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kamrynkoble's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.75
I . . . am disappointed. I LOVED this trilogy in middle school, and I remember dying trying to wait for this book to come out. I remember feeling let down by it then, but I couldn’t remember anything about it for the life of me even though I could’ve given you a rough summary of the first two books all these years later.
The positive was the writing. I love Oliver’s style. It’s atmospheric and the perfect amount of descriptive.
Everything else . . .
We’ve just lost so much about what made this story compelling. At this point, it’s a survival story, and there was absolutely zero emotional or romantic spark between Lena and Alex OR Julien. It almost felt like a different narrator. I was actually more intrigued with Hana’s chapters as she unraveled her fiance’s secrets.
The ending. Don’t even get me started. I literally hate it. I had to go back because SURELY I had missed something and that wasn’t the end. I knew it was the climax, but it just completely blasted over ANY resolution. It felt unfair after all we’ve been through with these characters.
I can’t help it. I have to compare it to Mockingjay. Mockingjay felt like a stark difference from the first two books of a YA dystopian trilogy, but it was necessary and balanced AND had an extremely satisfying ending—the perfect amount of closure and open ending. Requiem had literally none of that. Like surely this isn’t the last book. Ugh. I’m sad. 2.5 stars.
The positive was the writing. I love Oliver’s style. It’s atmospheric and the perfect amount of descriptive.
Everything else . . .
We’ve just lost so much about what made this story compelling. At this point, it’s a survival story, and there was absolutely zero emotional or romantic spark between Lena and Alex OR Julien. It almost felt like a different narrator. I was actually more intrigued with Hana’s chapters as she unraveled her fiance’s secrets.
The ending. Don’t even get me started. I literally hate it. I had to go back because SURELY I had missed something and that wasn’t the end. I knew it was the climax, but it just completely blasted over ANY resolution. It felt unfair after all we’ve been through with these characters.
I can’t help it. I have to compare it to Mockingjay. Mockingjay felt like a stark difference from the first two books of a YA dystopian trilogy, but it was necessary and balanced AND had an extremely satisfying ending—the perfect amount of closure and open ending. Requiem had literally none of that. Like surely this isn’t the last book. Ugh. I’m sad. 2.5 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Sexual content
amyclair's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Domestic abuse
Minor: Blood, Death, and Classism
disabledmermaid's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This one started out well. It alternates between Lena’s point of view and Hana’s
Hana is cured and getting ready for her upcoming wedding, but slowly realizing that her world and her fiance is not everything she thought it was
Over in Lena’s world, Alex is back and it looks like there’s gonna be the ever-predictable love triangle. Except there isn’t. Nothing ever happens. For the ENTIRE BOOK Alex glares and ignores Lena, she glares and ignores him, and also goes back and forth between treating Julian like her boyfriend and treating him like she can’t stand him. Meanwhile there’s a war going on.
The ending of the book...was there one? It seems like the author couldn’t come up with a way to resolve everything and tried to disguise it by making it sound vaguely philosophical.
Hana is cured and getting ready for her upcoming wedding, but slowly realizing that her world and her fiance is not everything she thought it was
Over in Lena’s world, Alex is back and it looks like there’s gonna be the ever-predictable love triangle. Except there isn’t. Nothing ever happens. For the ENTIRE BOOK Alex glares and ignores Lena, she glares and ignores him, and also goes back and forth between treating Julian like her boyfriend and treating him like she can’t stand him. Meanwhile there’s a war going on.
The ending of the book...was there one? It seems like the author couldn’t come up with a way to resolve everything and tried to disguise it by making it sound vaguely philosophical.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence
Moderate: Physical abuse
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