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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
Well that was a really interesting turn of events, wasn't it?
Excited to see how the last book of the series will turn out!
Excited to see how the last book of the series will turn out!
While I’ve thus far loathed this series. I can admit when a book is good and this one has kept me fairly enraptured in spite of my lingering disappointments of Lisa McMann’s addition the world of Artimere and Quill.
I don’t seems to hate either of the girls as much. How can I when their character growth is actually legitimate. When you ‘humanize’ the girls they...can be tolerable.
Rohan in my opinion was such a clingy obsessed dude. Scarily so. I mean I loved him. But as a 14 year old boy. Like those feelings he is feeling for his pria aren’t healthy. For either of them.
Dev’s character is lovable despite his ‘flaws’ which makes him more appealing than others such as Samheed who have flaws but are just so irritable that you can’t stomach them as individuals.
Aaron got his ‘spotlight’ moment which was kind of nice. I also appreciate him FINALLY mentioning some semblance of Alex. I mean they are twins and like you’d think he’d be a bit more distraught. I know he died like thousands of pages ago but for me Alex is just the one mistake that will forever make this series unredeemable in my eyes.
It’s the twins fault that he’s dead and I refuse to believe anything else.
But overall this one was definitely light years ahead of the others. Especially the last one. But don’t get me wrong. I’m happy this series is coming to a close. Give Alex’s name and Aaron’s soul a rest will you McMann?
I don’t seems to hate either of the girls as much. How can I when their character growth is actually legitimate. When you ‘humanize’ the girls they...can be tolerable.
Rohan in my opinion was such a clingy obsessed dude. Scarily so. I mean I loved him. But as a 14 year old boy. Like those feelings he is feeling for his pria aren’t healthy. For either of them.
Dev’s character is lovable despite his ‘flaws’ which makes him more appealing than others such as Samheed who have flaws but are just so irritable that you can’t stomach them as individuals.
Aaron got his ‘spotlight’ moment which was kind of nice. I also appreciate him FINALLY mentioning some semblance of Alex. I mean they are twins and like you’d think he’d be a bit more distraught. I know he died like thousands of pages ago but for me Alex is just the one mistake that will forever make this series unredeemable in my eyes.
It’s the twins fault that he’s dead and I refuse to believe anything else.
But overall this one was definitely light years ahead of the others. Especially the last one. But don’t get me wrong. I’m happy this series is coming to a close. Give Alex’s name and Aaron’s soul a rest will you McMann?
emotional
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was such a good read!!! Totally worth the first 12 books.
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
~ Great Penultimate Book! ~
Okay this one might just outrank 3 and 5 for me!!
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It was a little bit of a slow start, but once I got into it I couldn’t put it down!! The planning aspect was great and how the twins are advancing themselves and the plot was really fun (and a little heartbreaking) to witness.
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A great thing about this series is it’s never frustrating without reason. Meaning that I often find in some books and longer series with lots of books like this one, the author keeps having the characters make stupid or out of character decisions to save their reveals and plot points for later so they’ll have a “greater” effect, but Lisa never does that which is great! So even if there are frustrating parts to the story, it feels very in character and everyone still seems very competent which makes me fine to put up with it!!
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Loved the subterfuge and the infiltration parts of this one and the growing relationships between everybody!! I’m so terrified and excited for the last one!! Expect a very long, mushy review there as I’ve been saving up all my nostalgia and thoughts on the series as a whole for that one
Okay this one might just outrank 3 and 5 for me!!
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It was a little bit of a slow start, but once I got into it I couldn’t put it down!! The planning aspect was great and how the twins are advancing themselves and the plot was really fun (and a little heartbreaking) to witness.
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A great thing about this series is it’s never frustrating without reason. Meaning that I often find in some books and longer series with lots of books like this one, the author keeps having the characters make stupid or out of character decisions to save their reveals and plot points for later so they’ll have a “greater” effect, but Lisa never does that which is great! So even if there are frustrating parts to the story, it feels very in character and everyone still seems very competent which makes me fine to put up with it!!
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Loved the subterfuge and the infiltration parts of this one and the growing relationships between everybody!! I’m so terrified and excited for the last one!! Expect a very long, mushy review there as I’ve been saving up all my nostalgia and thoughts on the series as a whole for that one
Positives: beautiful magical world with unique magical creatures. Loving found family. Mischievous twin girls with strong unruly magical abilities.
*"happy little cannibal".
Negatives: Implied that the negative events bring out the best in people. Lack of parental guidance or appropriate adult child relationships. Inappropriately heavy leadership decisions laid on children. Idiotic adults and immature child leaders.
Triggers for sensitive minds
Physically violence: inhuman treatment of prisoners human and animal, cruel tyranny, slavery (work based), illness from hunger and dehydration, civil war, description of wounds, forced drinking of magical broth that causes physical changes, isolation, various forms of coercion, fighting to escape and to rescue with some lethal force used, mind control via magical animal instincts, weaponized fire, smoke inhalation.
Death of magical statue who is revived, kidnapping, death of loved one/father figure.
Emotional pain: loss and grief of loved one, fear of death and imprisonment, abandonment, coercion, inappropriately heavy leadership decisions laid on children, double cross,
*"happy little cannibal".
Negatives: Implied that the negative events bring out the best in people. Lack of parental guidance or appropriate adult child relationships. Inappropriately heavy leadership decisions laid on children. Idiotic adults and immature child leaders.
Triggers for sensitive minds
Physically violence: inhuman treatment of prisoners human and animal, cruel tyranny, slavery (work based), illness from hunger and dehydration, civil war, description of wounds, forced drinking of magical broth that causes physical changes, isolation, various forms of coercion, fighting to escape and to rescue with some lethal force used, mind control via magical animal instincts, weaponized fire, smoke inhalation.
Death of magical statue who is revived, kidnapping, death of loved one/father figure.
Emotional pain: loss and grief of loved one, fear of death and imprisonment, abandonment, coercion, inappropriately heavy leadership decisions laid on children, double cross,
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Finally! Finally Unwanteds Quests is reaching the quality of the original series. This book was so good! I absolutely adored it and it had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The plot was more interesting in this book, and the characters were put in situations that really pushed them. And it did all of this while almost entirely being set in Grimere, which I've found to be a generally less compelling setting than Artime. Like with the other books in this series, I'll divide this review up by the storylines that were explored (although they were less clear cut in this book than the previous ones-probably another reason why this book was so much better than the others).
Fifer/Thisbe Storyline
Thisbe's conflict in this book was fantastic. The set up of having her pretend to join the Reviner and keep it secret from everyone else put her in a situation where we could explore aspects of her character that had been hinted at but not fully realized, such as her complicated feelings over being more evil than good. It was interesting to see her embracing her darker side a bit more. The situation she was in also upped the stakes. She's a child who's facing the greatest threat her world has ever known, on her own, when most of her friends and family think she betrayed them. I also appreciated the nuance that this book added to the Reviner. It explored who she is beyond a 'big bad villain' and that was needed. And done very well. Fifer didn't really do much in this book, other than come up with the plan, but I'm alright with that. Fifer got to be focused on last book. This time, it was Thisbe's turn to shine. As a side note, I really feel like they should have told someone that Thisbe hadn't really betrayed them. Maybe one of the statues who I doubt can be affected by the dragon bone broth. Then when the plan fell apart, they wouldn't be in the situation they are now. But I also appreciate the writing choice not to have them tell anyone. It seems like a mistake they would make. They are still kids, after all.
Rescue Team Storyline
I loved getting to spend more time in Rohan's POV this book. His POV is very distinct from many of the others we've gotten, with him thinking in elegant sentences just like he speaks in. He's just so sweet and wholesome. The letters at the beginning of the book were so heartfelt. He and Thisbe just make such a good pair. And the part where he thought she had betrayed him was so sad. But then he figures out what's really going on and gives Thisbe the support that she needed. I also love that he's such a good actor that even Thisbe couldn't see through it when he was pretending to be on the dragon bone broth. I also loved the little segment we got about Asha and Clementi, and not just because I love seeing LGBTQ+ representation. It was a nice break from the heaviness of the plot to remind us what the characters are fighting for. They're fighting so that the people of the seven islands and Grimere can have many moments like these, without the threat of war hanging over them. And then Aaron. The poor guy just can't catch a break in this series. Ishibashi's death was so sad. And it came right after such a sweet conversation with Aaron. Aaaah. It was such a well-written and devastating scene. I just. . .McMann does not shy away from character death, that's for sure.
Fifer/Thisbe Storyline
Thisbe's conflict in this book was fantastic.
Rescue Team Storyline
I loved getting to spend more time in Rohan's POV this book. His POV is very distinct from many of the others we've gotten, with him thinking in elegant sentences just like he speaks in. He's just so sweet and wholesome. The letters at the beginning of the book were so heartfelt. He and Thisbe just make such a good pair.
adventurous
challenging
hopeful