Reviews

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland

ompage_'s review against another edition

challenging dark relaxing tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Fantastic book! Before I get into what I really enjoyed I'll just knock out what I didn't like, which is short. Ending was underwhelming that is all, lol. This book was written beautifully, like the story telling was phenominal and the characters were tied together so well around Anya, Anna, Collett. The cohesiveness of the past and present times was well done, and as you read more you learn that her past is tied to the present inevitably because of what she is running from her whole life has caught up but she took matter into her own hands (being what she has been wanting to avoid.) Every person form her past was a test, a lesson and she finally came to the decision she did not want to make. I think I will be reading this again before the end of the year. 

theresa_timber's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

overmonroeville's review

slow-paced

3.75

north_willow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

yora_who's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mamaweast's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Trying to do too much while simultaneously not doing enough summarizes this book. So many plot lines. I kept waiting for one of them to grip me. But none of them did. Nor did the characters. For most of the book, I simply wondered why this 200 year old vampire had learned nothing. Disappointed.

thetbrstack's review against another edition

3.0

An audacious tale about immortality, which we give to our gods because they are perfect, and grant to our book characters because they are not.

literaryliege's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

m1kayla143's review against another edition

4.0

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

The God of Endings follows an immortal woman of many names; Anna, Anja, Collette. We follow Collette through her past while also switching off and on to the present day (for Collette at least). Collette goes through many hardships, but in the present she is facing an unexpected hardship: her new and insatiable hunger. While she struggles with her hunger, she also gets caught up in a family that has almost as many lies and secrets as Collette herself.

The God of Endings was a bit slow at first, but soon I was hooked. The story was interesting. Even briefly mentioned characters got me attached. The writing was beautiful.

This book was also a rollercoaster. The constant switching between Collette's past and present was interesting but did occasionally get hard to follow.

My major bone to pick with The God of Endings was how dreadfully long this book was. It had so much filler and unimportant details, while some plot points were rushed or incomplete. There should have been plenty of time to tie things up considering how long this book was.

Despite my complaining, I enjoyed this book and it was a solid 4/5 stars.

If you like:
-The saga-like vibe of Circe that spans over many, many years
-vampires!
-mythology

Then give The God of Endings a try.

fwykle99's review

challenging dark emotional reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0