bumblebee's reviews
146 reviews

I just couldn't super get into this and after almost a week of not listening further I figure I might as well officially give up. I kinda already didn't love it after the prologue and first chapter, but I really wanted to give it a fair chance because I did find the set-up intriguing. Maybe I'll give the print version a shot at some point. I just can't keep all the many characters straight in my head, because my attention keeps wandering away from the audiobook.

This book pulled off the unique feat of having multiple POVs in multiple locations, without ever making me feel disappointed to switch to any of them, and for that, I have to applaud it. I'm usually not a huge fan of these kinds of books, since I generally find at least one of the POVs much less interesting to read, but in King of Scars I loved every single character and the different plots going on at different locations all had me equally at the edge of my seat, especially near the end of the book.

The first half was a little slow-going for me. Coming straight from the Six of Crows duology — which I ADORED — it took me a while to get into this new adventure, especially since I really missed the characters and setting from the previous books (they are my new favourite books). However, I'm really glad I kept on reading, because once the second half of this book kicked the adventure into high gear, I was swept away by it and struggled to put the book down until I finished it. (I daresay I might enjoy the first half more on a reread, which I plan to do at some point. I just wasn't quite ready to say goodbye to the Crows cast when I started the book this time around.)

All-in-all, I really enjoyed King of Scars. I don't usually give star ratings except if it's 5 stars (and I've only given 5 books that rating), but I enjoyed this enough to give it a solid 4.5. I look forward to the sequel.

Eh. Not in the mood for this right now. I’m all for unlikable protagonists but ugh. Maybe it’s worse as an audiobook, having to listen to him blather on. 

I just kinda lost interest in this series. I'm gonna try the audiobook to finish the last book.

I haven’t had a great time with YA lately but wanted to give this a shot since I loved Tweet Cute when it came out.

I was super into the lost sibling plot but the book seems to be mainly focused on misunderstanding-based romantic drama and conflict between the sisters instead, which I just found tediously childish and can’t bear to listen to any longer. (Like, I’m begging the characters to attempt to communicate instead of assuming shit, y’know.)

All in all, this is not for me. 

DNF @ Chapter 21. I really wanted to love this, having once pre-ordered the ebook (that then sat on my ereader for 3 years because I keep forgetting I can't stand to read first person). I just don't really care about the plot, and while Emil is a fun character, I don't find Brighton all that interesting, so there's not really enough to carry me through the book. Pity. 

The audiobook narrator for Emil is great, I loved him in They Both Die At The End as well. That's pretty much the only thing I liked about the book, though.

I really liked the characters and that’s why I finished this book. The plot was enjoyable in ways but also absurdly unrealistic in so many others that it annoyed me. It’s the kind of YA that is probably enjoyable for teens but reading this as an actual young adult, I found myself frustrated by the weird actions and choices of the adult characters in the book. 

The title wasn’t kidding 😭