Then, when it did end, it felt very rushed and sudden. I gave the books a chance anyway and read them all, but I finally got too fed up with it during this last one and was ready for it end already because then at least I’d get some sort of resolution. The third book had the climax and resolution. I guess we can call the second book the rising action. The first book had the inciting incident. Each book should’ve had an inciting incident, a goal, rising action, a climax, and some sort of resolution. I completely get the whole series-having-one-overarching-goal thing. It was just one story cut into three pieces and spread out into three books. My biggest issue (I know I’m repeating what I said in the other reviews, but they’re my reviews, I do what I want lol) was that this series did not consist of three books with three stories. So I did find things I liked about them, saw the potential, and wanted to like this final installment.īut I can only deal with certain things for so long. I found the first one surprisingly enjoyable and the second somewhat so because they were light and fun and I really loved America. I didn’t judge them too harshly because it was clear that they were not intended to be heavy and intense.
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