A review by missbookiverse
Nothing Left to Lose by Dan Wells

2.0

Pretty disappointing conclusion. All in all, this second trilogy wasn't really necessary, it kind of ruined the uniqueness of the first 3 books. What bothered me the most was the writing style. I'm not sure if it got worse over time or if I only just noticed its flaws, but the writing is so descriptive and explanatory, it's down-right annoying and prevents any real storytelling from happening. Everything is explained to me, I'm not allowed to think for myself at all. Also, everything just conveniently happens to move the story forward, it doesn't feel natural. And all of John's inner conflict about his sociopathy and the urge to kill people seems to have disappeared. His mental struggles were what drew me to the books in the first place. I did like the ending and how things resolved with the Withered but the journey wasn't worth it. Even though I enjoyed reading this volume more than the previous one I'm rating it lower because it was a let-down as a series finale.

Stick with the the initial trilogy instead!