The latter doesn’t do much for me, and is a bit too deus-ex-machina for my tastes.ĭiscussion: In spite of the complaints I had, I appreciate Mafi’s writing, and I thought the beauty and skill of it compensated for my gripes about perceived plot problems (which after all I would not have cared about, had I not liked the story so much). Four: The X-Men aspects of the plot took over at the end I would have preferred more realistic developments to a denouement dependent on techno-whiz-bang special effects. Three: What was up with the bird dream and tattoo? They were never explained except as serving to “connect” Juliette and Adam to Warner, but where did they come from? The whole coincidence of their appearances was dropped. Two, Juliette – confronted with this new Adam, gets all outraged when he “insults” her, but at the same time (a) did indeed betray Adam with Warner and (2) has been understanding and accepting of any abuse Warner heaped upon her. And for Juliette to conclude that Adam never loved her? Just not fair. Adam, on the other hand, has a big personality change that does not seem true to who he was in Book One, or even “fair” to his character. I thought that the “unraveling” of Juliette and Warner seemed reasonable and well explained. One: All of the three main protagonists have personality changes throughout the series. SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON’T WANT SPOILERS: I had some complaints, but they are extremely spoilery. Matter is never created or destroyed, but it can change into different forms she and the others with gifts have absorbed this energy in different ways, and they must learn to harness it and use it to restore freedom to the world. She learns that as the world changed, so did the energy within it. Eventually she meets a whole group of others who have special abilities like she does. In Juliette’s case, if she touches anyone, that person will die. In this future scenario, the ecosystem has become severely distorted by human abuse, and one of the effects is that some people have developed “special abilities” that are not normal. But, as with most dystopias, the new group in control has become drunk on power and despotic. This young adult trilogy is narrated by Juliette Ferrars, a 17-year-old who has been imprisoned by “The Reestablishment,” the power faction that is supposed to renew the dying society. These are complicated people, and Mafi is adept at using short word-impressions to capture the essence of a description. The story is good, even though sometimes the characters act imperfect (and thus very realistic) rather than being what you would like them to be. I think this author is a very talented writer. Note: There are no significant spoilers in this review, except as marked.
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