The Last Star
Ratings55
Average rating3.2
Since the Arrival, I've been beset by more cravings than a women pregnant with triplets, and always for things I'll never taste again. Chocolate ice cream cones. Frozen pizza. Whipped cream in a can. Those cinnamon rolls Mom made every Saturday morning. McDonald's french fries. Bacon. No, bacon was still a possibility. I would just have to find a hog, slaughter it, butcher it, cure the meat, then fry it up. Thinking about the bacon -- the potential of bacon -- gives me hope. Not all is lost if bacon isn't.
Seriously.
And there's the best that this series can do – when there's no reason for hope, no reason to keep going – Yancey's characters find a reason (other than inertia) to keep struggling, to keep walking, to keep surviving, to keep hoping.
Sadly, I pretty much needed that same kind (not extent, kind) of perseverance. I thought The 5th Wave rocked, and I enjoyed The Infinite Sea, but not as much – but the wheels really came off this time. It's not an Allegiant-level disappointment, but it was closer than anyone should want.
The writing was skillful – I liked a lot of what the book had to say about humanity, enlightenment, and teddy bears (no, really). Yancey nailed the character beats, moments, observations – but he utilized this great writing and surrounded these strong elements with a story that just wasn't worth telling. Somehow in the end, the whole was the sum of its parts (anyone know the German for that?).I'm going to skip the plot summary because it's just the next stage in the series, leading up to the final confrontation between the survivors we're following and Humanity's foes. That's really all you need to know – and everyone who's been reading the series knew that already.This is the 10th book I've read by Yancey, and it's so clearly the weakest link. I'd still recommend this book for those who've read the first two – but on the whole, I'd tell those who hadn't started the series to skip it. I'm more than ready to give whatever Yancey does next a chance, if for no other reason than to get the taste of this out of my mouth.
Thank God that's over! As always terrible character development & interactions. Only read the damn thing since the first book had a good mysterious premise & there's not 1 good synopsis online.
I'm really sad. Not good sad. Just sad. Estoy muy triste. No triste bien. Solo triste. This wasn't the grand magnificent closure I expected -the finale I desired, the finale this deserved- for the series. I feel it was... Insignificant. Cassie's dead, for example, didn't make me feel anything; the author could've easily been talking about peanuts and I would've reacted the same. Also, Marika's pregnancy felt so forced and out of place and like a desperate attempt to make a plot twist that just made me cringe. Este no fue el gran magnífico cierre que esperaba - el final que deseaba, el final que esto merecía- para la serie. Sentí que fue... Insignificante. La muerte de Cassie, por ejemplo, no me hizo sentir nada; el autor bien pudo haber estado hablando de cacahuates y yo hubiera reaccionado igual. Además, el embarazo de Marika se sintió tan forzado y fuera de lugar y como un intento desesperado de hacer un giro de trama que sólo fue de mal gusto. The saddest thing is that I couldn't really stop reading because I WANTED TO KNOW these characters' fate. But now that is over, I truly, deeply believe that it would've been a perfect ending if this was a standalone that ended with [b:The 5th Wave 16101128 The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) Rick Yancey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1359853842l/16101128.SX50.jpg 19187812].Lo más triste es que realmente no podía dejar de leer porque QUERÍA SABER el destino de estos personajes. Pero ahora que terminó, verdadera y profundamente siento que hubiera sido un final perfecto si esta fuera una histórica única que terminara con [b:La quinta ola 17874266 La quinta ola Rick Yancey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1367341833l/17874266.SY75.jpg 19187812]. I'm not entirely sure this is a good thing, but I'd still recomend for anyone already reading the series because the story is good and you get to care for some of the characters - except book 2 and 3 Cassie, she's annoying and we hate her-. Especially because you get to know what happens to Ben Parish.No estoy completamente segura de si esto es algo bueno, pero aun así lo recomendaría para cualquiera que ya esté leyendo la serie porque la historia es buena y llegas a que te importen algunos de los personajes - excepto Cassie de los libros 2 y 3, es molesta y la odiamos-. Especialmente porque llegas a saber qué pasa con Ben Parish. I don't know if it will be the case for anybody else, but I really connected with him and felt all his determination, his thrive, his struggle and his pain. He's my favorite character in the entre series and, in some way, I think he was the glue that kept the story together and made me want to finish the book. HE was humanity. No sé si será el caso para alguien más, pero realmente conecté con él y sentí toda su determinación, su inspiración, sus luchas y su dolor. Es mi personaje favorito en toda la serie y, en cierta manera, creo que el fue quien mantuvo la integridad de la historia y me hizo querer terminar el libro. EL era la humanidad. In the end, I can't say I loved the final book as I loved [b:The 5th Wave 16101128 The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) Rick Yancey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1359853842l/16101128.SX50.jpg 19187812] (even as I liked [b:The Infinite Sea 16131484 The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2) Rick Yancey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1395351812l/16131484.SY75.jpg 27237970]), but I don't think it was a waste of time and perhaps in a few years I'd like to re-read the series.Al final, no puedo decir que amé el último libro como amé [b:La quinta ola 17874266 La quinta ola Rick Yancey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1367341833l/17874266.SY75.jpg 19187812] (ni siquiera como me gustó [b:El mar infinito 23359151 El mar infinito (La quinta ola, #2) Rick Yancey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1414259288l/23359151.SY75.jpg 27237970]), pero no creo que haya sido una pérdida de tiempo y talvez en unos años me gustaría releer la serie.I give it 2.5 stars.Le doy 2.5 estrellas.
Begitu selesai baca buku terakhir seri ini, reaksiku “wah masa endingnya kayak gini?”.
Minor spoiler : salah satu tokoh yg mendapatkan POV sdr gugur.
Aku malah lebih suka tokoh Ringer aka Marika dibanding Cassie. Dan hubungan singkat Marika & Alex, sangat manis, singkat & tragis dgn gugurnya Alex demi menyelamatkan Marika. Setdknya Alex meninggalkan sesuatu untuk Marika untuk sll diingat.
Endingnya, keknya kok cuma segitu aja trus gmn membangun kembali peradaban manusia yg telah hancur?? Hanya diceritakan aftermath stlh pengorbanan salah 1 tokoh utamanya. Kurang puas rasanya...
It was pretty good. A well written conclusion to the trilogy. I wasnt terribly disappointed in the loose ends it tied up or the conclusion to the stories.
hm.
tudom, hogy kell a péndz, de lassan leakadhatnának az írók a trilógiákról. főleg, ha legföljebb kétkönyvnyi kraft van az ötletükben. túl hosszú és unalmas volt a harmadik rész. a vége nem lett rossz, bár a fotelből nem estem ki tőle. hát úgy összességében erős meh alá.
3.5 Stars
This is the first time I have ever given a book a half a star but I feel like it deserves more than 3 stars but less than 4 stars. I honestly don't know what to say about this book besides the fact that I was really disappointed in it. I had high hopes for this book and it didn't live up to my expectations at all.
