liv99x's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
caszriel's review against another edition
5.0
Waterfall was just as good as Teardrop, but also much better.
Eureka and Ander's story continues, and family and close friends get a lot more involved.
I read Waterfall in a day, and I enjoyed every moment of it.
I thought the plot was a lot better than Teardrop's one, and I was hooked the whole time. However, I read the ending in a haze, not quite comprehending what happened.
Overall, I really enjoyed Waterfall, and I can't wait for book 3! This is my third Lauren Kate book, and I've enjoyed all three. I can't wait to read the Fallen series as well.
Eureka and Ander's story continues, and family and close friends get a lot more involved.
I read Waterfall in a day, and I enjoyed every moment of it.
I thought the plot was a lot better than Teardrop's one, and I was hooked the whole time. However, I read the ending in a haze, not quite comprehending what happened.
Spoiler
Someone tell me, did Eureka just DIE?!!Overall, I really enjoyed Waterfall, and I can't wait for book 3! This is my third Lauren Kate book, and I've enjoyed all three. I can't wait to read the Fallen series as well.
geo_ix's review against another edition
1.0
At first I wanted to give this at least a two star rating because the book DOES have interesting concept and I think I keep holding onto the fact I really loved book one. Somehow I knew I wouldn't like this. I put off reading this for THREE years. It's sat on my shelf and I was never super interested in finding out more, but at the same time I wanted to know more on the year stuff. Unfortunately this book felt like it was much longer than it should be. I understand why, it's legitimately a completely different world (in fact there's two) than the WHOLE first book. Perhaps that's why I didn't love it? There was so much time spent in this book learning everything from scratch (because no one explained shit the book before).
There was so many characters and things happening, but it ended up feeling super slow paced and while I sort of liked the ending, I didn't like the vast majority of this book. Don't get me wrong, I don't HATE it, it just really wasn't for me. And I was super upset about the Andre/Brooks crap and the ending was weird and everyone getting powers was weird. And that's mainly how I felt about the book. It was ALL weird. It wasn't like the first book, the new stuff was just all weird.
There was so many characters and things happening, but it ended up feeling super slow paced and while I sort of liked the ending, I didn't like the vast majority of this book. Don't get me wrong, I don't HATE it, it just really wasn't for me. And I was super upset about the Andre/Brooks crap and the ending was weird and everyone getting powers was weird. And that's mainly how I felt about the book. It was ALL weird. It wasn't like the first book, the new stuff was just all weird.
zeina8's review against another edition
I couldn't finish it because I was so bored I liked the fallen series but this series is to slow for me which is a shame.
illidia316's review against another edition
3.0
I have very mixed feelings about this book. I thought the first half was great, I loved the new characters that were introduced, and the new side stories that they brought to the picture. However, this book went extremely dark. So much death, so much killing. Eureka’s main focus changed partway through this book, and it ended up being very confusing. I listened to the ending 5 or 6 times and I still don’t understand what happened - I just know that I don’t care for the ending at all.
marleer's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
I liked this book, but I thought the first one was a lot better. Waterfall was not such an easy read for me. I still love Lauren Kate's beautiful writing style, but you really have to be concentrated while reading to be able to understand every single word of it. Some very strange things also happened, which made the story a little hard to imagine. The ending was a little predictable to me - somehow I just knew this was going to happen - but I was satisfied with it.
I liked this book, but I thought the first one was a lot better. Waterfall was not such an easy read for me. I still love Lauren Kate's beautiful writing style, but you really have to be concentrated while reading to be able to understand every single word of it. Some very strange things also happened, which made the story a little hard to imagine. The ending was a little predictable to me - somehow I just knew this was going to happen - but I was satisfied with it.
greergreer's review against another edition
2.0
Kind of a wet fish of a book. It jumped all over the place.
rach_wings's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
sc104906's review against another edition
2.0
The prophecy must come to pass and Eureka may just lose it all before things can be righted. This is a darker conclusion to the Teardrop series.
Ehn. I felt like some of the feelings that were explored were retch worthy. Icky goopy teen puppy dog feelings. Ehn.
Ehn. I felt like some of the feelings that were explored were retch worthy. Icky goopy teen puppy dog feelings. Ehn.
cendi's review against another edition
4.0
Reviewed By: Paperback Princesses
Waterfall picks up where Teardrop left off. Eureka has cried all but one of her tears. The world has flooded, people are dead and now, she must travel across the ocean to find the lost Seedbearer to find out how to defeat Atlas, the evil king of Atlantis. She discovers the truth behind the Book of Love and her Tearline, as well as shocking truths about Ander and the rest of her family.
I was generous with this one.
I liked Teardrop. I was looking forward to Waterfall. This book was a mess. Thing’s are happening everywhere that simply don’t add up and are never explained. I felt as if Kate had ideas flying in from a thousand different directions, and she could have written a whole other series with the ideas introduced in this book. There are a lot of loose ends flying about. Thankfully there’s one more book to go, and I have faith she’ll finish on a good note (having read the Fallen series gives me hope).
Waterfall was okay. Good, but not nearly as good as Teardrop.
Will I read this again? I might have to, just to understand what was going on. I probably would reread it anyway, as I usually do right before another book in a series is released. And I definitely will finish the series. I think Lauren Kate is a good YA author, and like I said, I have faith she’ll clear everything up.
Waterfall picks up where Teardrop left off. Eureka has cried all but one of her tears. The world has flooded, people are dead and now, she must travel across the ocean to find the lost Seedbearer to find out how to defeat Atlas, the evil king of Atlantis. She discovers the truth behind the Book of Love and her Tearline, as well as shocking truths about Ander and the rest of her family.
I was generous with this one.
I liked Teardrop. I was looking forward to Waterfall. This book was a mess. Thing’s are happening everywhere that simply don’t add up and are never explained. I felt as if Kate had ideas flying in from a thousand different directions, and she could have written a whole other series with the ideas introduced in this book. There are a lot of loose ends flying about. Thankfully there’s one more book to go, and I have faith she’ll finish on a good note (having read the Fallen series gives me hope).
Waterfall was okay. Good, but not nearly as good as Teardrop.
Will I read this again? I might have to, just to understand what was going on. I probably would reread it anyway, as I usually do right before another book in a series is released. And I definitely will finish the series. I think Lauren Kate is a good YA author, and like I said, I have faith she’ll clear everything up.