Mia
The second half of the book was definitely the best. At first I was a little bored to be honest. There were so many descriptions and not much happened. But then, piece by piece, the story revealed itself and every now and then a new revelation would make me go “Oh... OH!”. And that's when I know it's a good book. I can't wait to see what the author does next!
Forever regretting not going with astrophysics in university. Oh well, at least I still went the STEM route, which allows me a good understanding of the science of space, and at least I can revel in the wonders of the universe through books and documentaries. Ah, I love space.
I'm so not ready to say goodbye to Grace, Greer and Gretchen. I want more triplet power. I need more argh.
This book (and it's predecessor) are weird as hell, but so entertaining and easy to read. The world in these books is quite terrifying - teen pregnancy has become an industry and is seen as morally right by the majority of people. That is not okay. Melody & Harmony are easy to tell apart while reading, since they are so fundamentally different. The writing isn't spectacular, but the humour and the weird pregnancy-related slang is right up my alley.
The ending satisfied me.
I enjoyed the first book in this series more, but that was mostly because I'm more fascinated with the time period of [b:Into the Dim 25897792 Into the Dim (Into the Dim, #1) Janet B. Taylor https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1445519198s/25897792.jpg 42755574] (12th century Europe) rather than the time period in this book (1895 NYC). Still though, it was good and I liked it! I'm not sure if there's a third book coming, but I certainly hope so!
I wasn't okay after reading Ember the first time, I was even less okay after reading Torch the first time and now I've read A Reaper at the Gates and I'm DEFINITELY NOT OKAY. Everything hurts.
Nok ei veldig bra bok jeg har lest i det siste! The Victorian Era er en tid jeg liker godt å lese om - pene kjoler, korsetter, gentlemen og tea parties. Når man så blander det med god fantasy så blir det perfekt! Jeg elsket å lese om turene til The Realms (det var så bra beskrevet) og om de forskjellige personlighetene til Gemma, Pippa, Ann og Felicity – særlig Felicity var artig å lese om. I tillegg var det mange tvister i plottet og slutten gjorde meg veldig trist... Den førte til at jeg har lyst til å lese Rebel Angels så fort som mulig!
Enda ei av de bøkene jeg aldri har hørt/lest noe om før jeg kjøpte den – og nok en gang unngikk jeg skuffelse. Denne boka suger deg inn i handlingen med én gang, før jeg visste ordet av det hadde det gått over en time og jeg var langt på vei. Jeg er glad for at bøkene selges to og to, for etter den slutten vil jeg virkelig lese videre så fort som mulig!
Boka er lettlest, men språket er godt. Jeg elsker flashbackene til middelalderen, sekshundre år før handlingen i boka.
Magi, historie, hekser og spenning – bok som er verdt å lese!
Dammit, Cat was my favourite character :( Out of all the 7 mains, why why why did it have to be her who died.
Is it well-written? No. Does it have good world-building? No. Is it entertaining? Hell yeah.
4.5 stars.
This book was deep, and I feel like some of the biggest critics of this book didn't truly understand the true message of it. I understand how they would then find it boring.
For me, personally, I found it very thought-provoking, emotional and the pace to be perfect for the story being told.
Going into this book, I was wondering if it would be a book to my taste, with regards to violence and death. But I soon discovered that it was less about the actual act of killing and more about the thought process of the Scythe behind the gleaning, a narrative on how power corrupts and how - unbeknownst to most of us - we live the way we live because death is inevitable. I really enjoyed the book a lot.
I can't believe the series is done now. I promised Amy I wouldn't post any spoilers, so I'm not saying anything about the story, but.... WOW. Just wait until you read this!