is more like a highfor me, almost a, It had a good plot amp good characters, I was immediately attached to the main characters amp the things he did, I didn't read the first book because, but that's okay everything made sense and everything was connected, This might be triggering to some people, but I liked that it was relatable on that aspect, I'd definitely recommend this for when it is released!! : While Invincible was a bit too dramatic and heavy for my taste, Unforgivable makes up for it.
This time, the story is told in Marcuss point of view, Although the story is still full of “heavy” emotions and grief, theres also something about it that make the readers hold on to a glimmer of hope.
What really stood out for me were the chapters, Marcuss narrations were told in three ways, There were the “you” chapters then theres the “here” and “there”, The you chapters were Marcuss thoughts about Evie, I actually found it poetic and deep and heartfelt, Im always looking forward for these chapters every time I turn to the next page because of the feelings that bleeds through the book.
Its also told in thend person POV which is something new for me and I loved it, it made Marcuss emotions more raw and personal.
On the other hand, the here chapters were about whats happening in present time and there was more on the past and Marcuss memories about his brother, David and his family.
The ending was perfect, I love how Marcus picked himself up and saw things in a different light, It wasnt an easy process and the book as a whole showed his struggles and how it changed him, Its a great conclusion to Evie and Marcuss story,
All in all, Unforgivable is an emotional book that just hits the spot with its poetic writing, Its a beautiful book about letting go and looking in to hope, courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales
Quick amp Dirty: Marcus comes to terms with all the loss in his life.
Opening Sentence: “Im sorry, ”
The :
Marcus gets a text from Evie asking him to meet her on the beach, When he arrives she is nowhere to be seen, but he finds a pile of her clothes and then spots her in the water.
He rushes her to the hospital and then waits for word, Only to find out she is in a coma when her mom blames him for everything, Marcus then begins to go crazy trying to find out what has happened to Evie, until he finally catches her sister outside of her school.
He realizes later that he is clean and soon begins to make other changes to his life, He takes
the internship with his father, stops smoking weed and tries to talk to Evie, When he shows up at her house to apologize, her parents call the police and he is arrested, After that, he leaves her alone and becomes withdrawn, His mother nor his father can reach him, Along the way, we learn what happened to his brother David,
David was an addict slowly killing himself until one day he decided that wasnt fast enough and killed himself, He sent Marcus a text and so Marcus was the one that found him, Marcus seems to be drowning in his loss, he doesnt know how to deal with Evie and his mother, He cant seem to accept the changes in his father, Will he be able to finally get through it
I kind of have a lot to say, First off, I thought the first book was okay and that Evie was meh, I am not reviewing that book so I will stop there, but I thought it was bad enough that she texted Marcus to find her, and then when I got to the part about David it cemented the fact that I didnt like her.
I know he didnt tell her that, but hey, just a thought, Not something that leaves a good memory behind, The way she treated him through the whole book, and the fact that he kept chasing after her burned me, I wanted to say let her go, man, you can do so much better,
So needless to say that was the worst example of a relationship in YA book I have ever read, and even when Marcus finally admitted it was toxic.
He just decided to accept all the blame, ugh, she never not once apologized to him or explained to her parents that he didnt have anything to do the pills.
Yes, he partied with her, but basically, even though this was from his viewpoint he was just the welcome mat on which she walked.
His story was utterly lost in that BS of a relationship, I cant really say anything else, Kudos for a biracial couple, but big thumbs down for having him arrested, having her parents treat him like trash, and I am assuming all because he is black and they partied together.
Notable Scene:
“I should have tried harder, I should have done more to pull the truth out of you, I was a coward, too, But that ends now. I refuse to lose you, I will not give up that easily, I will not let you drift away and pretend you did not leave some pieces of you with me, ”
FTC Advisory: Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins provided me with a copy of Unforgivable, No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review,.In this subpar sequel to INVINCIBLE, Marcus deals with the fallout of saving Evies life, Hes forbidden from seeing her, blames for her substance abuse, He avoids his strict father, memories of his brothers drug abuse and suicide and his mothers abandonment by smoking week and cutting himself while desperately trying to see Evie.
Marcuss obsession with Evie borders on stalking, Their creepy, instalove may have worked out if both were healthier, but she was an addict and he was a wounded mess.
He should have been in therapy, but would never have engaged in treatment, While Evie makes a few cameo appearances, UNFORGIVABLE is Marcuss story, Hes sympathetic, but his story and the way it was told just didnt feel as compelling or real as INVINCIBLE had, Perhaps if Amy Reed has chosen to use both Evie and Marcuss points of view, I may have been more interested, I wanted to know more about her journey and the people in her life,
UNFORGIVABLE felt incomplete, Its not a bad book, but an unequal sequel, I loved this book. It made me cry like all her books but it wasn't depressing, I loved that it was a male narrator, That was a refreshing change from a lot of YA books, I wished that there had been more from the girl from the first book, but I did love make narrator's point of view and his personality.
Qu'estce que je déteste les récits du point de vue d'un autre personnage qui reviennent sur les événements déjà abordés dans un précédent tome.
Sans compter que le procédé et la forme n'aidaient pas à apprécier le sujet, Oh Marcus, we should totally hang,
I did not read "Invincible" btw, but you really don't need to, Amy Reed does it again by illustrating grief and the ways we cope with it in such raw and heartfelt ways,
Notable quote
“What a stupid irony that they resemble such things, so useful, meant to preserve life, while I defile it again and again, turning my body into a torture chamber, punishing myself by making myself hurt more.
” "I knew I'd have to get used to waiting and become satisfied with those snippets of breath and skin, those fragments of intoxicating now.
And then the light would fade, The magic would be over, only partly revealed, That's the story of us, Over and over. Light and darkness and light again, And right now, the darkness is winning, "
Starting where Invincible ended, Marcus finds his beloved Evie drowning in the ocean and scrambles to save her.
From there, he expects everything to be good again, but it isn't, Marcus is forbidden from seeing her, which opens up a new deep feeling of both love and pain,
Told in sections titled "You" addressed to Evie herself, "Here" the present as Marcus navigates through his own personal hell, and "There" the past as Marcus watches his mother leave him and his older brother David destroy himself to death.
Marcus loses himself in grief of Evie, of his mother, of his brother, and of his strict father that is trying to be a part of his life again.
All these feelings consume him, until he's left to destroy himself, too,
I'm reviewing this as a standalone book, as I haven't read Invincible prior to reading this, As a result, there might have been things that I was missing from not reading the first one, but I think it does a good job at keeping readers informed on what is going on, especially in a new perspective.
This is a heavy book, There's a lot of content such as drug/alcohol abuse, depression, and suicidal thoughts, but I expected it, It gets really dark, but accurately captures the feelings that are associated with such events, The short chapters were a great variation, and it made me anxious flipping through them,
Overall, I enjoyed Marcus's narrative and the variation between past and present, There were times where I wished that the characters were a bit more developed, but this was a good book that I'd recommend to anybody.
Just keep in mind that this handles dark topics that may be triggering, but it is a necessary book with topics that should be covered.
Preferably, read the first book before the sequel, However, you could go both ways with this one,
"The only thing that can take away this pain is a different kind of pain, " Originally posted sitelinkhere
Unforgivable is a companion story to Invincible, Whereas Invincible was all about Evie Unforgivable is Marcus story, Its a very quick read, but full of all the things I love when it comes to YA contemporary love, family, and absolution.
This story is dark, as it revolves around the lives of characters who abused drugs amp alcohol, are depressed, suicide recollection, and abandonment issues.
Marcus story tore at my heart strings the entire time that I was reading, If you have read the first book, then there is no way that you can miss this next chapter, This is the story of a boy lost in his head about everything that has happened since he was a little boy.
The chapters are short and are written in either present or past tense,
You Marcus is struggling with his guilt at not being able to stop Evie from self destruction, His words are almost poetic and you can feel his pain oozing from just a simple word, or sentence,
There Marcus recalls childhood memories, his brothers suicide, and his mothers choice to leave, It is heartbreaking!
Here/Now/Us Present tense and the aftermath of what happened in Invincible, I much rather preferred this tense, as it continues the overall story, The ending surprised me, but it wrapped up the story,
Marcus and Evies relationship started out rocky, but they were two people who were bent on easing the pain and depression.
They may have done bad things on the way to find the answers, but their problems defined them, so they saw no other way to cope.
They fell in love, and that love consisted of toxic things that almost caused more problems than they had combined, but they had to figure it out without being in each others lives.
His mom made him see that very thing in herself and the way that she took off, Interesting family dynamic at the end, but I think it worked itself out,
Overall, I really liked this book, More so than the first one, I recommend this to lovers of contemporary YA and realistic fiction, .
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