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A review by cosmicpages
The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
2.0
Warning. Review contains spoilers!
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This book had so much potential! Gah. I loved it up until about Chapter 24 and then it just went all downhill for me. So disappointed. I really wanted to love this one. After chapter 24 I really had to force myself to get through to the end. I gave it 2 stars for the Hawaiian perspective and the focus on father/daughter relationship over romantic relationships... Wish I could have given it more, but that damn turtle stole the rest away.
PROS:
No love triangle
Strong father figure as male lead character
Focus on father/daughter relationship & how they survived together
Post apocalyptic event (I love dystopian/post-apocalyptic novels).
Post-apocalyptic Hawaii. (Great concept, we never get to know how any type of global crisis affects the islands in other novels)
Main character with a disability/medical condition - rarely see main characters in this genre that have to work with/overcome this issue while attempting to survive an apocalyptic event.
CONS:
"Alien" theories
A cosmic sea-turtle.... like really? What the hell?
A cosmic sea-turtle that eats radiation like candy, used the earth to give birth to another cosmic sea turtle..... and only Leilani can talk to it?
Really?
I don't forsee myself reading any more of this series unfortunately.
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This book had so much potential! Gah. I loved it up until about Chapter 24 and then it just went all downhill for me. So disappointed. I really wanted to love this one. After chapter 24 I really had to force myself to get through to the end. I gave it 2 stars for the Hawaiian perspective and the focus on father/daughter relationship over romantic relationships... Wish I could have given it more, but that damn turtle stole the rest away.
PROS:
No love triangle
Strong father figure as male lead character
Focus on father/daughter relationship & how they survived together
Post apocalyptic event (I love dystopian/post-apocalyptic novels).
Post-apocalyptic Hawaii. (Great concept, we never get to know how any type of global crisis affects the islands in other novels)
Main character with a disability/medical condition - rarely see main characters in this genre that have to work with/overcome this issue while attempting to survive an apocalyptic event.
CONS:
"Alien" theories
A cosmic sea-turtle.... like really? What the hell?
A cosmic sea-turtle that eats radiation like candy, used the earth to give birth to another cosmic sea turtle..... and only Leilani can talk to it?
Really?
I don't forsee myself reading any more of this series unfortunately.