Marie
This book was honestly pretty boring. I almost gave up around the 70% mark, but I pushed through out of guilt and because I wanted to see the series through. In the end I’m glad I finished it, but I can’t help thinking this didn’t really need to exist. The whole thing could have wrapped up as a trilogy and nothing would’ve been lost.
The writing felt repetitive, like Westerfeld was stuck on the same phrases and scenes on repeat through the whole series. There’s a plot twist that’s decent enough to keep you going, but for the final book of a series it just doesn’t deliver. The ending fell flat, and I was left more tired than satisfied.
I’ve seen a lot of people say the same, that this book adds very little and just drags things out, and I’d agree. If you’ve already made it this far, you might read it just to close the loop, but you’re not missing much if you skip it.
This book was honestly pretty boring. I almost gave up around the 70% mark, but I pushed through out of guilt and because I wanted to see the series through. In the end I’m glad I finished it, but I can’t help thinking this didn’t really need to exist. The whole thing could have wrapped up as a trilogy and nothing would’ve been lost.
The writing felt repetitive, like Westerfeld was stuck on the same phrases and scenes on repeat through the whole series. There’s a plot twist that’s decent enough to keep you going, but for the final book of a series it just doesn’t deliver. The ending fell flat, and I was left more tired than satisfied.
I’ve seen a lot of people say the same, that this book adds very little and just drags things out, and I’d agree. If you’ve already made it this far, you might read it just to close the loop, but you’re not missing much if you skip it.