A review by storiedpanic
Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I have a lot of words about the series as a whole. This series used to be my favorite when I was a teen but in my 25 yo opinion, it didn’t age well. I didn’t really feel a connection to any character. Even patch felt distanced from the viewer, as if he wasn’t flushed out well. I wish I got more character development. Got deeper with the characters. Nora was unbearable and I’m angry about how Vee was treated through the whole book. She wasn’t a likable character but that could have been because she was made to be the funny fat friend who’s just boy crazy. Her whole personality was boys and eating. And also to make all the guys she’s ever been into evil.
And then the one guy who is actually GOOD she falls for  And you kill him off  yikes. The only reason she gets married to some guy at the end is to redeem everything you’ve done to her in the past. 🥲 but the author just had to make her dress rip on the day of her wedding huh?
vee deserved better.  I understand that this is a YA novel series. I’m not the target audience and But I’ve read some really great YA work with amazing characters and character development. I just feel like the series and characters could have been better. 
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