tariana's Reviews (172)

Things I had forgotten from 1st read:
How Tolkien wannabe Paolini is: very descriptive, creating languages and showing it off throughout the book…
How obvious are Saphira’s comments. 
How Roran arc is much more interesting than Eragon’s
How philosophical Eragon’s training was. I have even highlighted to remember in the posterity.

Another thing I noticed is the bring up of people’s prejudices against other races. I hope the next books will develop it better, it would be interesting.

That was educational. I find it weird that the parents kept talking about the issues that were happening in the country with so many details despite the child being present. At the same time, it was a difficult time, no time for overthinking the effects of such conversations in front of a child.

I felt that this one was a little bit slower than the previous ones, like if  it was a second act.

The only reason I am not giving 5 stars is because from 20 to 60% of the book it was sooooo slow, too much details about sword fights, military strategies, extensive descriptions, which must be great for those that understand it and are into it, but for me it was boring, it was like the story was stuck. The whole thing happened in less than a year for the characters but for me it was like an eternity. In spite of that, the whole book is amazing. At two different moments I had to hold my tears, I have ene highlighted the passages. They were:
62%: “Rin… what am I going to do?”
88%: I heard what you did to that Hesperian soldier.

I was afraid I would not enjoy it as my past experiences with sci-fi ended up with me pausing the reading. But I really enjoyed this one and I am motivated to keep reading the remaining books of the series. 

What a tense book! I didn’t give much credit to the reviews when I started listening this, but they didn’t lie. It really gave a John Steinbeck’s vibe. Most of the story is about father and son walking towards the coast on a post apocalyptic world, looking for food, running away from bad guys and trying to find hope in the midst of desolation. Through the story we see the father evolving from being super understanding with the child to becoming short tempered as the control starts to slip from his hands together with the realization that he won’t be able to protect the boy forever. At the same time, the boy starts to see his father with new eyes, no longer a hero, but failing to realize that his father is afraid. I confess that at a certain point the boy would die and the father would finally be free from his self imposed responsibilities and put an end to his suffering. But as he says at the end, he wouldn’t be capable of doing so. 

Other books got priority. I’ll return to this later this year.

Still in love with those two. Seeing Nick growing, learning about himself and starting to realize what kind of friends he had and that those friendships didn’t make sense for him anymore was inspiring, there are many adults that are still unable to let go of bad friends for their insecurities. I how Nick will really go through with it. I had to hold my tears when Nick

came out to his mom

. One last thing: Charlie,15, saying he never thought something like that would happen to him got my eyes rolling. Teenagers… 😁

I’d love to give this book 5 stars, but I don’t know if it was because the book was longer than the previous ones or if it was the story or if it was just my anxiety, I’ve thought the development of the story pretty slow and I got into a reading slowdown from 20% up until 80%. Despite that, the story is great, the ending was divine. Don’t know if I’ll read the next book (not an Ahnna’s fan), but I’m definitely looking for other Danielle’s books.

It’s not a masterpiece but I really need a light reading to help me manage my PMS. It was fun and light as expected and not deep, as it is a children’s book.