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Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
2.0
— • 2.5 • —
I went into this quite excited for a unique sci-fi mystery and a cool new trilogy to be immersed in but unfortunately I didn’t really enjoy the story and writing.
It started off pretty interesting with the discovery and coming together of all the robot body parts but then it became almost an action rip-off of Pacific Rim where the majority of the focus is on controlling the robot and following this government agent / interrogator / interviewer around who’s trying to fix all the mess that they are causing with it.
The interview format was cool to listen to and worked well as an audiobook, however I think I would have enjoyed it more if I didn’t have to listen so much to the pompous interrogator who throughout sounded like a right prick with a rip-off Sherlock Holmes accent. Perhaps I would have enjoyed his character and this book a bit more if I had read a physical copy…
I went into this quite excited for a unique sci-fi mystery and a cool new trilogy to be immersed in but unfortunately I didn’t really enjoy the story and writing.
It started off pretty interesting with the discovery and coming together of all the robot body parts but then it became almost an action rip-off of Pacific Rim where the majority of the focus is on controlling the robot and following this government agent / interrogator / interviewer around who’s trying to fix all the mess that they are causing with it.
The interview format was cool to listen to and worked well as an audiobook, however I think I would have enjoyed it more if I didn’t have to listen so much to the pompous interrogator who throughout sounded like a right prick with a rip-off Sherlock Holmes accent. Perhaps I would have enjoyed his character and this book a bit more if I had read a physical copy…
Unfortunately he turned out to be the central part of this book, which I think was a shame. Throughout he spoke down to everyone and would commit questionable acts to fulfil the mission, such as forcing the doctor to perform a surgery he didn’t agree to. He always sounded so obstinate and intense that I found it hard to find him very likeable.
I also feel like it was really strange way to write a story too, especially the ‘live’ commentary during action sequences which just gave off an almost amateurish vibe. Then there are gaps of interesting moments between logs that I guess were simply too complex to write about in this style. In the end I just started to find it all a little boring. The ending was also meh, its only saving grace was the epilogue that quickly set up something for the second book. But I’m afraid I won’t be rushing to read it any time soon.
No Kindness Too Soon by Sylvain Neuvel
3.0
This was a cool sci-fi story, only a few hours long and performed by a full cast so it felt like a small movie.
The reveal was a lil deep and unexpected and the ending was a bit anti-climactic but I guess it gave a more positive feel to the story.
p.s. WHY DO ALL THE CHAPTER NAMES BEGIN WITH A C!? C FOR CONSPIRACY I’D SAY!
The reveal was a lil deep and unexpected and the ending was a bit anti-climactic but I guess it gave a more positive feel to the story.
p.s. WHY DO ALL THE CHAPTER NAMES BEGIN WITH A C!? C FOR CONSPIRACY I’D SAY!
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
4.0
Took a while to get through but overall a good read just like The Da Vinci Code. Will do a proper review later!
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
3.0
— • 3.5 • —
So we finally made it. I’m going to have to go for a rating of 3.5 even though it makes me feel kinda bad to rate such a large book so low... But it left me with so many mixed emotions and unfortunately by the end I was basically counting down the minutes.
Let’s get started by saying that I listened to this on Audible and I absolutely did not realise what I was getting myself into. I saw 26 hours and thought ‘oh I could finish that in a week, it’s like the length of a decent sized video game, easy.’... I was terribly wrong. This book was way too long for its own good and I can’t imagine how I would have coped reading a physical copy. Perhaps I should have taken a couple weeks break midway though because listening to it every night back to back was quite overwhelming. The only thing that kept me going was the audible performance by Jake Abel, and it’s fair to call it a performance because I thought he narrated it brilliantly and played Edward perfectly. To me he was Edward and you could feel all of the emotions in his voice from his desire and heartache to moments of panic and rage. His changes in pacing elevated climactic moments and made you feel part of that character. I thought he also did a great job performing the other characters too and even made Bella slightly less annoying than I thought she would be.
Anyway let’s get back to the book aye! The first few chapters I quite enjoyed simply because I was experiencing the story from this new perspective. Of course a vampires perspective would be way cooler than some teenage girls and if you can get past the slight creepiness of it all and confirm that yes this what I’m reading rn, it isn’t entirelyyy terrible. It’s interesting to see how Edward came to terms with his feelings and struggled to control his urge to kill Bella; I found it disturbingly funny when he contemplated killing everyone in the classroom in different violent ways in front of her eyes before then killing her. Psycho! But he fights through these moments and their relationship gradually develops; these were probably the best parts of the book so I won’t say much more there.
However there are moments when there is simply too much information. Since we’re inside Edwards head we get to hear every single thought he could possibly have (plus the thoughts of others) and it often felt like it was never ending. Constant over the top descriptions or spending an age going back and forth with thoughts. It made me feel like the author was just writing whatever came to her head and leaving it on the page no matter what. There was nowhere near this much detail in the original book and that’s what made it feel like an actual story rather than this endless diary of thoughts. I get you want to add as much stuff as possible for the fans but there’s a reason we keep most of our thoughts to ourselves because some are stupid and nobody needs to know about them! It’s lucky that Vampires don’t need to shit because I guarantee his constipation would have been closely described for us. I mean jeez there was a 1 hour and 40 minute long chapter of them sitting in a field!
So you thought that was bad enough? Sadly we haven’t even got to the worst part of it. So here we go, drum roll... it’s Alice. I know right, you’re probably thinking ‘Alice? But she’s lovely!’ And you’d be absolutely right, but I put my big brains hat on for this. It’s actually the combination of Edwards mind reading mixed with her ability to see possible futures that sends this book right down the drain because we keep getting it stuffed down our throats. The whole second half was littered with visions of potential futures and a constant ‘what is Alice seeing? oh so we can’t do that, what if we do this? what it she seeing now?...’ ‘Alice is seeing this! Alice is seeing that!’ By the climactic part of the book with the tracker vampire I found myself zoning out because I got so bored trying to follow what might or might not even happen.
Oh and on the subject of the climactic end, just when we find out the tracker has found Bella and will probably kill her at any moment, we get a whole chapter of them looking for a car to steal and going for a drive, ‘oh let’s steal another car because it’s a Porche-whatever the fuck it’s called and can go 10mph faster woah, but oh no Alice said don’t go too fast because her visions changed oof, aye guys look out the back window for me so I can use your minds as rear view mirrors while also using Alice’s visions to dodge through traffic, fantastic! Wait lemme remind you how fast I’m going for the 5th time aha! Oh now we’re at the airport let’s get a damn plane!! Is she dead yet? Who cares! Just don’t run quickly though security otherwise you’ll look suspicious...’ I think the author genuinely realised ‘oh shit I have nothing actually exciting to end this book with from Edwards perspective so let’s have a stupid car sequence and then oof after the day is saved instead of ending the book let’s have a whole chapter of Edward watching a video of Bella being beaten up yay exciting!’
Honestly this story is very basic without Bella’s & Jacobs side and the whole love triangle. Thankfully the Epilogue redeems itself a bit because we finally get back to Edward and Bella’s awkward cuteness as they go to the prom, plus a visit from Jacob during the dance, and that’s kind of all we wanted all along.
So we finally made it. I’m going to have to go for a rating of 3.5 even though it makes me feel kinda bad to rate such a large book so low... But it left me with so many mixed emotions and unfortunately by the end I was basically counting down the minutes.
Let’s get started by saying that I listened to this on Audible and I absolutely did not realise what I was getting myself into. I saw 26 hours and thought ‘oh I could finish that in a week, it’s like the length of a decent sized video game, easy.’... I was terribly wrong. This book was way too long for its own good and I can’t imagine how I would have coped reading a physical copy. Perhaps I should have taken a couple weeks break midway though because listening to it every night back to back was quite overwhelming. The only thing that kept me going was the audible performance by Jake Abel, and it’s fair to call it a performance because I thought he narrated it brilliantly and played Edward perfectly. To me he was Edward and you could feel all of the emotions in his voice from his desire and heartache to moments of panic and rage. His changes in pacing elevated climactic moments and made you feel part of that character. I thought he also did a great job performing the other characters too and even made Bella slightly less annoying than I thought she would be.
Anyway let’s get back to the book aye! The first few chapters I quite enjoyed simply because I was experiencing the story from this new perspective. Of course a vampires perspective would be way cooler than some teenage girls and if you can get past the slight creepiness of it all and confirm that yes this what I’m reading rn, it isn’t entirelyyy terrible. It’s interesting to see how Edward came to terms with his feelings and struggled to control his urge to kill Bella; I found it disturbingly funny when he contemplated killing everyone in the classroom in different violent ways in front of her eyes before then killing her. Psycho! But he fights through these moments and their relationship gradually develops; these were probably the best parts of the book so I won’t say much more there.
However there are moments when there is simply too much information. Since we’re inside Edwards head we get to hear every single thought he could possibly have (plus the thoughts of others) and it often felt like it was never ending. Constant over the top descriptions or spending an age going back and forth with thoughts. It made me feel like the author was just writing whatever came to her head and leaving it on the page no matter what. There was nowhere near this much detail in the original book and that’s what made it feel like an actual story rather than this endless diary of thoughts. I get you want to add as much stuff as possible for the fans but there’s a reason we keep most of our thoughts to ourselves because some are stupid and nobody needs to know about them! It’s lucky that Vampires don’t need to shit because I guarantee his constipation would have been closely described for us. I mean jeez there was a 1 hour and 40 minute long chapter of them sitting in a field!
So you thought that was bad enough? Sadly we haven’t even got to the worst part of it. So here we go, drum roll... it’s Alice. I know right, you’re probably thinking ‘Alice? But she’s lovely!’ And you’d be absolutely right, but I put my big brains hat on for this. It’s actually the combination of Edwards mind reading mixed with her ability to see possible futures that sends this book right down the drain because we keep getting it stuffed down our throats. The whole second half was littered with visions of potential futures and a constant ‘what is Alice seeing? oh so we can’t do that, what if we do this? what it she seeing now?...’ ‘Alice is seeing this! Alice is seeing that!’ By the climactic part of the book with the tracker vampire I found myself zoning out because I got so bored trying to follow what might or might not even happen.
Oh and on the subject of the climactic end, just when we find out the tracker has found Bella and will probably kill her at any moment, we get a whole chapter of them looking for a car to steal and going for a drive, ‘oh let’s steal another car because it’s a Porche-whatever the fuck it’s called and can go 10mph faster woah, but oh no Alice said don’t go too fast because her visions changed oof, aye guys look out the back window for me so I can use your minds as rear view mirrors while also using Alice’s visions to dodge through traffic, fantastic! Wait lemme remind you how fast I’m going for the 5th time aha! Oh now we’re at the airport let’s get a damn plane!! Is she dead yet? Who cares! Just don’t run quickly though security otherwise you’ll look suspicious...’ I think the author genuinely realised ‘oh shit I have nothing actually exciting to end this book with from Edwards perspective so let’s have a stupid car sequence and then oof after the day is saved instead of ending the book let’s have a whole chapter of Edward watching a video of Bella being beaten up yay exciting!’
Honestly this story is very basic without Bella’s & Jacobs side and the whole love triangle. Thankfully the Epilogue redeems itself a bit because we finally get back to Edward and Bella’s awkward cuteness as they go to the prom, plus a visit from Jacob during the dance, and that’s kind of all we wanted all along.
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
3.0
The film was better. Not sure yet if I can even be bothered to write a full review...
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
3.0
— • 3.5 • —
Not a massive fan of this book being split into two parts; especially having just the long Frodo & Sam journey for the whole second half. Would have been much better if it jumped between characters like most books do... Still I preferred this to the first book which is why I’m rating it 3.5. It might be down to the fact that I’m getting used to the writing or simply because The Two Towers was already my favourite film in the Trilogy. Nonetheless I have high hopes for #3 which I plan to start soon.
As per I will also do a longer review when I get the time :)
Not a massive fan of this book being split into two parts; especially having just the long Frodo & Sam journey for the whole second half. Would have been much better if it jumped between characters like most books do... Still I preferred this to the first book which is why I’m rating it 3.5. It might be down to the fact that I’m getting used to the writing or simply because The Two Towers was already my favourite film in the Trilogy. Nonetheless I have high hopes for #3 which I plan to start soon.
As per I will also do a longer review when I get the time :)
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
3.0
I came into this book with very high expectations, for Lord of the Rings is one of the greatest series ever made. However it didn’t impress me as much as I had hoped. Upon finishing it I found myself taking an age to decide what rating I should give as It felt wrong to give such an iconic book such an average score. But I ultimately realised that if a book leads me to sit and analyse all the issues I had with it, rather than how great it was, then surely it cannot be any higher than a 3.
Of course I’ve been hit with the curse of watching the films before reading the books again, but what films they were! That was probably the biggest problem because for me the film was the ultimate Lord of The Rings and anything else is wrong.
The best way to sum up this book in my own way is that the many parts of the film that I loved were either different or not even in the book... and instead it was filled with parts that evidently were not good enough to even be included in the film... (My fangirl mum once told me that when she was younger she wrote a two page list of all the differences between the book and the film. I can see now how that is possible now.)
I’ll start with the good! The conversations between Bilbo and Gandalf, and then Frodo and Gandalf about the ring, it’s history and what is now brewing in the world were fantastic and really built up the importance of the journey to come. Oh and the writing has actually improved from The Hobbit!
Now for the bad... everything after that? Just kidding.... no not really. We’ll start with Tom Bombadil who after writing this I wish to never hear or see his name ever again. For he and everything that went on during his chapters made me want to tear my hair out. It was the most pointless sidetrack from the main story I have ever encountered in my history of reading. And the singing... please make it stop. It burns us. Ultimately I had to set the speed of my audiobook as fast as I could so my suffering would end quickly before I received any long lasting damage. I can see why there was absolutely no mention of this character and these chapters in the film.
Now let’s speed through the rest because by this point we’re about halfway through the book and in comparison to the film SOD ALL has happened. Right, every scene with Strider/Aragorn was brilliant, his character is epic!! but Arwen? Where you at? I miss you. Then meeting Bilbo again: ‘Hi there, just don’t start doing any sing- oh great... please just leave me alone.’ Skip along a bit more and we don’t even get the classic ‘Noooooooo’ from Gimli in Moria, in fact he didn’t even seem that bothered, shame. Now let’s skip to the end where we are completely missing one of the most iconic scenes in the entire film!? How’s that happened then? I mean I guess it will come at the beginning of the next book but that will be pretty bizarre.
Look, I’m nitpicking obviously, and having fun doing so too. Despite the many differences the book was still great, I mean it’s Tolkien’s Lord the Rings. But the problem is by the end, instead of appreciating the work of Tolkien, I was left appreciating more what director James Cameron actually managed to create from it. He created a masterpiece from something that in my opinion wasn’t quite there yet.
Of course I’ve been hit with the curse of watching the films before reading the books again, but what films they were! That was probably the biggest problem because for me the film was the ultimate Lord of The Rings and anything else is wrong.
The best way to sum up this book in my own way is that the many parts of the film that I loved were either different or not even in the book... and instead it was filled with parts that evidently were not good enough to even be included in the film... (My fangirl mum once told me that when she was younger she wrote a two page list of all the differences between the book and the film. I can see now how that is possible now.)
I’ll start with the good! The conversations between Bilbo and Gandalf, and then Frodo and Gandalf about the ring, it’s history and what is now brewing in the world were fantastic and really built up the importance of the journey to come. Oh and the writing has actually improved from The Hobbit!
Now for the bad... everything after that? Just kidding.... no not really. We’ll start with Tom Bombadil who after writing this I wish to never hear or see his name ever again. For he and everything that went on during his chapters made me want to tear my hair out. It was the most pointless sidetrack from the main story I have ever encountered in my history of reading. And the singing... please make it stop. It burns us. Ultimately I had to set the speed of my audiobook as fast as I could so my suffering would end quickly before I received any long lasting damage. I can see why there was absolutely no mention of this character and these chapters in the film.
Now let’s speed through the rest because by this point we’re about halfway through the book and in comparison to the film SOD ALL has happened. Right, every scene with Strider/Aragorn was brilliant, his character is epic!! but Arwen? Where you at? I miss you. Then meeting Bilbo again: ‘Hi there, just don’t start doing any sing- oh great... please just leave me alone.’ Skip along a bit more and we don’t even get the classic ‘Noooooooo’ from Gimli in Moria, in fact he didn’t even seem that bothered, shame. Now let’s skip to the end where we are completely missing one of the most iconic scenes in the entire film!? How’s that happened then? I mean I guess it will come at the beginning of the next book but that will be pretty bizarre.
Look, I’m nitpicking obviously, and having fun doing so too. Despite the many differences the book was still great, I mean it’s Tolkien’s Lord the Rings. But the problem is by the end, instead of appreciating the work of Tolkien, I was left appreciating more what director James Cameron actually managed to create from it. He created a masterpiece from something that in my opinion wasn’t quite there yet.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
3.0
I actually attempted to read the Hobbit when I was probably 12 because my mum is the worlds biggest LoTR fan and wanted to introduce the series to me with what should be a light prequel. I failed miserably. In fact I don’t even think I reached the part when they leave the Shire... This time around I listened to it as an audiobook. The narrator Rob Inglis did a fantastic job of bringing the story and characters to life, but sadly it couldn’t save it from me only giving it 3 stars.
Now disclaimer, I watched The Hobbit trilogy before this and wasn’t really a fan of it. (Splitting it into 3 movies was clearly a cash grab, and none of the films managed to reach the levels of the original trilogy) So maybe while going through this I had that in the back of my mind.
However my biggest qualm was not of the story, which was actually a great adventure, but of the writing itself. I have always heard so much praise for Tolkien, arguably being the pioneer of the fantasy genre, but it seems his style of writing has not aged well. Especially compared to what the fantasy genre has become today with the likes of Game of Thrones etc...
I really struggled to get through certain parts and often found his wit landed a bit flat. I could just see Tolkien sitting there giggling to himself as he wrote, thinking he’s really done something here... The constant breaking into songs/poems that more often than not didn’t add anything to the story and the fact that he always has to name all 13? dwarves in the gang... (many of which I couldn’t tell apart, so we were better off just having 4 detailed ones) It must have been a nightmare for the poor narrator, because it was a nightmare for me hearing it!
Also as many other reviews on here have noted, Tolkien often seems to get distracted and puts too much detail into parts that do not matter and leaves other areas quite underdeveloped. For example, I found it frustrating that we spent so much time during moments such as Bilbo and Gollum doing riddle after riddle, yet there was hardly any description of the final battle, and the character deaths just felt shrugged off with no meaningful description of anyones thoughts and emotions at that time.
Even though there was some great memorable parts along the way, as a whole it felt a bit of a chore to get through and sadly I didn’t feel rewarded by finishing it.
Now disclaimer, I watched The Hobbit trilogy before this and wasn’t really a fan of it. (Splitting it into 3 movies was clearly a cash grab, and none of the films managed to reach the levels of the original trilogy) So maybe while going through this I had that in the back of my mind.
However my biggest qualm was not of the story, which was actually a great adventure, but of the writing itself. I have always heard so much praise for Tolkien, arguably being the pioneer of the fantasy genre, but it seems his style of writing has not aged well. Especially compared to what the fantasy genre has become today with the likes of Game of Thrones etc...
I really struggled to get through certain parts and often found his wit landed a bit flat. I could just see Tolkien sitting there giggling to himself as he wrote, thinking he’s really done something here... The constant breaking into songs/poems that more often than not didn’t add anything to the story and the fact that he always has to name all 13? dwarves in the gang... (many of which I couldn’t tell apart, so we were better off just having 4 detailed ones) It must have been a nightmare for the poor narrator, because it was a nightmare for me hearing it!
Also as many other reviews on here have noted, Tolkien often seems to get distracted and puts too much detail into parts that do not matter and leaves other areas quite underdeveloped. For example, I found it frustrating that we spent so much time during moments such as Bilbo and Gollum doing riddle after riddle, yet there was hardly any description of the final battle, and the character deaths just felt shrugged off with no meaningful description of anyones thoughts and emotions at that time.
Even though there was some great memorable parts along the way, as a whole it felt a bit of a chore to get through and sadly I didn’t feel rewarded by finishing it.
Demon Road by Derek Landy
5.0
Till this day I’m still not sure why this book has resonated in my memory as much as it has. For me it was a real hidden gem and I’m surprised that it never really took off in popularity like the skulduggery series has.
Derek Landy is one of my favourite authors who I’ve been following since a kid and this book gave us the usual brilliance that we come to expect but amped up all the violence and horror by 10 which seemingly made it more suitable for my age group, as most of us skulduggery fans are now adults.
Maybe it’s also because I didn’t read much about it beforehand so went into the story not knowing what was going to happen next. And it was one hell of a ride. So many memorable moments, twists and shocks throughout. When looking back I find it hard to believe that so much happened in just one book, yet each of these brilliant moments still stand out so well.
I don’t tend to ever re-read books simply because I have so many others I need to get through, but this one I would love to pick up again one day. Luckily there are still two other books in the series to get through first & I look forward to what’s to come!
Derek Landy is one of my favourite authors who I’ve been following since a kid and this book gave us the usual brilliance that we come to expect but amped up all the violence and horror by 10 which seemingly made it more suitable for my age group, as most of us skulduggery fans are now adults.
Maybe it’s also because I didn’t read much about it beforehand so went into the story not knowing what was going to happen next. And it was one hell of a ride. So many memorable moments, twists and shocks throughout. When looking back I find it hard to believe that so much happened in just one book, yet each of these brilliant moments still stand out so well.
I don’t tend to ever re-read books simply because I have so many others I need to get through, but this one I would love to pick up again one day. Luckily there are still two other books in the series to get through first & I look forward to what’s to come!
Desolation by Derek Landy
4.0
The first Demon Road book was an absolute hidden gem from an author I’ve loved from the Skulduggery Series. It was one of those adventures that stick with you, even though so much happened, you still get flashbacks of certain events and think wow that happened. This book however, though it still had many of the awesome elements, when trying to look back at my favourite parts it all feels like a bit of a blur.
Maybe it was a bit of an overload as we were thrown straight into the action from the first chapter and every following chapter there was always some sort of violent conflict or a new twist in the plan. Also the fact that it’s mostly all set in the single town rather than travelling around and discovering new places. But that’s forgivable because the town and it’s hidden dark mystery is intriguing and awesome to uncover.
The largest problem for me and I see many other reviewers think likewise is the new characters that are introduced. There’s more than I can count and to be fair they weren’t all that bad, the old guys had an interesting dynamic and the young gang of Scooby Doo monster-hunters could make for an interesting book of their own. They did add to the story in their own way and It would have all been perfectly fine had I wanted to care about new characters. Problem is I didn’t! Amber and Milo’s journey is all that I was really interested in but we had to follow these other guys around for multiple chapters in between.
The ‘romance’ between Amber and Kelly has also got plenty enough stick on here from reviewers so I daren’t go into it. Ultimately I just found it all a bit awkward as though the author didn’t feel comfortable or knowledgable enough as a fellow dude when delving into that type of dynamic. It’s not his forte.
Also it’s easy to brush over, but Glenn? What’s up dawg? I hope everything gets explained and resolved with him in the next book because we can’t just have him popping up to help here and there and then disappearing with no real explanation!
Now despite the criticisms, don’t get it mistaken, this book will still have you on the edge of your seat. It was an epic book, but like many sequels it’s just not as good as the first. I do however look forward to the final book in the trilogy as the reviews are very good for it and as a character I look forward to seeing Amber mature even more as she faces her new challenges.
Maybe it was a bit of an overload as we were thrown straight into the action from the first chapter and every following chapter there was always some sort of violent conflict or a new twist in the plan. Also the fact that it’s mostly all set in the single town rather than travelling around and discovering new places. But that’s forgivable because the town and it’s hidden dark mystery is intriguing and awesome to uncover.
The largest problem for me and I see many other reviewers think likewise is the new characters that are introduced. There’s more than I can count and to be fair they weren’t all that bad, the old guys had an interesting dynamic and the young gang of Scooby Doo monster-hunters could make for an interesting book of their own. They did add to the story in their own way and It would have all been perfectly fine had I wanted to care about new characters. Problem is I didn’t! Amber and Milo’s journey is all that I was really interested in but we had to follow these other guys around for multiple chapters in between.
The ‘romance’ between Amber and Kelly has also got plenty enough stick on here from reviewers so I daren’t go into it. Ultimately I just found it all a bit awkward as though the author didn’t feel comfortable or knowledgable enough as a fellow dude when delving into that type of dynamic. It’s not his forte.
Also it’s easy to brush over, but Glenn? What’s up dawg? I hope everything gets explained and resolved with him in the next book because we can’t just have him popping up to help here and there and then disappearing with no real explanation!
Now despite the criticisms, don’t get it mistaken, this book will still have you on the edge of your seat. It was an epic book, but like many sequels it’s just not as good as the first. I do however look forward to the final book in the trilogy as the reviews are very good for it and as a character I look forward to seeing Amber mature even more as she faces her new challenges.