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Melja Gregory (2 KP) rated The Name of the Wind in Books

Jan 5, 2018 (Updated Jan 5, 2018)  
The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.2 (74 Ratings)
Book Rating
Great writing and unexpected twists (0 more)
Never expect an end to a great series
Wonderful book but a warning, don't expect to finish the series. The author seems to literally postpone writing the last, or at least next, book in the series for anything, and I mean anything. Like playing video games, and he brags/laughs about it on his social media. So not sure I should recommend this book no matter how good the series is, because the author seems very unmotivated to finish the cliffhanger you are left with in the second book.
A great series that may start a bit slow, but picks up fairly quickly as we go throughout the main characters life. The first book leads into the second, and the second should lead to a third, but once again the problem is you are left in the second before what feels like the big climax that if the third ever happens should be an epic conclusion.
  
Scarsdale Crematorium (The Haunted #4)
Scarsdale Crematorium (The Haunted #4)
Patrick Logan | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Paranormal
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
By this point, the series is really starting to feel like it's being drawn out unnecessarily. More characters are being brought in, with pages of information about them/their surroundings/backgrounds, which feels a lot like filler to meet a word count in some cases.


For me, the series isn't living up to the promise of the first book, which is a real shame. I really hoped for a more "haunted" vibe, given the name of the series, with unresolved matters being settled in the manner of the very first book, but the direction the story has taken isn't as appealing to me - purely a matter of personal taste, and I'm clearly very much in the minority given reviews I've read on other sites.

In all honesty, this isn't a series I would have persevered with if I was buying the books, but borrowing them as part of my Kindle Unlimited subscription (akin to borrowing from a local library, but more convenient!), I will finish the series.
  
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events #13)
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events #13)
Lemony Snicket | 2006 | Children
10
8.2 (25 Ratings)
Book Rating
It only took me a few hours to read this, I was that excited to finally be reaching the last book in the series. And I wasn’t disappointed at all.

I sort of expected for the final book to be more of a roundup and answering all of the questions rather than being another story of a predicament the Baudelaires find themselves in. But it didn’t disappoint me that it didn’t jump straight to answering every question I’ve had in the series.

And in the end, most of my questions weren’t answered. But again, that didn’t disappoint me. I half expected the series to end in a way that was quite open ended and left the mystery hanging.

I enjoy the fact that I’m still trying to work out myself about VFD and all of the little secrets throughout the series. This series definitely isn’t going to leave my mind in a hurry.
  
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1
2017 | Sci-Fi
Some of the cast are atrocious (1 more)
Takes a dip after a few episodes
Darker than your normal Star Trek
This series of Star Trek comes in after Enterprise, but before the original series, The Next Generation etc. It chronicles the battle of Starfleet against a resurgent Klingon empire.
Gone is the usual Star Trek single episode storylines, where the ship encounters a race or problem and everything is wrapped up in one episode. Everything within the series links together as a whole long storyline without much deviation. In hindsight, I think knowing this would have made me more engaged with the first few episodes, I think I got a bit bored after the first couple.
The series as a whole is good and sets up a nice second series at the end.
One thing that really bugged me was the atrocious sub-Shatner ham acting of Anthony Rapp (Stamets) and Michelle Yeoh chewing the scenery in the last few episodes.