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4 stars
I would given this book 2 or 3 stars only if not for the ending, it saved itself.
It was long, and I think most of it can be removed and it won't change anything. The story is no longer "book 3" per se as it is already about the outside world. What happened to it, how the characters are doing, and so on.
But I like how our main character chose not to remember versus his supposed to be best/girl friend who chose to remember and ended up discovering the truth (or the lie). Our protagonist showed that he doesn't need to remember to know that WICKED is wicked.
Then at the end, his best/girl friend died to save him. It was sudden. It shows how the reality of life and teaches us that we should never ever take for granted the people that matters to us. But what …
I would given this book 2 or 3 stars only if not for the ending, it saved itself.
It was long, and I think most of it can be removed and it won't change anything. The story is no longer "book 3" per se as it is already about the outside world. What happened to it, how the characters are doing, and so on.
But I like how our main character chose not to remember versus his supposed to be best/girl friend who chose to remember and ended up discovering the truth (or the lie). Our protagonist showed that he doesn't need to remember to know that WICKED is wicked.
Then at the end, his best/girl friend died to save him. It was sudden. It shows how the reality of life and teaches us that we should never ever take for granted the people that matters to us. But what saddened me was our dear protagonist was numb at most.
He did not even realised the sacrifice she did. How much she loves him. And all the effort she did to be forgiven! No, regardless of what she did, what she explained, he never forgave her. It's annoying but again, it happens in real life.
So overall, yeah, it was the ending that saved this book. The ending was the peak. The ending was the meat of it. The ending was where all roads lead to and melded everything in a very chaotic way (characters clashing; beliefs being tested; friendships shaken), to end up in a very bitter sweet way.