ayshayodels's review against another edition
2.0
What a crappy ending to what could've been a really good, but unfortunately very crappy series. What Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian did was they made me so engrossed with this story, the characters, the whatever-the-hell-it-was that made genuinely interested in what was going to happen (maybe possibly, I was drugged, let's go with that excuse). From the start I knew this series wasn't perfect, in fact it was a total bore, an eye sore, and it made me want to gag on several occasions but I liked it. I hated the writing, the catalogue-style way they had of describing every single thing someone was wearing, the lack of detail when it came to their plans and how far they would go. But, I liked it. I almost loved it even. I wanted to know what would eventually happen to these characters, what their lives would be like, what they chose to do if they "lived" on. But, Vivian and Han.... crushed that for me. Literally. Figuratively. Both.
The ending was rushed, disoriented and annoying. It had the potential of ending smoothly, while still maintaining the hatred I had for Mary (will be discussed further on), but also wrapping it up in sense that I didn't feel like this was a forced ending. One second they're getting ready for prom and it's all fine and dandy and they're dancing and whatnot, and then they're lying down on the grass in front of [some person]'s house and wow look it's the epilogue, and wow look it's the ending, and wow look it's the last page and it freaking sucks. Now normally I wouldn't hate so much on a book like this but I was rooting for it to end well, I wanted it so badly to end well , but that was obviously not what happened. I keep thinking that maybe the writers got tired and didn't feel like ending it with a good bang but with more like a chaotic bang. Bad choice.
Let's move on to the characters. I need to talk about the characters. (Let's leave Mary till the end because it's going to take a while).
Kat :
I liked Kat. I mean she wasn't completely impulsive and irritating but I liked her. She had a kick ass, bad attitude that I didn't completely hate. She used her BRAIN (unlike some people) and at times when I thought she was being an idiot, she acknowledged that she was being an idiot. There's nothing much I can say about her, she was smart, amongst a lot of dumb people, she sometimes infuriated the hell out of me, but she wasn't the worst.
Lillia :
I don't hate Lillia. (Okay, I need to stop starting my sentences like that). I was rooting for Lillia, a lot actually. I wanted to her to be happy, especially after Rennie. I wanted the best for this character even though she wasn't exactly the best at USING HER BRAIN. She was naive and way too innocent and she had a way of describing every single detail of her wardrobe that made me want to poke my eyes with sticks. It's not that that even bothered me as much as it should've, I could've brushed it over.
Reeve :
This guy had problems, and I don't mean the characteristic kind of problems. I mean the mental problems that we had to see him go through. He was a jerk throughout 1/4 of the book and the rest, well the rest is the part where I wanted to give him a big bear hug and tell him it wasn't his fault. Now I don't think I should be sympathizing with the bully here but he's not a bully, at least not the way I assumed he was. He was drowning in a sea of confusion or whatever it was that made me really feel sorry for him and he honestly deserved a better ending than what he got. He deserved a better everything..
Alex:
Alex was a cool, sweet guy. He put his nose in things that was really none of his business but he was sweet. I wanted to shake him silly, tell him to just get over Lillia Cho and move the hell on with your life. But apparently that wasn't supposed to happen. Oops. A spoiler. Sorry. I don't completely hate Alex, but he was irritating in all kinds of ways.
Mary :
Here it comes. The worst of the worst. The hatred I have for Mary Zane is one that I don't think I've had with many fictional characters. I loathe her, despise her even. Any word synonymous with "hate" is exactly what I feel towards her. She was bat-shit crazy. Ghost-girl here had a plan and it was revenge and it was the annoying, unnecessary kind of revenge. She spread carnage every which way she could for so many unexplainable reasons that I don't even understand how a girl could be this angry. Also she's crazy. (did I say that already?)
"This is why I'm here on Jar Island. I am an avenger. An avenging angel sent down to right wrongs."
LIKE HELL YOU ARE. Her delusional thoughts about how she was "sent" down to Jar Island to fix everything and "right wrongs" is a lot of crap. The same crap I mentioned in the beginning.
"They deserved to be punished. Now, Reeve-he deserves way worse. He deserves to die."
Back up for a second. He deserves to die????? This girl has issues. Even as a damn ghost. She hated Reeve so much and sure I could sympathize her.......... for about 5 seconds.
"How funny, then, that I'll use it to kill him."
Exhibit B of her craziness. I don't think I need to say anymore or I'll probably twitch with madness.
There were so many unanswered questions, so many things that could've been explained in this last book. It was too short, too fast, too stupid. I liked the beginning of it, because I had hope it would end well. But it didn't, and I'm disappointed. They should rewrite this last book and that doesn't mean they should do it according to the audience, but jeez at least answer some questions. Unless they don't have any answers to give us.
Actual rating: 2.75/5
The ending was rushed, disoriented and annoying. It had the potential of ending smoothly, while still maintaining the hatred I had for Mary (will be discussed further on), but also wrapping it up in sense that I didn't feel like this was a forced ending. One second they're getting ready for prom and it's all fine and dandy and they're dancing and whatnot, and then they're lying down on the grass in front of [some person]'s house and wow look it's the epilogue, and wow look it's the ending, and wow look it's the last page and it freaking sucks. Now normally I wouldn't hate so much on a book like this but I was rooting for it to end well, I wanted it so badly to end well , but that was obviously not what happened. I keep thinking that maybe the writers got tired and didn't feel like ending it with a good bang but with more like a chaotic bang. Bad choice.
Let's move on to the characters. I need to talk about the characters. (Let's leave Mary till the end because it's going to take a while).
Kat :
I liked Kat. I mean she wasn't completely impulsive and irritating but I liked her. She had a kick ass, bad attitude that I didn't completely hate. She used her BRAIN (unlike some people) and at times when I thought she was being an idiot, she acknowledged that she was being an idiot. There's nothing much I can say about her, she was smart, amongst a lot of dumb people, she sometimes infuriated the hell out of me, but she wasn't the worst.
Lillia :
I don't hate Lillia. (Okay, I need to stop starting my sentences like that). I was rooting for Lillia, a lot actually. I wanted to her to be happy, especially after Rennie. I wanted the best for this character even though she wasn't exactly the best at USING HER BRAIN. She was naive and way too innocent and she had a way of describing every single detail of her wardrobe that made me want to poke my eyes with sticks. It's not that that even bothered me as much as it should've, I could've brushed it over.
Spoiler
Nope that's not what I hate about her, not the whole detailed analysis of her clothes. I hate how Han and Vivian gave her that ending. It was just, okay we moved on I'm not with Reeve anymore, I loved him, it happened, Alex happened (how did that happen?) we're in love and what who the hell is Reeve? I don't know who Reeve is?. I loved her with Reeve, I loved Reeve. Sure the guy wasn't the best but I was rooting for them and then they stabbed my heart with a skewer and I'm scarred. (exaggeration). I don't understand this ending, I don't get why she eventually wound up with Alex and why Reeve is just suddenly not in the picture like he disappeared out of thin air. Thanks for ruining the one thing that made me the least bit interested.Reeve :
This guy had problems, and I don't mean the characteristic kind of problems. I mean the mental problems that we had to see him go through. He was a jerk throughout 1/4 of the book and the rest, well the rest is the part where I wanted to give him a big bear hug and tell him it wasn't his fault. Now I don't think I should be sympathizing with the bully here but he's not a bully, at least not the way I assumed he was. He was drowning in a sea of confusion or whatever it was that made me really feel sorry for him and he honestly deserved a better ending than what he got. He deserved a better everything.
Spoiler
He loved Cho so much and I could feel it, even without getting into his mind, I knew it. He was happy with her and it was the most enjoyable part about this entire damn series. His love for her, the pain he had to endure because he was with her. All of it. And then he doesn't get the ending he deserves, in the end he's alone and stuck in Jar Island while Lillia just magically decided Alex was her one true home boy. Big fucking whoop. My heart aches for the guy, I'M SO UPSET IT MAKES ME WANT TO FLING THIS EBOOK OUT THE WINDOW.Alex:
Alex was a cool, sweet guy. He put his nose in things that was really none of his business but he was sweet. I wanted to shake him silly, tell him to just get over Lillia Cho and move the hell on with your life. But apparently that wasn't supposed to happen. Oops. A spoiler. Sorry. I don't completely hate Alex, but he was irritating in all kinds of ways.
Mary :
Here it comes. The worst of the worst. The hatred I have for Mary Zane is one that I don't think I've had with many fictional characters. I loathe her, despise her even. Any word synonymous with "hate" is exactly what I feel towards her. She was bat-shit crazy. Ghost-girl here had a plan and it was revenge and it was the annoying, unnecessary kind of revenge. She spread carnage every which way she could for so many unexplainable reasons that I don't even understand how a girl could be this angry. Also she's crazy. (did I say that already?)
"This is why I'm here on Jar Island. I am an avenger. An avenging angel sent down to right wrongs."
LIKE HELL YOU ARE. Her delusional thoughts about how she was "sent" down to Jar Island to fix everything and "right wrongs" is a lot of crap. The same crap I mentioned in the beginning.
"They deserved to be punished. Now, Reeve-he deserves way worse. He deserves to die."
Back up for a second. He deserves to die????? This girl has issues. Even as a damn ghost. She hated Reeve so much and sure I could sympathize her.......... for about 5 seconds.
"How funny, then, that I'll use it to kill him."
Exhibit B of her craziness. I don't think I need to say anymore or I'll probably twitch with madness.
There were so many unanswered questions, so many things that could've been explained in this last book. It was too short, too fast, too stupid. I liked the beginning of it, because I had hope it would end well. But it didn't, and I'm disappointed. They should rewrite this last book and that doesn't mean they should do it according to the audience, but jeez at least answer some questions. Unless they don't have any answers to give us.
Actual rating: 2.75/5
abbbymyles's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
sarahschem's review against another edition
5.0
This book had a great end to a suspenseful, thrilling story combined with the friendship of three very different, through bonded by revenge, teenage girls. Fans of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series and E. Lockhart's We Were Liars would really enjoy this trilogy, as I loved all of them and found many aspects similar.
✰✰✰
This series, including this final book, had many plot twists and turns, and are all MAJOR page-turners. As soon as I got the next book, I couldn't wait to dive right in. This one I finished in a day! I had read other series by Jenny Han that I loved, but had never heard anything about the Burn for Burn series until recently. I was so surprised that I enjoyed this series as much as the others!
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I loved all the characters, I found them well developed and multi-layered. I especially liked Lillia, but really enjoyed Kat and Mary's perspectives as well. I liked the strong differences and parallels
between the three girls, as well as the history between characters and the strong bond between them!
Loved! Loved! LOVED!
✰✰✰
This series, including this final book, had many plot twists and turns, and are all MAJOR page-turners. As soon as I got the next book, I couldn't wait to dive right in. This one I finished in a day! I had read other series by Jenny Han that I loved, but had never heard anything about the Burn for Burn series until recently. I was so surprised that I enjoyed this series as much as the others!
✰✰✰
I loved all the characters, I found them well developed and multi-layered. I especially liked Lillia, but really enjoyed Kat and Mary's perspectives as well. I liked the strong differences and parallels
between the three girls, as well as the history between characters and the strong bond between them!
Loved! Loved! LOVED!
lellowturtle's review against another edition
5.0
I forgot to write a review for this!
Absolutely amazing ending. I was shocked to see how it ended this way. While there were some parts that were predictable overall I loved the trilogy.
Absolutely amazing ending. I was shocked to see how it ended this way. While there were some parts that were predictable overall I loved the trilogy.
happyclouds's review against another edition
4.0
i have mixed feelings about mary... but this book was pretty good, i prefer the other ones, though.
alids's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book but it took such a weird turn...the supernatural element that was used felt a little wrong to me.
Still really enjoyed it for the same reasons I liked the first two books though, so I’m giving this a 4.5
Still really enjoyed it for the same reasons I liked the first two books though, so I’m giving this a 4.5
lovewitch's review against another edition
2.0
SPOILER ALERT (this is for the 3 people that care). i'll spoil everything. i don't care.
okay so people bitched so fucking much about this but its not an abomination. it's ok. hated the ending tho. i mean it ended exactly the way i thought it would because it's YA but i'm still pissed i didn't get the ending i wanted.
i read some reviews and apparently u all are not angry because Reeve survived.... someone please join my group.
the ending is basically the ending u get in mediocre horror movies where half the gang survives and then for like 2 minutes we see what they did next. someone moved away, someone had a baby, someone finished college, someone became rich yada yada yada.
if you find the trilogy on sale buy it because it's stupid BUT it's actually kinda fun and addictive.
okay so people bitched so fucking much about this but its not an abomination. it's ok. hated the ending tho. i mean it ended exactly the way i thought it would because it's YA but i'm still pissed i didn't get the ending i wanted.
i read some reviews and apparently u all are not angry because Reeve survived.... someone please join my group.
the ending is basically the ending u get in mediocre horror movies where half the gang survives and then for like 2 minutes we see what they did next. someone moved away, someone had a baby, someone finished college, someone became rich yada yada yada.
if you find the trilogy on sale buy it because it's stupid BUT it's actually kinda fun and addictive.
leari's review against another edition
3.0
Did not feel as original and thought out as the first two books, and the ending felt very rushed and illogical.
star_sapphire's review against another edition
3.0
The ending was bittersweet/sad. This book was just all over the place, which is perfectly fine when it comes to the fact that there are three protagonists (Mary, Kat, and Lillia). The issue was that there were too many problems/issues that were either handled too quickly, took forever to be addressed, or barely brushed over.
As a person who disliked Mary since book 1, I enjoyed the fact that Mary didn't have as many chapters as Lillia or Kat did. As a person who likes Lillia, I was ecstatic to see this book more focused around her... until it started focusing around her too much. It became obvious that Lillia ended up getting a lot of book-time, while other characters barely had any chapters/pages/storylines dedicated to them. Kat ended up being treated like a background character, which was not cool at all.
I was really happy to see Lillia and Reeve's relationship develop in this book. It became obviously clear that se was the light of his life, and he was the one that she truly loved. (Hey, I ship these two. They're so sweet around each other).
I really loved seeing Reeve's character fleshed out. It was nice to get more of a backstory on him, his home life, and why he's who he is.
I didn't enjoy the fact that Alex Linds (who was one of my favorite characters, besides Kat, Lillia, and Reeve) ended up being used as plot device to create drama between Lillia, Reeve, and him. He was barely there in the book, besides being whiny over the fact that Lillia liked Reeve, and then ignored Lillia like an immature 8-year-old. It was also upsetting to see how little he and Kat interacted (although, that might also have to do with how little chapters she had in comparison to Lillia). What's even more upsetting is that most of the time the two interact, it always had to do with his harboring crush on Lillia. I missed seeing the two being friends.
While I was glad that Mary was getting little chapters, I hated how scornful she was. She immediately concludes to herself that Lillia and Kat are both traitors, and therefore she must seek revenge. It was very immature and just proved how little she valued their friendship. She even whines at one point about how "Lillia and Kat didn't even bother to look for her," which was absurd because Kat did try to figure things out. Maybe if she focused less on obsessing over Reeve, she would realize that her friends were worried for her.
The book was fast-pace, intriguing, and was on parr with the other two books in the trilogy. It was exciting, terrifying, and kept me on edge (especially towards the end).
And then the ending/epilogue happened. THAT IS ONE ENDING THAT IS JUST TOO DEPRESSING.
EVEN I WOULDN"T WISH THAT KIND OF ENDING TO MY WORST ENEMIES.
Not only does Kat not get into her dream school, her father dies shortly after she graduates for NYU.
IT'S ALSO TERRIBLE THAT LILLIA AND REEVE DOES NOT END UP TOGETHER. REEVE LEAVES AND NEVER CONTACTED HER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. They only see each other again at Kat's father's funeral.
But the icing on the cake is the fact that the authors dare hint to us that Lillia and Alex are a thing.
NO. JUST NO. IT WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE KAT AND ALEX and Lillia and Reeve.
As a person who disliked Mary since book 1, I enjoyed the fact that Mary didn't have as many chapters as Lillia or Kat did. As a person who likes Lillia, I was ecstatic to see this book more focused around her... until it started focusing around her too much. It became obvious that Lillia ended up getting a lot of book-time, while other characters barely had any chapters/pages/storylines dedicated to them. Kat ended up being treated like a background character, which was not cool at all.
I was really happy to see Lillia and Reeve's relationship develop in this book. It became obviously clear that se was the light of his life, and he was the one that she truly loved. (Hey, I ship these two. They're so sweet around each other).
I really loved seeing Reeve's character fleshed out. It was nice to get more of a backstory on him, his home life, and why he's who he is.
I didn't enjoy the fact that Alex Linds (who was one of my favorite characters, besides Kat, Lillia, and Reeve) ended up being used as plot device to create drama between Lillia, Reeve, and him. He was barely there in the book, besides being whiny over the fact that Lillia liked Reeve, and then ignored Lillia like an immature 8-year-old. It was also upsetting to see how little he and Kat interacted (although, that might also have to do with how little chapters she had in comparison to Lillia). What's even more upsetting is that most of the time the two interact, it always had to do with his harboring crush on Lillia. I missed seeing the two being friends.
While I was glad that Mary was getting little chapters, I hated how scornful she was. She immediately concludes to herself that Lillia and Kat are both traitors, and therefore she must seek revenge. It was very immature and just proved how little she valued their friendship. She even whines at one point about how "Lillia and Kat didn't even bother to look for her," which was absurd because Kat did try to figure things out. Maybe if she focused less on obsessing over Reeve, she would realize that her friends were worried for her.
The book was fast-pace, intriguing, and was on parr with the other two books in the trilogy. It was exciting, terrifying, and kept me on edge (especially towards the end).
And then the ending/epilogue happened. THAT IS ONE ENDING THAT IS JUST TOO DEPRESSING.
EVEN I WOULDN"T WISH THAT KIND OF ENDING TO MY WORST ENEMIES.
Spoiler
Not only does Kat not get into her dream school, her father dies shortly after she graduates for NYU.
IT'S ALSO TERRIBLE THAT LILLIA AND REEVE DOES NOT END UP TOGETHER. REEVE LEAVES AND NEVER CONTACTED HER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. They only see each other again at Kat's father's funeral.
But the icing on the cake is the fact that the authors dare hint to us that Lillia and Alex are a thing.
NO. JUST NO. IT WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE KAT AND ALEX and Lillia and Reeve.
Spoiler
sarrehs's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked the ending with Mary's final realisation, even though she jumps way much to conclusions and is highly selfish at some points, has always been I guess. I would have liked if the whole Mary and Reeve situation actually was reversed and he stood up to her, that would have put the whole spectacle in a new way. But at the third book it was kinda same-old same-old, it felt like it was dragging out the revenge on Reeve way to much, even though the love fights between Lillia and Reeve was wonderful, I couldn't stand Lillia breaking it off and then getting back, not because it wasn't yummy for my drama-taste buds but he never got an explanation and fuck what it must have messed with his head!
But I felt myself smile when the author gave us an insight in their future lives and everything isn't perfect, but it is darn good to be alive.
But I felt myself smile when the author gave us an insight in their future lives and everything isn't perfect, but it is darn good to be alive.