on me. And I think I had a bit of a 'all high fantasy world-building is like LOTR' and that's insane please we do not need five pages describing the forest to have good world-building.
I think Bitterblue is a little old for her age, but she's one of my favorite characters. Her, and Po are my favorite parts of the book.
It's very fabulous and I am very glad that I have the sequel on my bookshelf rather than having to waiting on the hold list on the library.
I felt like I was reading some weird version of Twilight with an evil Jacob like what even is this book. If someone hands me the sequel, I would maybeI felt like I was reading some weird version of Twilight with an evil Jacob like what even is this book. If someone hands me the sequel, I would maybe read it but I'm not going to search it out. I'm perfectly content not knowing what's going on on the surface....more
I'm wavering between a 2 star and a 2.5 star rating. The beginning, quite frankly, was awful. It was confusing and jumpy and people have got to stop wI'm wavering between a 2 star and a 2.5 star rating. The beginning, quite frankly, was awful. It was confusing and jumpy and people have got to stop writing in first person but I feel like the ending made up for it. A little.
The side stories were confusing and unnecessary.
I've read this entire book and I still can't remember the main character's name. Oh. Pierce.
AND WHO NAMES A DEATH DIETY JOHN.
JOHN.
John is a fine name.
But not for a DEATH DIETY.
Ugh. Yeah, this book will stay on the 2 star rating, and I won't be keeping it.
Although, my cover is really fabulous, I'm kind of shallow in that way....more
This was really painful to get through. I had really high hopes but I was let down so far. It was badly written, I could not get invested with any of This was really painful to get through. I had really high hopes but I was let down so far. It was badly written, I could not get invested with any of the characters except sort of Alec and mayyyyyybe Luce. Luke? Yeah, I just spent three hours reading this book and I don't even remember their names, except Clary. That's really original, Clare. Okay, I guess I'll end my hate-review with no one should read this....more
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