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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Book Blog #60: The Death Cure by James Dashner

Title: The Death Cure
Author: James Dashner
# of Pages: 325 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: Thomas knows that WICKED can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. To complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare.

What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can't believe a word of what WICKED says.

The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine.

Review: Please bare in mind that I can't really remember the first two books AT ALL. But I had a hard time remembering some stuff (such as if something was explained or if someone did this or they did that...) so I'm not sure how accurate my review is going to be. I was really on the fence about the rating; I was either going to give it three stars or four. Here's why I gave it three:

The plot was a mess. I thought that the first book was pretty good, the second book was okay, and the third one...I felt that it wasn't thought out all the way. I hate it when the author can't make up his mind; is WICKED good, or is it bad? Choose ONE and stick with it!!!

I know that a lot of people really liked this book, so I'm not going to rant too much about it. I think this book is going to deserve a reread after I reread the first two books. So if you liked the second book, I recommend this book to you!!!

Friday, May 31, 2013

Book Blog #34 Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

Title: Darth Plagueis
Author: James Luceno
# of Pages: 481 (paperback)
Genre: Media Tie-In, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Synopsis: At long last, the Star Wars story of the mysterious Sith Lord Darth Plagueis and his apprentice, Darth Sidious, is revealed! 

Darth Plagueis: Like all Sith Lords before him, he craves absolute power. But like no Sith Lord ever, he possesses the ultimate power—over life and death. 

Darth Sidious: In secret he masters the power of the dark side, while publicly climbing to the highest government office. 

One desires to rule supreme; the other dreams of living forever. Together, they will destroy the Jedi and rule the galaxy. Unless merciless Sith tradition becomes their undoing. . . .

Review: Okay. I'll try to make this quick.

I'm a Star Wars fan, and yet I STRONG DISLIKED this book. First of all, the cover's disturbing. Second of all, the writing style was awful. The one good thing about it was the stuff about Maul. And the epilogue. That was pretty good too.
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