Reviews

The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz

sandraagee's review

3.0

This book was nice and it tied up the series pretty neatly. I'm just not sure that I'm thrilled with the big deus ex machina and the weird narration stuff going on here. Something about this just didn't agree with me personally. I just wanted more grim fairy tales, and we lost track of those fairly quickly in this volume. Others may feed differently.

sapphiremarie's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

tsmith424's review

5.0

This was my second time listening to this book. It was wonderful the first time and it's wonderful the second as well. It's a great trilogy.

athornedrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

akookieforyou's review

4.0

This was a very fun and well executed finale to the series. I liked this one a lot more than book two, and the ending was pretty satisfying.

impreader's review

4.0

Stellar tumble through mythic-fairy-tale landscape -- that interior journey -- with the wild, wicked sense of humor that belongs to most children, and is lost by adults. Gidwitz can prick tears out of his reader's eyes, even as he tosses out jokes like an 8 year old boy. But his story is classic and lasting because it touches on the deepest fears and longings of every heart. It does this with élan. It does it credibly and fully in earnest, and by the end, you feel as if you've seen a bit of yourself, perhaps a bit you lost or never knew.

ashleyelizabeth's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

4.0

This is a good book but definitely the least great out of the trilogy.

Spoiler

I hated the part where they break the 4th wall. It didn’t make sense.

sabrinaxlim's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

“This book is straight up messed up.

Spoiler

children’s heads get cut off and they end up in chains. A kid is rolling around a kingdom, sinners are going into hell and coming back alive, scaling the castle walls at night.

Spoiler

Amazing, bloody, horrifying and Grimm. 

jozzy_hi's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Blood, War, and Murder

ashleylm's review against another edition

3.0

Don't know why I didn't take to it as much as the prior two--it's Very, Very Similar. Maybe it felt a bit bleaker (less fun). I didn't know how to take the excursion to the narrator's world, that seemed strange--I see why the writer did it, but I didn't like it. While there are allusions to and minor characters from the earlier books, it doesn't end in a thrilling satisfying way that connects everything as I'd been hoping. It's just more of the same, and not quite as good. I'm glad he moved on the Inquisitor's Tale, which while similar, is more of a change of pace.

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!