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Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3)
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I'm finally rating and reviewing this. I had to sit with this for awhile to wrap my head around how I feel. I keep going back and forth between a 3 and 4 rating on this. Because of my love for this series as a whole and Laini Taylor's writing I settled on 4.
There were two main issues I had with this book.
1) The LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG drawn out reunion between Akiva and Karou. All I kept thinking is that they must have the worst case of blue balls. It was almost like Laini was intentionally torturing us. She knew how much we wanted that moment and she was prolonging it for as much as possible.
2) A whole new set of characters whose only purpose seemed to be a setup for a spin-off series. Seriously! The sad thing is that I probably would have liked that storyline if it hadn't taken away from the main story that I had spent two books reading about and wanted to continue to read about.
Those two things knocked a star off (and probably should've knocked two off). The writing was still beautiful. None of my favorite characters let me down. And Mik and Zuzana were still their adorable, ferocious, loyal, and loving selves. I mean they are the definition of a quirky yet healthy relationship.
Overall I was disappointed with the book but I think it's because my expectations were so unattainably (is that even a word) high. In spite of this Laini Taylor is still one of my favorite authors and this is still one of my favorite series of all time.
There were two main issues I had with this book.
1) The LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG drawn out reunion between Akiva and Karou. All I kept thinking is that they must have the worst case of blue balls. It was almost like Laini was intentionally torturing us. She knew how much we wanted that moment and she was prolonging it for as much as possible.
2) A whole new set of characters whose only purpose seemed to be a setup for a spin-off series. Seriously! The sad thing is that I probably would have liked that storyline if it hadn't taken away from the main story that I had spent two books reading about and wanted to continue to read about.
Those two things knocked a star off (and probably should've knocked two off). The writing was still beautiful. None of my favorite characters let me down. And Mik and Zuzana were still their adorable, ferocious, loyal, and loving selves. I mean they are the definition of a quirky yet healthy relationship.
Overall I was disappointed with the book but I think it's because my expectations were so unattainably (is that even a word) high. In spite of this Laini Taylor is still one of my favorite authors and this is still one of my favorite series of all time.
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Reading Progress
March 4, 2013
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April 18, 2014
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Started Reading
April 18, 2014
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11.91%
"A lot is happening. Who is Eliza? Trying to wrap my head around it all."
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April 24, 2014
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20.39%
"Putting this on hold. I'm in a reading funk and I don't want it to ruin my most favorite series of all time."
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125
May 2, 2014
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55.95%
"Out of my reading funk and back into the thick of things. Ziri breaks my heart."
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343
May 5, 2014
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Finished Reading
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May 06, 2014 06:49AM
I think it ended open-ended. I agree with you...I still don't know how I feel about it, but I did enjoy it.
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Exactly. It was so open-ended. Everyone is talking about a spin-off but I don't feel like I got any resolution with Akiva and Karou. Blue balls is all that comes to mind with those two. If there's a spin-off it better include them.
Cathryn wrote: "Exactly. It was so open-ended. Everyone is talking about a spin-off but I don't feel like I got any resolution with Akiva and Karou. Blue balls is all that comes to mind with those two. If there's ..."RIGHT! Blue balls indeed!
OK. I feel dumb. I didn't realize there was an epilogue. I'm a little happier now that I've read that.
Cathryn wrote: "OK. I feel dumb. I didn't realize there was an epilogue. I'm a little happier now that I've read that."Yeah but even then it was still open-ended.
