Focus: End of world/Apocolypse
On many sites this book has good reviews, four or more
stars, so my opinion is slightly different. After reading her first book, Dark
Inside, I had high hopes that this book would be as riveting, interesting and
inspiring as the last. Sadly, I found myself disappointed in this book.
The writing style of this book is similar and still good, to
a point. There are times where some of the writing appears disjointed and some
of the “voice” that was created in the first book gets lost. Writing style
aside, the thing that lost my attention was the changes in the characters as
they progressed through their experiences. Instead of being as strong,
interesting and dark as they were before the characters, especially the females,
are becoming more emotional, doubtful and insecure. Although there would be
some truth to this occurring given the circumstances of the book, it gets
frustrating as it continues throughout the chapters. I would also claim some of
the characters to be “whinny” and it was enough for me to put the book aside
while I read another.
What brought me back was a desire to know what happens in
the book, especially hoping to find out why the world fell into chaos like it
did. Roberts delivers well on this point, providing more substantial details
about the chaos and showing the inner workings of the enemies. Unfortunately as
gripping as this was, it did not make up (for me at least) the shift in the
characters I’d come to like in the first book. Needless to say a third book
will be difficult to get through.
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