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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
A really good conclusion to the story begun in volume 1. I liked that new characters came along in this book, while still leaving most of the story to the established characters. Much that needed explanation was explained. One thing felt jarring to me: while the first volume was told without any gaps in time, this one had some leaps. There was no "and then days passed..." passage in the first book, so such passages felt out of place in the second book (but onluy because it broke an established pattern.)
The creatures and the details and the horrors of the land of Malice are so intricate and imaginative. I wish there were a map of the place.
The creatures and the details and the horrors of the land of Malice are so intricate and imaginative. I wish there were a map of the place.
Not too bad. It was nice to find a series that was just two books.
excellent series, excellent sequel. I loved every minute of this journey.
Havoc picks up where Malice left off. In some ways it's similar to Malice: one character in the world of Malice while the other investigates from our world. More answers are given and the Six become more than just rumors, and we learn more about where the comic book came from. I enjoyed how Wooding handled Kady and Seth's character arcs and their feelings about Malice, but the character that really surprised me was Tall Jake. Much of the fear toward Tall Jake came from knowing only what he did without significant encounters with Tall Jake himself. As he becomes a more present character toward the end of the book, he remains frightening and in fact manages to plant some lasting doubts.
And surely I'm not the only person who felt a jolt during that scene with mim! Apt to the plotline that some of the fear and surprise would carry over into the real world.
And surely I'm not the only person who felt a jolt during that scene with mim! Apt to the plotline that some of the fear and surprise would carry over into the real world.
Spoiler
The one thing I think should have been established in the first book: we never see someone truly find a white ticket. When Seth found the white tickets in the Deadhouse, readers had no context for knowing that was what finding a white ticket looked like, or where they were usually hidden.
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I can't believe I finished this book... I was so close to DNF'ing!
In the end I feel like this duology sounds a lot cooler than it is. I found Seth to be incredible dumb and egoistic and I dislike him a whole lot. Kady was meah, Tatyana didn't really seem like a former human girl to me and a whole bunch of the other characters I just did not like. Justin and Alicia did lift things up a little bit.
I wasn't in love with the comic parts, the art style just didn't spoke to me and I sometimes had a bit of a hard time seeing what was important (especially during the fighting scenes).
Overall I'm just happy to be done with it.
I can't believe I finished this book... I was so close to DNF'ing!
In the end I feel like this duology sounds a lot cooler than it is. I found Seth to be incredible dumb and egoistic and I dislike him a whole lot. Kady was meah, Tatyana didn't really seem like a former human girl to me and a whole bunch of the other characters I just did not like. Justin and Alicia did lift things up a little bit.
I wasn't in love with the comic parts, the art style just didn't spoke to me and I sometimes had a bit of a hard time seeing what was important (especially during the fighting scenes).
Overall I'm just happy to be done with it.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Enjoyable! I think I prefer this to the first one. I was worried there wasn't going to be a proper conclusion, but I'm happy to say that I was wrong about that.
better than the first book, and for some reason, the writing style changed, for the better tbh
dark
fast-paced
Second half of the Malice series. Still feels like this was designed to be a much larger series: Lots of big, colorful characters, settings, and emotions, a whole pantheon of lost gods, and a pretty robust cast of villains and heroes. But this book zips along and dispenses with them all pretty quickly. The comics pages are more elaborate and attractive this time out, and give more of a sense of a big, Guillermo Del Toro-worthy world, but the storytelling moves much too abruptly to be as involving as a setting this complicated deserves.