A review by tim5alive
The Elephant of Surprise by Brent Hartinger
2.0
I didn't really understand the point of this book. It didn't really add anything to the story except creating drama for the sake of drama in my opinion.
This series really needs to spend more time on the deeper conversations that are merely skimmed over in a sentence. For example, Russell's relationship with his parents is glossed over as is the end of Otto x Russell. It only served one purpose...to allow Russell to get with Kevin.
...Except instead of focusing on Kevin, we have to get this long segue about Wade, which honestly I cared nothing for. It was unnecessary to have this additional plot and place these teenagers in pretty dangerous/not realistic scenarios. As well, we spent what, like 10 pages on reuniting with Kevin? Come on, if it's the last book of the series and we've been teased about them coming together again, this book should have focused mainly on that.
This series really needs to spend more time on the deeper conversations that are merely skimmed over in a sentence. For example, Russell's relationship with his parents is glossed over as is the end of Otto x Russell. It only served one purpose...to allow Russell to get with Kevin.
...Except instead of focusing on Kevin, we have to get this long segue about Wade, which honestly I cared nothing for. It was unnecessary to have this additional plot and place these teenagers in pretty dangerous/not realistic scenarios. As well, we spent what, like 10 pages on reuniting with Kevin? Come on, if it's the last book of the series and we've been teased about them coming together again, this book should have focused mainly on that.