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Ash and Quill (The Great Library, #3)
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I waffled between two and three stars, and my first inclination was to go with three. However, as I mentally started writing my review, I realized that event though there were parts of it I enjoyed, there was SO much more that I didn't like, so I decided to go with 2.
This series is definitely not romance, but as in a lot of series, there are relationships. In this book, the relationship between Wolf and Santi was much more pronounced. I didn't love it in the other books, but I dealt with it when it was subtle and in the background. In this one, it was pretty overt. I also didn't like that Jess and Morgan ended up sleeping together in this book. It was totally, 100%, off screen -- not a bit of description at all, but they are teenagers. I realize that my values are different from most of the world, but I still didn't like it.
This book felt...unnecessary. I couldn't figure out the point of it. Getting where they got in the end could have been done without the detour to Pennsylvania. I REALLY struggled at the beginning. I could understand the desire not to be part of the burners -- a group they called a terrorist organization. However, I could not remotely understand their loyalty to the library -- still believing in the ideals of the library even though the people running it were corrupt. As a history person, it felt way too much like loyalty to Hitler's ideals even though he was evil personified. I'm sure that's not what Caine was going for, but that's still how it felt to me.
I didn't like the direction she took with Morgan.
I didn't like the deceit and back-stabbing among "friends". If there's going to be a group trying to take down a corrupt government, I would rather have them be cohesive and not plotting behind each other's backs "for their own good".
When I finished the book, I asked myself if I cared enough to finish out the series. Then I realized that I just felt icky when I finished this one. Why would I want to finish a series that makes me feel worse instead of better? So...I guess there's a chance I will finish it, but probably not.
This series is definitely not romance, but as in a lot of series, there are relationships. In this book, the relationship between Wolf and Santi was much more pronounced. I didn't love it in the other books, but I dealt with it when it was subtle and in the background. In this one, it was pretty overt. I also didn't like that Jess and Morgan ended up sleeping together in this book. It was totally, 100%, off screen -- not a bit of description at all, but they are teenagers. I realize that my values are different from most of the world, but I still didn't like it.
This book felt...unnecessary. I couldn't figure out the point of it. Getting where they got in the end could have been done without the detour to Pennsylvania. I REALLY struggled at the beginning. I could understand the desire not to be part of the burners -- a group they called a terrorist organization. However, I could not remotely understand their loyalty to the library -- still believing in the ideals of the library even though the people running it were corrupt. As a history person, it felt way too much like loyalty to Hitler's ideals even though he was evil personified. I'm sure that's not what Caine was going for, but that's still how it felt to me.
I didn't like the direction she took with Morgan.
I didn't like the deceit and back-stabbing among "friends". If there's going to be a group trying to take down a corrupt government, I would rather have them be cohesive and not plotting behind each other's backs "for their own good".
When I finished the book, I asked myself if I cared enough to finish out the series. Then I realized that I just felt icky when I finished this one. Why would I want to finish a series that makes me feel worse instead of better? So...I guess there's a chance I will finish it, but probably not.
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Nov 06, 2024 08:42AM
Good to know!!! I am so far removed from this series that the only way I would have picked it up again was if you really liked the 3rd book. Now that answers my question. :)
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Yeah...it's got pretty good ratings -- I guess because people who have gotten this far have loved the series, but one of the things I really didn't like about it was that Morgan had learned how to use her obscurist powers to kill. There was a scene where she just killed all of the animals in a certain radius around her. She was quick to assure Jess that she didn't cause them any pain, but still... Then Jess "knew how to use her". I'm guessing in the next book, she's going to use that power to kill the Obscurist Magnus. Then there was family betrayal and deceit and division among "friends". There's enough yucky in the world, I just don't need more.
