katherine

oh man this was a true 5/10 mid rating. i do love a good continuation of the hunger games lore but everything past the main 3 books reads so fanfictioney. i was just not interested or invested in anyone, the writing was ass and i think haymitch lacked a lot of depth. there was a lot of potential for his story esp during the games and i think it just came off so... BORING i cant believe this same woman wrote the hunger games trilogy and the gregor the overlander series bc those were so peak and this was... EXTREMELY LACKING. i had the same qualm with tbosas- fanfiction ahh celebrity guest appearances by previously established characters that feels like PANDERING! the only part that i really liked was literally the 2 pages of the epilogue bc it was directly correlated to what was already written in the TRILOGY and im a sucker for healing and coping with losing a loved one.

call me biased but that was a 5/5. i had the privilege of reading this all the way through pretty much in one sitting and woah my goodness. so many tears it was so gripping and engaging tbh i liked how they spent so much time on the lam not knowing wtf to do with finding the horcruxes bc bruh IT IS REALISTIC! i loved everything about this book the plot progression was incredible there were such amazing moments pretty consistently throughout i loved their relationship mending w kreacher and bro i genuinely lost it when dobby died even tho i knew he would.... and neville. bro he is the bravest most heroic little boy he is the star of the entire series... him and dobby i think. just incredible writing she really ended it off on a bang just wow

wow i feel like fucking shit after finishing this. i cant believe i remember this being my favorite book out of the whole series the last time i read it. what a horrible state of mind i was in to be able to say that bruh. the ending hit me so incredibly hard that the rest of the book is like nothing which i dont really like. i feel numb now and incredibly dreadful and hopeless and scared and it is so wonderful how rowling instills these emotions through her writing. wow that was a horrific way to end she is truly fucked up in the head but beautifully so

i think rowling did a great job of capturing the angst of a 15 year old boy and creating an atmosphere of anger, rage, bleakness and grimness but that isnt super enjoyable to read... like i looove how she writes quidditch, i love harry and sirius' interactions, harry and dumbledore and the fact that we are so deprived of that in this book makes it unable to compare to the others. i understand why she did it, but this feels like a transitional piece more than anything. i think Chamber of Secrets had that transitional vibe- nothing really happened in the end but i cared so much reading it. this book has kind of the opposite effect, so many significant things happened yet i did not get as much enjoyment nor rich imagery from it. idk! not saying it was bad tho, i loved harry being a classic boy and i cried my eyes out after what happened to sirius and the aftereffects. so so so so sad. it's starting to get very dark!

this book took me forever to finish but when i actually started reading it was hard to put down. really enjoyed how the two stories mirrored each other. it was excellent storytelling and a cute idea. i dont feel like writing a review but this was a worthwhile read for sure. lowkey am a wimp bc reading about murders at night creeps me out