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I found the latter 3 books frustrating and almost stopped reading them. You'll know what I mean if you're on the 5th. The ridiculous breaks the bad guys get in some of the battles with Sam etc, just contradict everything that has gone before. I'll spoiler what I found annoying:
That said. Overall they were pretty good. However, if the rest of his books are as frustrating to read as his Gone series, I'm not sure I'd like to take a chance on them.Sam and his crew don't hesitate or struggle to finish off people in battles of no consequence but when clear and easy chances to end situations against some of the big boys arise (and there are loads of them), then totally against their capabilities and actions up to that point they all inexplicably develop an overwhelming dumb and dumber syndrome, procrastinate and allow the bad guy to escape......again and again and again and again. I can accept these instances once or twice to keep the story on edge. When it's several times per book it's getting ridiculous and really starts to grate because it completely flies in the face of what has gone before it and it annoying almost to the point of flinging the book away.
Now I know Michael Grant had to keep the reader hooked and drag out this 'war' over 6 books but, for crying out loud, just for once had he done the sensible thing and written out a main character in one of those battles to keep it consistent rather than having him/her somehow managing to escape yet another impossible situation again and again and against all the odds, I would have rated the series much higher. |
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