Juhi
I have mixed opinions about this book.
I was never a fan of Pip. She is the most annoying protagonist I have read in some time now. I still tried my best to understand her, and sometimes admired her for some of her nicer qualities. But this book was the last straw. It made her turn from annoying to straight away hateful. I understand she is suffering from PTSD after the events of the last book. But she felt so out of character in this book that it is ridiculous! Taking drugs? Committing murder? Framing someone else for murder? The pip who is portrayed as a goddess of justice, trying to exonerate the innocent, and fighting against injustice is suddenly not only taking the law into her own hands, but also trying to frame someone else for the acts she committed? I get that we hate Max Hastings, and that he deserved to be in jail - but not for the crime he never committed.
The book started off a little different than the other two, but I persevered because I thought it will catch on eventually. And for a while it did. The first half was still as good as the other two books. But the plot twist at the halfway point was what ruined this series completely for me. Everything that follows after Pip murders Jason Bell is not only highly unrealistic, and improbable in real life, but also completely alters the characters' whole personality and belief systems. Not to mention, it is highly predictable. We all know Pip is going to get away with it. We all know Max Hastings will be punished for a murder he didn't commit. But we are still forced to read 200 pages just to read the conclusion we always knew! Not only was it terribly boring to read, but actually made me physically nauseous. And by the end, I just couldn't care anymore. I was so used to Pip making one sided, extreme decisions and plans, that I could not care when she decides to cut off from EVERYONE until the trial. How ridiculous is that? Wasn't her cutting off more suspicious than her keeping in contact?
Overall, I don't think this book did justice to the series we had all grown fond of. And I wish I could un-read the 2nd half somehow.
I have mixed opinions about this book.
I was never a fan of Pip. She is the most annoying protagonist I have read in some time now. I still tried my best to understand her, and sometimes admired her for some of her nicer qualities. But this book was the last straw. It made her turn from annoying to straight away hateful. I understand she is suffering from PTSD after the events of the last book. But she felt so out of character in this book that it is ridiculous! Taking drugs? Committing murder? Framing someone else for murder? The pip who is portrayed as a goddess of justice, trying to exonerate the innocent, and fighting against injustice is suddenly not only taking the law into her own hands, but also trying to frame someone else for the acts she committed? I get that we hate Max Hastings, and that he deserved to be in jail - but not for the crime he never committed.
The book started off a little different than the other two, but I persevered because I thought it will catch on eventually. And for a while it did. The first half was still as good as the other two books. But the plot twist at the halfway point was what ruined this series completely for me. Everything that follows after Pip murders Jason Bell is not only highly unrealistic, and improbable in real life, but also completely alters the characters' whole personality and belief systems. Not to mention, it is highly predictable. We all know Pip is going to get away with it. We all know Max Hastings will be punished for a murder he didn't commit. But we are still forced to read 200 pages just to read the conclusion we always knew! Not only was it terribly boring to read, but actually made me physically nauseous. And by the end, I just couldn't care anymore. I was so used to Pip making one sided, extreme decisions and plans, that I could not care when she decides to cut off from EVERYONE until the trial. How ridiculous is that? Wasn't her cutting off more suspicious than her keeping in contact?
Overall, I don't think this book did justice to the series we had all grown fond of. And I wish I could un-read the 2nd half somehow.
