*based on an ARC edition
I was thoroughly satisfied and happy with how this trilogy ended. It was suspenseful, thrilling, romantic, and sad, and happy...and I'm sure a bunch of other adjectives too. It tied up every end it needed to, while leaving me with a sense of hope about my favorite characters and the fictional universe as a whole. Ms. Rossi handled the issue of the hate between the Dwellers and the Outsiders with incredible subtlety and grace and I was happy to see the tide turning towards peace and tranquility among them all by the end. The love between Perry and Aria always felt true to me, even despite the problems I think all young adult books throw at romantic couplings. As an older reader I read the situations sometimes and want to scream at the characters but always, Under the Never Sky was true to how I think kids of that age not only approach love but also relate to it. Maybe in twenty years they'll know differently but it is nice for me to experience that kind of passion vicariously through these fictional people. I love Roar, and I wish things had ended up even better for him, but I guess that if it did it wouldn't ring true to his feelings for Liv. Throughout all three books I adored Roar and Aria's relationship almost as much as her's and Perry's because it illustrated beautifully the kind of love you can feel for a friend- and that you can love someone of the opposite sex with all your heart without it meaning something romantic. I have always felt that there were not as many of these types of relationships in YA fiction as there should be.
Anyway, as I said, Into the Still Blue was ultimately satisfying and beautiful. A perfect ending to a near perfect trilogy.
I was thoroughly satisfied and happy with how this trilogy ended. It was suspenseful, thrilling, romantic, and sad, and happy...and I'm sure a bunch of other adjectives too. It tied up every end it needed to, while leaving me with a sense of hope about my favorite characters and the fictional universe as a whole. Ms. Rossi handled the issue of the hate between the Dwellers and the Outsiders with incredible subtlety and grace and I was happy to see the tide turning towards peace and tranquility among them all by the end. The love between Perry and Aria always felt true to me, even despite the problems I think all young adult books throw at romantic couplings. As an older reader I read the situations sometimes and want to scream at the characters but always, Under the Never Sky was true to how I think kids of that age not only approach love but also relate to it. Maybe in twenty years they'll know differently but it is nice for me to experience that kind of passion vicariously through these fictional people. I love Roar, and I wish things had ended up even better for him, but I guess that if it did it wouldn't ring true to his feelings for Liv. Throughout all three books I adored Roar and Aria's relationship almost as much as her's and Perry's because it illustrated beautifully the kind of love you can feel for a friend- and that you can love someone of the opposite sex with all your heart without it meaning something romantic. I have always felt that there were not as many of these types of relationships in YA fiction as there should be.
Anyway, as I said, Into the Still Blue was ultimately satisfying and beautiful. A perfect ending to a near perfect trilogy.
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