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ruthelibrarian's review against another edition
1.0
Teen Reviewer: Austin M.
Age: 16
Title: Waterfall
Author: Lauren Kate
Student Review: Waterfall is the second book of the series, the first being Teardrop. The series itself is about a girl named Eureka who, if she cries, and three tears hit the ground, will destroy the world. The first weakens some kind of seal, the second floods the earth, and the third awakens Atlas, the main antagonist, who, after reading through the series, has no connection to the Greek Titan Atlas. Two teardrops already fell, the third having been "caught" by the boy she loves. Waterfall is not a standalone book, but it tries to be by setting a story up that sounds like it's the only book in the series, but ends with you tossing the book in a fire. There's too much that the author never explains at all. At first, you would think that, of course a book, would be confusing if you have not read the first book. But that is not the case here. I found and read both books in order, and neither of them made any sense. For instance, one character had a weapon made out of a special ore called orichalcum that was originally a spear in the first book, but then it's an anchor in the next book. The only explanation is just because the character wants to. Waterfall sets itself up to be an epic tale where a girl sets off on an adventure to stop an evil tyrant from taking over what's left of the world. But, in reality, it's one of the worst cliche love stories I've ever read, where the girl, who had been taught not to cry her entire life by her mother, who ended up dying (need I say, the girl didn't cry at the funeral), and then she cries when she sees her father getting beat up.
Grade range:13+
Genre: Romance, sci-fi
Recommendation: The worst- Don't read this book.
Age: 16
Title: Waterfall
Author: Lauren Kate
Student Review: Waterfall is the second book of the series, the first being Teardrop. The series itself is about a girl named Eureka who, if she cries, and three tears hit the ground, will destroy the world. The first weakens some kind of seal, the second floods the earth, and the third awakens Atlas, the main antagonist, who, after reading through the series, has no connection to the Greek Titan Atlas. Two teardrops already fell, the third having been "caught" by the boy she loves. Waterfall is not a standalone book, but it tries to be by setting a story up that sounds like it's the only book in the series, but ends with you tossing the book in a fire. There's too much that the author never explains at all. At first, you would think that, of course a book, would be confusing if you have not read the first book. But that is not the case here. I found and read both books in order, and neither of them made any sense. For instance, one character had a weapon made out of a special ore called orichalcum that was originally a spear in the first book, but then it's an anchor in the next book. The only explanation is just because the character wants to. Waterfall sets itself up to be an epic tale where a girl sets off on an adventure to stop an evil tyrant from taking over what's left of the world. But, in reality, it's one of the worst cliche love stories I've ever read, where the girl, who had been taught not to cry her entire life by her mother, who ended up dying (need I say, the girl didn't cry at the funeral), and then she cries when she sees her father getting beat up.
Grade range:13+
Genre: Romance, sci-fi
Recommendation: The worst- Don't read this book.
liv99x's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
caszriel's review
5.0
Waterfall was just as good as Teardrop, but also much better.
Eureka and Ander's story continues, and family and close friends get a lot more involved.
I read Waterfall in a day, and I enjoyed every moment of it.
I thought the plot was a lot better than Teardrop's one, and I was hooked the whole time. However, I read the ending in a haze, not quite comprehending what happened.
Overall, I really enjoyed Waterfall, and I can't wait for book 3! This is my third Lauren Kate book, and I've enjoyed all three. I can't wait to read the Fallen series as well.
Eureka and Ander's story continues, and family and close friends get a lot more involved.
I read Waterfall in a day, and I enjoyed every moment of it.
I thought the plot was a lot better than Teardrop's one, and I was hooked the whole time. However, I read the ending in a haze, not quite comprehending what happened.
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Someone tell me, did Eureka just DIE?!!Overall, I really enjoyed Waterfall, and I can't wait for book 3! This is my third Lauren Kate book, and I've enjoyed all three. I can't wait to read the Fallen series as well.
geo_ix's review against another edition
1.0
At first I wanted to give this at least a two star rating because the book DOES have interesting concept and I think I keep holding onto the fact I really loved book one. Somehow I knew I wouldn't like this. I put off reading this for THREE years. It's sat on my shelf and I was never super interested in finding out more, but at the same time I wanted to know more on the year stuff. Unfortunately this book felt like it was much longer than it should be. I understand why, it's legitimately a completely different world (in fact there's two) than the WHOLE first book. Perhaps that's why I didn't love it? There was so much time spent in this book learning everything from scratch (because no one explained shit the book before).
There was so many characters and things happening, but it ended up feeling super slow paced and while I sort of liked the ending, I didn't like the vast majority of this book. Don't get me wrong, I don't HATE it, it just really wasn't for me. And I was super upset about the Andre/Brooks crap and the ending was weird and everyone getting powers was weird. And that's mainly how I felt about the book. It was ALL weird. It wasn't like the first book, the new stuff was just all weird.
There was so many characters and things happening, but it ended up feeling super slow paced and while I sort of liked the ending, I didn't like the vast majority of this book. Don't get me wrong, I don't HATE it, it just really wasn't for me. And I was super upset about the Andre/Brooks crap and the ending was weird and everyone getting powers was weird. And that's mainly how I felt about the book. It was ALL weird. It wasn't like the first book, the new stuff was just all weird.
zeina8's review against another edition
I couldn't finish it because I was so bored I liked the fallen series but this series is to slow for me which is a shame.
illidia316's review against another edition
3.0
I have very mixed feelings about this book. I thought the first half was great, I loved the new characters that were introduced, and the new side stories that they brought to the picture. However, this book went extremely dark. So much death, so much killing. Eureka’s main focus changed partway through this book, and it ended up being very confusing. I listened to the ending 5 or 6 times and I still don’t understand what happened - I just know that I don’t care for the ending at all.
marleer's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
I liked this book, but I thought the first one was a lot better. Waterfall was not such an easy read for me. I still love Lauren Kate's beautiful writing style, but you really have to be concentrated while reading to be able to understand every single word of it. Some very strange things also happened, which made the story a little hard to imagine. The ending was a little predictable to me - somehow I just knew this was going to happen - but I was satisfied with it.
I liked this book, but I thought the first one was a lot better. Waterfall was not such an easy read for me. I still love Lauren Kate's beautiful writing style, but you really have to be concentrated while reading to be able to understand every single word of it. Some very strange things also happened, which made the story a little hard to imagine. The ending was a little predictable to me - somehow I just knew this was going to happen - but I was satisfied with it.
greergreer's review against another edition
2.0
Kind of a wet fish of a book. It jumped all over the place.
rach_wings's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
sc104906's review against another edition
2.0
The prophecy must come to pass and Eureka may just lose it all before things can be righted. This is a darker conclusion to the Teardrop series.
Ehn. I felt like some of the feelings that were explored were retch worthy. Icky goopy teen puppy dog feelings. Ehn.
Ehn. I felt like some of the feelings that were explored were retch worthy. Icky goopy teen puppy dog feelings. Ehn.