husnaibrahim_'s Reviews (393)

Eve is genuinely one of the most consistently frustrating and entertaining main characters I’ve ever encountered. She lives in a world where people print their breakfast (or is it reheating? I’ve never quite understood the whole auto-chef concept till now) and get full-body facelifts like it’s a spa day, but you somehow mention a synthetic human-ape hybrid or anything supernatural and suddenly she’s clutching her pearls. Like she needs to be serious and get with the program because the future is weird.

Other than that, I really enjoyed the mystery in this one. It was just the right amount of bizarre and was creepy enough but still somehow grounded in that tech and science modern blend thing that this series always pulls off so well. And at first, I didn’t trust that Eton guy because he had that too polished and too calm energy going for him, and it just seemed too suspicious. Justin was also out of the question for me because he somehow felt like a red herring from the jump; it was too convenient tbh. So I definitely didn’t guess who our true suspect was. I don’t even know how Dallas got it right

But I guess even with all I think about Eve, once she stops being slightly insufferable with her intolerance that is, she’s rarely ever wrong when it comes to her instincts. I mean, her instincts might be a little dramatic and even stubborn, but they’re rarely off base. So, even when Eve’s being annoying, I still find myself rooting for her.

This book was just too awkward right from the start. The secondhand embarrassment from that second sex scene was too much. Neil unintentionally fumbled so badly, and I felt so bad for him. It didn’t help that the uncertainty of it all was also giving me, alongside the two of them, anxiety. The whole will-they-won’t-they phase was just too annoying because they’re both adults who are clearly into each other, so why were they dragging this out like a bad romcom?

One thing I liked about the book was how well it showed overthinking. Overthinking on all levels. School-related, academic path related, relationship wise, friendship wise. Wondering if you’re on the right path because you are feeling like everyone else has their life figured out but you. I also liked Roan’s professor. It’s always nice to have mentors at that age, especially when you feel like you keep making the wrong decisions about everything in your life. I think this aspect of the book was all I liked about it. Everything else was insufferable and took me way too long to complete it.

And then after all that suffering, I find out the author’s a massive Zionist?? Suddenly everything makes sense. The hints were loud in this one, wayyy louder than the first. So yeah, I’m glad I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first one, to be honest, because now I can fully detach and move on in peace. What a waste.