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7/1/2025, 8:03:39 PM
I'm sorry for the meme format. I'll give my actual opinion. I finished it last night.
I enjoyed it for the most part, and was really engaged up until the last 100 or so pages when I felt like the ending was rather formulaic. I enjoyed the tension that Julian's death caused for the subsequent chapters. When I found out the proctors were rigging it, I thought "oh yeah, that makes sense, in sequence with how the laurel was rigged in the very beginning amongst the Reds. But everything after Cassius' betrayal was kind of lackluster and predictable. The part where they're storming Olympus was cool though. The Mustang romance felt really forced and was the most YA thing in the book. I had guessed wrong and assumed that the Jackal was the one who killed her brother, but even the reveal that they're family never gave me any doubt that Mustang would remain loyal. I liked that the Cassius bromance didn't survive, even if I feel bad for Darrow that it didn't. And at the end of the book, I didn't think he'd actually accept Nero's offer and would turn head and go with the Rage Knight instead. I'll definitely read Golden Son though to see where it goes from here.
I'd give it a 7/10.
I enjoyed it for the most part, and was really engaged up until the last 100 or so pages when I felt like the ending was rather formulaic. I enjoyed the tension that Julian's death caused for the subsequent chapters. When I found out the proctors were rigging it, I thought "oh yeah, that makes sense, in sequence with how the laurel was rigged in the very beginning amongst the Reds. But everything after Cassius' betrayal was kind of lackluster and predictable. The part where they're storming Olympus was cool though. The Mustang romance felt really forced and was the most YA thing in the book. I had guessed wrong and assumed that the Jackal was the one who killed her brother, but even the reveal that they're family never gave me any doubt that Mustang would remain loyal. I liked that the Cassius bromance didn't survive, even if I feel bad for Darrow that it didn't. And at the end of the book, I didn't think he'd actually accept Nero's offer and would turn head and go with the Rage Knight instead. I'll definitely read Golden Son though to see where it goes from here.
I'd give it a 7/10.
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