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fitzsbeloved's review against another edition
2.0
So, we have the conclusion of Lauren Kate's Fallen series.
I have to say: as much as I trash this series, it does hold a place in my heart. It's like that annoying sibling you love, but want to punch so damn bad.
I stared out LOVING this series so much, I shoved it onto my friends (sorry guys). They didn't like it as much as I did, and all I had to say was "Whaaaat?"
The second book, I still liked, but not as much as I remember loving the first. It took me a couple tries to get into.
Third is where I started to see why so many people hated this series. It was between Torment and Passion where I started to get into the mythology of angels and demons, and saw the terrible flaw in Kate's mythology.
I have to say, though, Rapture was a teeny bit better than Passion!
Okay, so now that Luce and Daniel are back in the present, they have to stop Lucifer from once again falling from Heaven and sending time back to before the fall. In order to do this, the team must split up into three groups to find the three ancient relics. In doing so, they will find the site of the Fall and will be able to stop Lucifer.
Short summary, but that is the main point of the final novel. Pretty interesting, no?
Well, unfortunately that brings our main problem. Remember those three groups? Well, it turns out that Daniel and Luce are in a group of their own (shocker). You know what that means~!
Boring, sappy romantic time!!! Woo!
Oh, wait, that's bad.
Luce and Daniel make the most insipid couple ever! They are so boring together, I felt myself wanting to just outright skip most of the scenes (I didn't, though).
They are alone together for about a third of the book. Ugh.
My second complaint: Cameron. Cam is not a bad character, not at all. Cam is the best piece of work Kate has come up with. It's the LACK of him I have a problem with! He wasn't really even there until the last third, and even then, he rarely spoke.
It's like Kate realized that most of the people reading this series are doing so, so we can see Cam, therefore took him out of most of the series. Makes no sense considering he was a crucial part of the first book.
I'm pretty sure that was my ultimate downfall with the series--when I realized Cam was barely in it.
Now, the mythology still bugged me, a lot, but I will not go into detail on it. I did enough of that in my review of Passion and I don't want to get too repetitive.
What I will say is that her change of the people in the archangels really, really bothered me. *twitch*
It seemed that Kate tried to make Luce "tough" in this novel...It didn't work.
There was one scene where Cam was in trouble. They made it seem like she was the one to save him, when all she did was, well...get up and nearly got hit with a starshot. It was Roland and Cam who really solved all this.
Yes, Cam saved HIMSELF before Luce could do anything.
"You're so brave."~The single most stupid thing I have EVER heard Cam say...
And one other thing...when did Cam and Luce become BFFs? She HATED him through the first three books, and all of a sudden she couldn't stand to lose him?
Girl has issues.
The "big reveal" was also pretty dumb. I won't spoil it for you (surprising, right), but I will say that it made me scratch my head and roll my eyes.
Oh, and God is female in this book. Right. So THAT'S why us women bleed through our woman areas ever month and go through painful childbirth. Because God is a WOMAN!
Spiteful, I tell you.
The ending was sweet, though. Like, the very ending. By the ending, I mean the last two chapters and the epilogue.
Just one question...WHERE'S CAM?!
Honestly, the way the ending was left, I could see a spin-off for Cam. I hope that happens.
Then again, he may end up like...*shudder*...Daniel.
I have to say: as much as I trash this series, it does hold a place in my heart. It's like that annoying sibling you love, but want to punch so damn bad.
I stared out LOVING this series so much, I shoved it onto my friends (sorry guys). They didn't like it as much as I did, and all I had to say was "Whaaaat?"
The second book, I still liked, but not as much as I remember loving the first. It took me a couple tries to get into.
Third is where I started to see why so many people hated this series. It was between Torment and Passion where I started to get into the mythology of angels and demons, and saw the terrible flaw in Kate's mythology.
I have to say, though, Rapture was a teeny bit better than Passion!
Okay, so now that Luce and Daniel are back in the present, they have to stop Lucifer from once again falling from Heaven and sending time back to before the fall. In order to do this, the team must split up into three groups to find the three ancient relics. In doing so, they will find the site of the Fall and will be able to stop Lucifer.
Short summary, but that is the main point of the final novel. Pretty interesting, no?
Well, unfortunately that brings our main problem. Remember those three groups? Well, it turns out that Daniel and Luce are in a group of their own (shocker). You know what that means~!
Boring, sappy romantic time!!! Woo!
Oh, wait, that's bad.
Luce and Daniel make the most insipid couple ever! They are so boring together, I felt myself wanting to just outright skip most of the scenes (I didn't, though).
They are alone together for about a third of the book. Ugh.
My second complaint: Cameron. Cam is not a bad character, not at all. Cam is the best piece of work Kate has come up with. It's the LACK of him I have a problem with! He wasn't really even there until the last third, and even then, he rarely spoke.
It's like Kate realized that most of the people reading this series are doing so, so we can see Cam, therefore took him out of most of the series. Makes no sense considering he was a crucial part of the first book.
I'm pretty sure that was my ultimate downfall with the series--when I realized Cam was barely in it.
Now, the mythology still bugged me, a lot, but I will not go into detail on it. I did enough of that in my review of Passion and I don't want to get too repetitive.
What I will say is that her change of the people in the archangels really, really bothered me. *twitch*
It seemed that Kate tried to make Luce "tough" in this novel...It didn't work.
There was one scene where Cam was in trouble. They made it seem like she was the one to save him, when all she did was, well...get up and nearly got hit with a starshot. It was Roland and Cam who really solved all this.
Yes, Cam saved HIMSELF before Luce could do anything.
"You're so brave."~The single most stupid thing I have EVER heard Cam say...
And one other thing...when did Cam and Luce become BFFs? She HATED him through the first three books, and all of a sudden she couldn't stand to lose him?
Girl has issues.
The "big reveal" was also pretty dumb. I won't spoil it for you (surprising, right), but I will say that it made me scratch my head and roll my eyes.
Oh, and God is female in this book. Right. So THAT'S why us women bleed through our woman areas ever month and go through painful childbirth. Because God is a WOMAN!
Spiteful, I tell you.
The ending was sweet, though. Like, the very ending. By the ending, I mean the last two chapters and the epilogue.
Just one question...WHERE'S CAM?!
Honestly, the way the ending was left, I could see a spin-off for Cam. I hope that happens.
Then again, he may end up like...*shudder*...Daniel.
devannna's review against another edition
5.0
definitely was not expecting that ending! wow. it was a great last book for an awesome series.
mermads's review against another edition
The first one was the best one, and I feel like the plot got lost during the third one. I only read the first chapter and then decided to skip to the last.
remivfoliage's review against another edition
4.0
I'm glad that I read this book when I was still interested in angels and demons. Nowadays, I don't touch books like this. But I still watch tv series in paranormal genre. I can't really explain it.
lana_gwddnd's review against another edition
3.0
I feel like I had a love/hate relationship with this book series. I loved the idea behind the novels and I loved how scripture stories were threaded throughout each book. I always became wrapped up with each of the novels but for some reason I struggled to keep reading this one. I picked it up a long while after it actually came out and read it pretty separate from the others - which I feel may have resulted in my struggle - but I just felt more annoyed with Luce through this novel, noticing the traits that were childish and weak. Despite my struggle to keep reading this I was pushed through to the end by my desire to FINALLY understand everything that had happened. I am happy I read these books but I feel like as I continue to read I will discover novels that are constructed better - for now though I feel like this novel, along with the others in this series were something I am glad to have read.
caszriel's review against another edition
5.0
As I neared the end of Rapture, I began to wonder; how many stars? Like I'd predicted, Rapture was definitely 5+ Stars.
I can't do anything except talk about the ending!!! So perfect, yet heartbreaking. Love really does conquer all. I'm telling you, I wasn't lying in my review of Passion when I said Lauren Kate knows just how to write endings. Is it strange that Rapture's ending is also pretty much the same as the ending of 'the immortals' series by Alyson Noel? I mean, exactly the same, with the exception that it was more heartbreaking?
Rapture was definitely the best book out of the four, so much more exciting and interesting when compared with the rest of the series. I'm not going to forget Luce and Daniel. Rapture may have been the end of Luce's story, but I can't wait to read Fallen in Love and Unforgiven. The Fallen universe is one I'll remember clearly.
I can't do anything except talk about the ending!!! So perfect, yet heartbreaking. Love really does conquer all. I'm telling you, I wasn't lying in my review of Passion when I said Lauren Kate knows just how to write endings. Is it strange that Rapture's ending is also pretty much the same as the ending of 'the immortals' series by Alyson Noel? I mean, exactly the same, with the exception that it was more heartbreaking?
Rapture was definitely the best book out of the four, so much more exciting and interesting when compared with the rest of the series. I'm not going to forget Luce and Daniel. Rapture may have been the end of Luce's story, but I can't wait to read Fallen in Love and Unforgiven. The Fallen universe is one I'll remember clearly.
lcgerstmann's review against another edition
1.0
I just had to know if it could get any more ridiculous. And boy does it ever! Granted Satan doesn't appear as a talking gargoyle sidekick in this book but I did learn that diet coke heals angels. Who knew?!
Fans of this book praise the twist at the end. Twisted is more like it. I don't claim to have any interest or knowledge in religion, it's history or it's theories but even I found the liberties taken with this story ridiculous.
As a hopeless romantic who gets butterflies in my stomach over Kay Jewelers commercials, I was severely disappointed in this love story. It actually might rate as one of the single most dull and unconvincing love stories in literature. You can say "I love you, I have loved you forever, since the beginning of time, we were meant for each other" etc. etc. so many times, but if I don't feel it...then I don't feel it. And trust me all I felt was nausea.
Fans of this book praise the twist at the end. Twisted is more like it. I don't claim to have any interest or knowledge in religion, it's history or it's theories but even I found the liberties taken with this story ridiculous.
As a hopeless romantic who gets butterflies in my stomach over Kay Jewelers commercials, I was severely disappointed in this love story. It actually might rate as one of the single most dull and unconvincing love stories in literature. You can say "I love you, I have loved you forever, since the beginning of time, we were meant for each other" etc. etc. so many times, but if I don't feel it...then I don't feel it. And trust me all I felt was nausea.
latelykelsey's review against another edition
2.0
I'm only giving it 2 stars because I enjoyed like the first 300 pages. Then the last 100 pages COMPLETLY blew up the entire series. In the worst way. Luce's bombshell that completely destroys the 3 book lead up.
page_karla's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't get the Fallen series at all. Sure, the author's play of words had me browsing the dictionary every other page, but the plot is just so confusing. At the end of the first book, I had so many unanswered questions and issues. At the end of the series, I felt that nothing was unraveled. It was too anticlimactic. The main characters are just as inconsistent as the storyline, and they possessed no redeeming qualities for them to deserve the kind of love described in the book. The only thing I gained here is a wider vocabulary.