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I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!!!!!
It was fun, easy to read, but also full of heartfelt moments. Ugh.
The characters are great, their relationships are the best.
Just... wonderful story.
It was fun, easy to read, but also full of heartfelt moments. Ugh.
The characters are great, their relationships are the best.
Just... wonderful story.
I enjoyed this one more than the first two. I'm starting to get attached to these characters and the world seems to have loads more to show us.
Here's my main issue with Descender as a whole, which I realised clearly in this third volume:
90% of the book takes place in the past. A lot of the second volume was also backstories. I understand that giving us a character's past is an easy way to make us like them and care about them - and that worked very well here (I especially LOVED the non-human backstories) - but if what's most interesting about these characters is their past, then maybe you're not telling the right story?
Here's my main issue with Descender as a whole, which I realised clearly in this third volume:
90% of the book takes place in the past. A lot of the second volume was also backstories. I understand that giving us a character's past is an easy way to make us like them and care about them - and that worked very well here (I especially LOVED the non-human backstories) - but if what's most interesting about these characters is their past, then maybe you're not telling the right story?
It's refreshing to see an MM YA novel with very present and supportive parents, a good guy/girl friendship, important family values, a bisexual guy that isn't hypersexualized or flirty with everyone ( that seems to be the personality of most bisexual males in ya romances lately..) and of course seeing religion, especially Mormon religion being a main focus without it being bashed or slaughtered. Also great to see this relationship having its difficulties without there being tons of angst.
It was just... refreshing. And very enjoyable. Well done writers!
It was just... refreshing. And very enjoyable. Well done writers!
If this book wasn't written by Patrick Ness, I probably wouldn't have picked it up.
I'm not a fan of stories taking place in only one day. It doesn't, in my opinion, leave time for enough believable growth, leading to my not caring enough.
That's what happened here. Although there was development, I didn't care enough.
If there's one author who can make my heart ache no matter what, it's Patrick Ness. And he does manage to make me feel a certain fondness in this book, at times.
I love the found-family element (probably my favorite thing to read about), the friendship that is so much stronger than the ties who can have with people sharing the same blood.
The release aspect was good.
It just wasn't enough...
It's a short book, taking place in a short period of time, with a confusing sub-story I didn't care about, and although the ending was very satisfying, the rest just didn't make me feel enough for me to have enjoyed it.
Pick up another Ness book if you haven't yet, though. He is a wonderful author and I do applaud him for trying something new, even if it didn't work for me as much as I wanted it to.
I'm not a fan of stories taking place in only one day. It doesn't, in my opinion, leave time for enough believable growth, leading to my not caring enough.
That's what happened here. Although there was development, I didn't care enough.
If there's one author who can make my heart ache no matter what, it's Patrick Ness. And he does manage to make me feel a certain fondness in this book, at times.
I love the found-family element (probably my favorite thing to read about), the friendship that is so much stronger than the ties who can have with people sharing the same blood.
The release aspect was good.
It just wasn't enough...
It's a short book, taking place in a short period of time, with a confusing sub-story I didn't care about, and although the ending was very satisfying, the rest just didn't make me feel enough for me to have enjoyed it.
Pick up another Ness book if you haven't yet, though. He is a wonderful author and I do applaud him for trying something new, even if it didn't work for me as much as I wanted it to.
I enjoyed this. The characters were interesting, seeing sports and media pressure represented was fun.
Sometimes, all you need is a cute short story with a happy ending.
also: nice to see a book set in Wales.
also: nice to see a book set in Wales.
3.5 /5 I didn't enjoy this one as much as other FB books mostly because the whole angst and main issues between the characters would not have existed if one of them had just told them something earlier on in their relationship. Also, we knew exactly how it would end.
That said, it remains a story based on very well built characters. Ashton is probably one of my favourites of the entire series. His story is complicated but also very real. A modern type of lifestyle not often depicted in books. But mostly, him as a person is simply one of those Protect-at-all-costs he-deserves-so-much-better-than-he-gets type and I love him.
I'm sure Hassel will continue to wow me with outstanding characters, and hopefully their relationships and character development will be a little most interesting than this one for me.
That said, it remains a story based on very well built characters. Ashton is probably one of my favourites of the entire series. His story is complicated but also very real. A modern type of lifestyle not often depicted in books. But mostly, him as a person is simply one of those Protect-at-all-costs he-deserves-so-much-better-than-he-gets type and I love him.
I'm sure Hassel will continue to wow me with outstanding characters, and hopefully their relationships and character development will be a little most interesting than this one for me.
3.5 /5 I liked this story. It was nice seeing social anxiety and online relationships being portrayed in a romance novel.
Yaaaas I enjoyed this!!
It was fun, light-hearted and a quick enjoyable read.
Lovely to see a character say he's asexual, the love interest being totally okay with it, and that being it.
As it often happens to me and shorter stories, I would have loved to see a full length novel to get more relationship growth because I really liked these two.
I actually believe that their status was very well developed for the length of the story and felt satisfied with what we got.
I would have loved to know more about HAL though. He remains hardly ever spoken about even though the whole mission is centered around the robot.
I suppose it's a good way for us to keep our imagination going as to what could happen next for these characters, so good job, Wes Kennedy, good job.
It was fun, light-hearted and a quick enjoyable read.
Lovely to see a character say he's asexual, the love interest being totally okay with it, and that being it.
As it often happens to me and shorter stories, I would have loved to see a full length novel to get more relationship growth because I really liked these two.
I actually believe that their status was very well developed for the length of the story and felt satisfied with what we got.
I would have loved to know more about HAL though. He remains hardly ever spoken about even though the whole mission is centered around the robot.
I suppose it's a good way for us to keep our imagination going as to what could happen next for these characters, so good job, Wes Kennedy, good job.
Second best book I've read that goes into detail about asexuals and their relationships with allos, best book about where to get information on asexuality and the validation of queerness of asexuality I've ever read.
The story was nice too, but let's be honest, it's the ace parts that made me enjoy this book so very much.
Full review to come.
The story was nice too, but let's be honest, it's the ace parts that made me enjoy this book so very much.
Full review to come.