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A review by juliaherkel
Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull
5.0
OH MY GOODNESS.
How does one describe such an unbelievable ending to such a diverse world filled to the brim with amazing creativity??
Let me humbly attempt to. (SEE HOW MUCH I AM IN AWE OF THIS? I can't remember the last time I acted humble to another author.)
This trilogy was like... the first book was the rumble of thunder in a growing storm, the second was the pause of the intense wait, slowly building up to the third book, a flash of lightning that ripped apart the sky and the world and killed hundreds.
By killing hundreds, I mean all the readers hearts Brandon Mull crushed with this book.
CONS OF CHASING THE PROPHECY
I found Rachel was annoying in part of this book, for most of the middle. She was better in the beginning and the end, though.
And that is literally all the cons I can think of. *slow clapping for Brandon Mull*
PROS OF CHASING THE PROPHECY
Let's start by saying that, unlike the other two books, I wanted to read this book even when I put it down. While I enjoyed the other two books, I didn't really want to read them when I'd put them down.
I was impressed once again by all the different characters and places that were invented for this series. They each had rules that were set in stone, and there was not one part in the book that tripped up and got something wrong, despite there being SO MANY different things to keep track of. Well done.
THE PLOT TWISTS. The displacer guy whose name I actually cannot spell unless I have the book. (which I currently do not have beside me) I feel like there was another, but let's just move on. The book was long. I can't remember everything when I'm emotionally scarred.
Brandon Mull (I just noticed how I've never used an author's this much in a review before. weird.) created a problem for the characters that nobody could find an answer to. Yet he managed to plant one from BOOK ONE. When it talked about Jason feeling that it was familiar, and I couldn't remember where it was from, I knew that he must've mentioned it before, but it was so long ago that I couldn't remember, meaning he had seriously foreshadowed it really well. I think that was a run-on sentence. Whatever.
You remember how J.K. Rowling killed a bunch of character we were close to in her last book? Yeah, that's what Brandon Mull did, except with a whole LOT MORE CHARACTERS. But none of the deaths were actually random. They all had a PURPOSE so he could get away with it. I got even more attached to characters in this book, and SO MANY DIED.
*whispers* So many... *fades into the shadows*
In Conclusion:
I loved book 3 the most of the trilogy. 10/10 recommend reading it if you can stand it...
Watch out for whenever I publish a book, guys; Brandon Mull has now given me an author's dream to kill lots and lots of characters in one book and be able to get away with it because each is for a purpose.
How does one describe such an unbelievable ending to such a diverse world filled to the brim with amazing creativity??
Let me humbly attempt to. (SEE HOW MUCH I AM IN AWE OF THIS? I can't remember the last time I acted humble to another author.)
This trilogy was like... the first book was the rumble of thunder in a growing storm, the second was the pause of the intense wait, slowly building up to the third book, a flash of lightning that ripped apart the sky and the world and killed hundreds.
By killing hundreds, I mean all the readers hearts Brandon Mull crushed with this book.
CONS OF CHASING THE PROPHECY
I found Rachel was annoying in part of this book, for most of the middle. She was better in the beginning and the end, though.
And that is literally all the cons I can think of. *slow clapping for Brandon Mull*
PROS OF CHASING THE PROPHECY
Let's start by saying that, unlike the other two books, I wanted to read this book even when I put it down. While I enjoyed the other two books, I didn't really want to read them when I'd put them down.
I was impressed once again by all the different characters and places that were invented for this series. They each had rules that were set in stone, and there was not one part in the book that tripped up and got something wrong, despite there being SO MANY different things to keep track of. Well done.
THE PLOT TWISTS. The displacer guy whose name I actually cannot spell unless I have the book. (which I currently do not have beside me) I feel like there was another, but let's just move on. The book was long. I can't remember everything when I'm emotionally scarred.
Brandon Mull (I just noticed how I've never used an author's this much in a review before. weird.) created a problem for the characters that nobody could find an answer to. Yet he managed to plant one from BOOK ONE. When it talked about Jason feeling that it was familiar, and I couldn't remember where it was from, I knew that he must've mentioned it before, but it was so long ago that I couldn't remember, meaning he had seriously foreshadowed it really well. I think that was a run-on sentence. Whatever.
You remember how J.K. Rowling killed a bunch of character we were close to in her last book? Yeah, that's what Brandon Mull did, except with a whole LOT MORE CHARACTERS. But none of the deaths were actually random. They all had a PURPOSE so he could get away with it. I got even more attached to characters in this book, and SO MANY DIED.
*whispers* So many... *fades into the shadows*
In Conclusion:
I loved book 3 the most of the trilogy. 10/10 recommend reading it if you can stand it...
Watch out for whenever I publish a book, guys; Brandon Mull has now given me an author's dream to kill lots and lots of characters in one book and be able to get away with it because each is for a purpose.