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War Storm (Red Queen, #4)
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Red Queen: 4.25 stars
Glass Sword: 2.5 stars
King's Cage: 3.5 stars
War Storm: 2 stars
How did we go from Red Queen to this??
When this book first got published, and many of my goodreads friends rated it quite low, a part of me hoped that it wasn't as bad as they said. See, I LOVED Red Queen. And I knew that the author was a good writer because her battle scenes were amazingly written.
So this book for me was not just the end of a good series, but mainly a chance at redemption after the disappointments that were Glass Sword and King's Cage.
Unfortunately, this ended up being an even bigger let down.
The multiple POVs became annoying as all the voices merged into one. Some of the best characters such as Evangeline, Iris and Cal were reduced to nothing more than whiny teenage brats who thought the world of themselves. Some were almost completely missing from the book such as Cameron andGale -sorry- Kilorn.
The worst part was the conclusion. At best it was confused and haphazard. At worst it was just nonsensical.
After four dramatic books, the ending just seemed too forced and immature. We don't even find out what happens to half the characters!
Also (view spoiler) That was almost as bad as building up to the big battle but everyone just talking it out instead of fighting in Breaking Dawn.
Kudos to Davidson, Farley and Maven; they were the only reason I bothered finishing this book. But even they weren't nearly as awesome as they were in the previous books.is there such a thing as REVERSE character development?
Pre read review:
Me: orders War Storm.
Me: opens goodreads and sees all the hate reviews.
Me: slowly backs away.
HEY at least the covers pretty ¯\_(�)_/¯
Glass Sword: 2.5 stars
King's Cage: 3.5 stars
War Storm: 2 stars
How did we go from Red Queen to this??
When this book first got published, and many of my goodreads friends rated it quite low, a part of me hoped that it wasn't as bad as they said. See, I LOVED Red Queen. And I knew that the author was a good writer because her battle scenes were amazingly written.
So this book for me was not just the end of a good series, but mainly a chance at redemption after the disappointments that were Glass Sword and King's Cage.
Unfortunately, this ended up being an even bigger let down.
The multiple POVs became annoying as all the voices merged into one. Some of the best characters such as Evangeline, Iris and Cal were reduced to nothing more than whiny teenage brats who thought the world of themselves. Some were almost completely missing from the book such as Cameron and
The worst part was the conclusion. At best it was confused and haphazard. At worst it was just nonsensical.
After four dramatic books, the ending just seemed too forced and immature. We don't even find out what happens to half the characters!
Also (view spoiler) That was almost as bad as building up to the big battle but everyone just talking it out instead of fighting in Breaking Dawn.
Kudos to Davidson, Farley and Maven; they were the only reason I bothered finishing this book. But even they weren't nearly as awesome as they were in the previous books.
Pre read review:
Me: orders War Storm.
Me: opens goodreads and sees all the hate reviews.
Me: slowly backs away.
HEY at least the covers pretty ¯\_(�)_/¯
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Nov 15, 2017 01:22AM
This series has amazing covers! I really want this book to be amazing as well!
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Ahmed wrote: "This series has amazing covers! I really want this book to be amazing as well!"Me too! I hope this is the best book so far!
I have the copy of the first and the second book since ... I don't know since when. 😂😂 but I still haven't read the first book, I somehow keep avoiding to read it. Did you like the first book?
Reynita wrote: "I have the copy of the first and the second book since ... I don't know since when. 😂😂 but I still haven't read the first book, I somehow keep avoiding to read it. Did you like the first book?"
I really enjoyed the first book! The second and third book were a bit of a drag though. I have hopes for this one! Tell me what you think of them when you get to reading them... eventually😂
i just started the series and now i see the hate???? ugh srsly
Hahaha! I haven't read it yet either.
asma wrote: "i just started the series and now i see the hate???? ugh srsly"I hope the finale is good though.. I'm only continuing because of Maven!
Sydney wrote: "Hahaha! I haven't read it yet either."Hope you enjoy it :)
Righhht?! Not sure I want to read almost 700pages after most of these reviews.
Michelle wrote: "Righhht?! Not sure I want to read almost 700pages after most of these reviews."Same but i NEED to know how it ends ! I'm burning with curiosity!
I read all the hate reviews and was so scared but I loved War Storm and read it in two days and I’m a slow reader. The 700 pages were easy to read.
Gaby (lookingatbooks) wrote: "I read all the hate reviews and was so scared but I loved War Storm and read it in two days and I’m a slow reader. The 700 pages were easy to read."I'm starting it tomorrow and i hope i love it too!
I hope you do as well! It was written so well and you really get to understand the politics of the world the characters live in. I found it very realistic. Plus, Evangeline pulled through and became one of my favorite characters in War Storm. I’ve been so sad since I finished it. I’ve already read a bunch of books since then and nothing is comparing 😣
Jasmine wrote: "Gale 😂"Thats all i could think of while reading it😝
The cover (and the fact that my edition is the B&N edition) is the reason why I'm still keeping this book. 😬 😆I also didn't like how Evangeline just left and then we hear about Evangeline from Mare's POV. 😤
Claire wrote: "The cover (and the fact that my edition is the B&N edition) is the reason why I'm still keeping this book. 😬 😆I also didn't like how Evangeline just left and then we hear about Evangeline from Ma..."
Yaass the cover is amazing (but literally the only thing good about the book!)
I agree i think the ending was too hurried and didnt do justice to the characters.
Yes! I really loved book 1, and he just went downhill from there! The way this last one was written just killed me. The multiple POV, the filler pages, and the ending that wasn't an ending.... 😳
Molly wrote: "Yes! I really loved book 1, and he just went downhill from there! The way this last one was written just killed me. The multiple POV, the filler pages, and the ending that wasn't an ending.... 😳"I completely agree! This book was such a let down tbh!
Vivianne wrote: "yeahhh I agree"It really disappoints me
