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Puedo decir que este libro tiene uno de los peores finales que he leído.
Todo queda sin definir, toda la acción está en las últimas páginas,
Con el único personaje que conecté fue con Julián, ni siquiera con Lena, quien en este libro es más insegura que inclusive en el primero.
Está narrado desde los puntos de vista de Lena y Hana,
I can say that this book has one of the worst endings I've read, Everything remains undefined, all the action is in the last pages,
The only character that I connected with was with Julian, not even with Lena, who in this book is more insecure than even in the first.
It is narrated from the points of view of Lena and Hana, For as much shit as the end of this book got from everyone,
I thought it was pretty perfect.
I didn't think it was unfair at all, Open, yes, but some easy inferences tell you everything you need to know,
I got just what I wanted from my favorite characters, and I won't lie: I was pretty excited about Lena's choice in the end.
Oliver's beautiful, beautiful writing never hurts, either,
Lauren Oliver says, in a tweet to me:
"I won't say a word! V proud of that book, though.
I made some unconventional choices and I'm excited about it"
AHHH! She made unconventional choices! Don't you love when authors do that and it's not just Mrs.
Predictable writing a book
CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS MASTERPIECE TO BE IN MY HOUSE,Predictions:
Tack is possibly Julians brother, Julian stated that everyone was afraid of his brother and same thing with Tack, Julians
brothers favorite book was Great Expectations and so is Tacks,
Alex was cured
Julian dies
Raven or Lena's mother dies
Lena goes back to Portland
After reading it.
I missed the romance and passion, It lacked feelings besides for conversations between Lena and her mother, The first two are by far on another level compared to this book, at least emotionally, I liked the book but what made me disappointed was all the loose ends at the end of the trilogy, what happens to Hana Where's Jenny Rachel and her Aunt Did Fred die Alex or Julian Coral or Lena What's gonna happen when those tanks come The ending felt like Lauren Oliver was talking to us about our lives and it wasn't Lena at all.
For as much as I bitched about Mockingjay's epilogue, I kind of think that this book could have used one.
This will be the review of can't really say jack,
After all, how do I even talk about this book without spoilers Warning : there are spoilers for bookin the comments section, so don't go there unless you've at least read up through book.
I can probably at least say that fans of the trilogy will want to read Requiem so they can finish out the story.
I just expected more than this and truly wish that I could give a glowing report,
So who here has read bookShow of hands For those of you who have, how many of you were hoping for a bunch of time Come on, I know I wasn't the only one.
Sorry to burst everyone's bubbles, but I'll just say, "good luck with that, " Oh, he's there. But again, I expected more,
"Stop saying my name, You don't know me anymore, "
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Yes, I am frustrated, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT SPOILING, I can't write the review that I want to write,
So instead, I'll make you sit and listen to elevator muzak in order to fill up some of the time in which you'd normally spend reading one of my ridiculously long reviews.
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Oh, I'm sorry, were you expecting more Crap, Let me think for a moment, There has to be something random that I can say,
Does anyone remember my reference to the Book of Shhh in my review of bookCan anyone explain to me why it now appears to be a reworked Bible I suppose the there were some previous book/chapter/verse descriptions which were similar to those in the Bible, but the reworked story of Solomon in Requiem where the baby actually gets sliced in two was
Requiem is told in two different alternating PoV's from both Lena and Hana, Even though I didn't read the short story of Hana,, I'd probably go ahead and tell you to read it, or at the very least look up a wiki or have a friend spoil it for you like I did, so you get the gist of where Hana's mind is at now.
Hana's story was eh Lena's story was eh The way everything collided at the end was eh Can problems such as these be worked out with so little effort
The ending was I guess sort of okay, but also annoyingly open.
This is all I can mention, How about we make a deal For everyone who is reading this trilogy, come back and tell me what you thought of that ending.
Maybe I'm overreacting and you will all love it,
If you haven't started this trilogy, should you read it Maybe, Bookwas exciting. Bookwas alright. Bookwas not necessarily boring, . . it just all comes down to being anticlimactic for me, Maybe you won't feel the same, I have friends who enjoyed the entire trilogy, This isn't the worst dystopia I've read that's for sure,
Btw, this is going to be a t, v. show. So if you like reading books before seeing the story play out on film, then you'll be wanting to pick this up anyway.
Sorry for the lame review, I can't get it right every time,
"This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.
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I've had a rocky time with this trilogy, The first book started out as way too romancy for my taste, But the last two books have really gotten down into the nitty gritty of the politics of this world and I found it much more gripping.
Lena and Julian have made it back to her friends from the Wilds, and have joined the resistance.
Alex's return in bookpissed me off, we never really learn how he didn't actually die and how he made it back to the group.
But I liked the other characters Raven, Hunter, Bram etc, even though they are basically background characters, could definitely have had more depth in their stories,
What was better about Requiem is we getPOV's instead of just Lena's all the time cause she can be damn irritating.
We also get a POV from Hana, Lena's old best friend, We get to see what life is like for her as a 'cured' member of society about to be pushed into a marriage with the new mayor of Portland.
I really liked Hana's character she was strong in the face of adversity, and it's nice that we get a character's perspective from that side instead of just the resistance side.
It is an interesting dystopian world that Lauren Oliver has created here, and I will take into account the fact that this is an older YA.
YA has improved drastically since this was written so I can't really fault it the same way I'd fault it if it was written in the last few years for example.
Overall, I'd say this series is definitely worth checking out, I don't think I'll reread it, but I don't regret picking them up,
"We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another, We have no choice but to step forward, and then step forward again, and then step forward again suddenly we find ourselves on a road we haven't chosen at all.
" Warning, spoilers for Pandemonium in passage below
I'm gonna be blunt and put it out there, I don't like Julian. Sure, he's nice and all that, but he's not Alex, Julian is sheltered and too much of an important figure to be involved in Lena's romantic affairs, He's inexperienced, knows nothing on how to survive in The Wild, While Alex helped Lena, Julian is the one that needs the taking care of, He's much weaker than Alex,
My heart literally skipped likebeats when I read the ending of Pandemonium, It went pang, and it was like I saw his hair and heard his low voice,
I guess I knew all along that Alex wasn't dead, It was a small, hopeful spark in my heart and when Julian came into the story I got kinda mad.
I'm kinda attached to Alex, alright
All I can think about right now is the word "Run" that Alex said when he was caught.
Not "Save me" but "Run", He sacrificed his life for her and didn't think once about himself, No wonder his eyes were all stony when he caught them kissing and making promises,
Last of all, I cannot believe I have to wait another year for the third book,
Lena better get back with Alex, or else, Julian can go marry Sarah or something,.stars.
I'm not sure I know what to say about this one,
While I was only mildly impressed with sitelinkDelirium, and found Lena to be a weak and indecisive character, I was incredibly impressed with her development in sitelinkPandemonium.
Lena grew into a strong, determined character, with a cause far greater than somewhat ordinary teenage love,
In Requiem all the momentum built in Pandemonium was halted, Despite the all out war brewing between the Regulators and the Invalids, the main focus of the story was Lena's feelings for Alex and Julianwhich changed every other chapter or so.
I found Requiem to be incredibly flat and boring, even with the many fighting scenes, They all seemed recycled, and took a backseat to Lena's dithering about the two boys,
And the ending The nicest word I have for it is abrupt, All in all, a disappointing conclusion to a promising series,
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