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I feel like I haven't processed the sheer power of this book enough to say I have read it
This is a review of the trilogy as a whole.
I've got quite a lot of thoughts about these books, and they are mixed.
I loved the lighthearted humor in Carry On, and was disappointed to find it mostly* gone in Wayward Son and Any Way the Wind Blows. The tone changed completely between books. While I do love the question what happens to the characters after their big adventure ends?, I think a humorous tone would have put a unique spin on it and continued the almost-satire of Harry Potter that Carry On was.
Simon is very unlikeable to me, and he was written to be rooted for. He was fine in Carry On and awful by the end of Any Way the Wind Blows. His character development just didn't make sense to me. I completely understand the way depression** can stall you and make a mess of everything, but once he started getting better his effort to improve was illogical. The solution is neither breaking up nor weird sexual stuff.There's also a lot of inconsistencies between the books. 1. the NowNext vampires, where did they go?2. the plot irrelevancy of Agatha, Shepard, and Niamh (I loved them all, but why are they there?)3. where were the subtle mentions of the other chosen ones in Wayward Son?The trilogy would have been so much better if these had been addressed.In conclusion:Carry On worked well as a standalone. Simon & Baz were vaguely toxic in the last two books. The plot choices were weird at best. I'm not a fan of vampires. (sorry Baz, I still love you) the whole Shepard-demon-marriage plot was hilariousbasically what I mean there is that I have anxiety, depression, and adhd. I'm a walking disaster when it comes to relationships too
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Carry On - 4/5 stars
Wayward Son - 2.5/5 stars
Any Way the Wind Blows - 2/5 stars
a bit unrealistic in the sense that a person left alone on Mars for over a year would probably go a little insane
I was originally going to write something here about my desire to be an anthropologist and my competing desire to respect other people's cultures, but that ending...I can't stop thinking about it