tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post6434906019881381373..comments2024-03-26T07:06:37.385+00:00Comments on Reviews from a Bookworm: Series - Is The Final Destination What Matters Most?Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-14734879290031365572014-08-23T22:16:57.669+01:002014-08-23T22:16:57.669+01:00I want it all too, haha! I am just greedy like tha...I want it all too, haha! I am just greedy like that, but aren't we all. Who doesn't want a series to be perfect from beginning to end.<br /><br />I would rather that ending too, but it wasn't completely satisfactory for me. I think I might have been able to overlook some issues from Allegiant if the ending hadn't been so stupid. I might not have hated it anywhere near as much. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-52005274458507250132014-08-22T20:34:23.657+01:002014-08-22T20:34:23.657+01:00I want it all, I have to say. I want to love the ...I want it all, I have to say. I want to love the journey and the final destination. If either is not good, I will not love the final book, but I can still love the series overall. For example, I loved Delirium and Pandemonium, but I didn't love Requiem (didn't even really like it). But I still love the series. I also loved Divergent and Insurgent, but hated Allegiant for so many reasons, although if it ended well I would have overlooked some of the issues with the book. There's another series ender I recently read where one of the main characters dies in the last book and that pretty much ruined it for me (again, I would say I like the series, though, with that caveat). I actually loved Champion, I would much rather have that ending than Allegiant's ending! :) ~Pamyaescapefromrealityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200254719073248981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-42279181288458575192014-08-21T20:49:18.693+01:002014-08-21T20:49:18.693+01:00I really enjoyed the first one, but I thought the ...I really enjoyed the first one, but I thought the second one wasn't anywhere near as good. It was originally just going to be a two movie series. You can kind of see that it's just a filler, with a lot of stuff just added in to make it a long enough film.<br /><br />I want to read Grisha so bad, but all the bad things about the last book are turning me off it. I still want to read it but I am just really scared to finish it now.Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-48354217652009864952014-08-21T20:45:48.738+01:002014-08-21T20:45:48.738+01:00I am so happy that so many others hated that book ...I am so happy that so many others hated that book as much as I did. All the glowing 5 star reviews were starting to get on my nerves, at least I am not alone. The whole ending is definitely wrong, it just doesn't fit with the rest of the series for me.<br /><br />It took me a very long time to get through that one too, even though the others got devoured within a day or two at most. Made me feel the series was pointless too, don't think I could ever reread it. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-12798034356369119592014-08-21T19:46:49.985+01:002014-08-21T19:46:49.985+01:00I definitely agree. I feel it's easier to forg...I definitely agree. I feel it's easier to forgive with TV shows like HIMYM, you can just watch your favourites. But book series are harder, at least for me. <br /><br />Noughts and Crosses!!! YES!!! I didn't even think of that but it's an amazing series and I love every single book in that series. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-38871569294436147972014-08-21T19:39:48.906+01:002014-08-21T19:39:48.906+01:00Haha, I LOVE The hobbit movies, all of them, but t...Haha, I LOVE The hobbit movies, all of them, but that's not what this post is about. The ending does ruin is for me. Even when I absolutely love the first two books, if the last book ends with a horrible ending I'm still left with an unsatisfying unhappy feeling - and that spoils the fun from the other two books. I might still recommend the series (like with the Grisha trilogy. I didn't like the ending), especially if all the aspects are good enough. But sometimes it's SO bad it completely ruined it for me.Mel@Thedailyprophecyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516514938771433319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-28537553640470593572014-08-21T19:38:48.738+01:002014-08-21T19:38:48.738+01:00I think open endings should be banned. That is jus...I think open endings should be banned. That is just no way to leave a series. Those authors are cruel or just really lazy. I wouldn't recommend the series after that either.<br /><br />I don't remember the Chaos Walking ending making me angry, but it was so long ago that maybe I just don't remember. I do really need to reread those. <br /><br />I want to start the Grisha series, but I have heard quite a lot of bad things about the last book and that makes me very nervous. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-5359716378098785832014-08-21T19:34:50.677+01:002014-08-21T19:34:50.677+01:00I KNOW!!! It made me so bloody angry, I just could...I KNOW!!! It made me so bloody angry, I just couldn't deal with that ending. I NEVER wanted those two to get together. That ending just SUCKED!<br /><br />I didn't care by the end of Allegiant. I cared at the beginning, but by the end I had already rage quit on the whole thing.<br /><br />Disappointing endings are the worst, I don't know why they do it to us. <br /><br />ME TOO! I adore Throne of Glass but I am so scared of how that one is going to end. Petrified in fact. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-77246562853177864482014-08-21T19:29:32.732+01:002014-08-21T19:29:32.732+01:00I KNOW!!! I was so mad at that ending. It did feel...I KNOW!!! I was so mad at that ending. It did feel like a slap in the face. Especially when you consider the fact you watch an entire season that only takes place over the course of a couple of days, for Robin and Barney's wedding. What happens in that last episode... I DON'T APPROVE. I never liked them as a couple, so I was kind of furious that they copped out and had them end up together. I liked that we learnt early on that it wasn't her. Pissed it still works out that way in the end. I am still so annoyed. I am just going to pretend it ends another way.Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-12155720114915405402014-08-21T19:20:57.279+01:002014-08-21T19:20:57.279+01:00This post is perfection. I could not agree with yo...This post is perfection. I could not agree with you more (about the shows/movies/books I've actually read/seen). As soon as I read your opening paragraph Allegiant immediately popped into my head. Terrible book. The overall ending of the series was so wrong I still can't formulate words to express how I feel about it. Not only that, but the entire book was bad. It moved so slowly, the two POVs like you mentioned were the exact same making it super hard to distinguish who was who, and the general plot was boring. It took me almost a week to finish that book, whereas the others took me 2 days max. And then to throw in that ending just made the whole thing even worse. I was so disappointed and it made it feel like the entire series was pointless. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693881573322261240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-32755369680343233892014-08-21T19:19:59.959+01:002014-08-21T19:19:59.959+01:00Is it weird that we love this series so much despi...Is it weird that we love this series so much despite how much it hurts us!?! I feel like one of those people who stay in an abusive relationship because they love the other person. Maas is abusing all of my feels, yet they LOVE her for it, haha. <br /><br />See... I think that's why I disliked the end a lot. Tris just always makes STUPID decisions. I think it would have been a better ending if she had turned out to NOT be immune to the serum and that was what killed her. I thought the ridiculous shooting storyline was just really silly. <br /><br />I think I just found them both really annoying in that book. I kind of wanted Caleb to be able to redeem himself. I thought that would have been a better conclusion. He had been such a huge penis, it would have been nice for him to do ONE decent thing in the entire series. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-57249473642614412342014-08-21T13:53:44.678+01:002014-08-21T13:53:44.678+01:00Allegiant is probably my example of a ruined serie...Allegiant is probably my example of a ruined series as well. But generally, I enjoy the journey throughout the series and certain episodes themselves instead of the whole thing. My example being Doctor Who, where I don't love all the episodes but I watch my favourite (mainly David Tennant's) over and over again. I liked Once Upon a Time, and certain How I met your mothers are funny, but not necessarily the ending itself.<br /><br />As for ones that seem to do it right every time, it must be something like the Gone (book) series by Michael Grant. And Noughts and Crosses. This is why I love them completely and every single book included. It was just amazing for them both, and done right in every way.<br /><br />http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2014/08/legacy-glow-book-review-giveaway.htmlOlivia's Catastrophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-65058923545273173372014-08-21T04:26:34.234+01:002014-08-21T04:26:34.234+01:00lol YES I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I don't want it ...lol YES I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I don't want it to the end...but then I kinda do because I know as long as it continues SO DOES MY PAIN. *breaths deeply*<br /><br />Okay, well I DO like Allegiant because I thought it stayed true to Tris and what decisions she'd make. I think Four acted like a bit of an idiot, but truthfully? He kind of acted that way the whole time. >.> So I don't think he was out of character. It wasn't the action-packed-novel-climax-ending-thingy I was expecting but at the same time I'm GLAD. Because I'm so tired of trilogy conclusions being one long battle. -_- It bores me. I'd rather know the sciencey-detailed-y side. But anyway! I don't mind you don't like it HONEST. I'll stop rambling, lol!!!<br /><br />Okay, now that I've used so many words that aren't even English...I'LL STOP. *disappears into darkness*CG @ Paper Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954615708675952085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-79516741123533221852014-08-20T16:16:37.357+01:002014-08-20T16:16:37.357+01:00You know what's the worst for me? Open endings...You know what's the worst for me? Open endings. How are those even allowed?! Give me an end. It's a total cop-out. And even if loved the rest of the series there is no way I will ever recommend this series to anyone now. Why would I? So they can be left feeling unsatisfied, too? I'm not that mean. <br />I haven't yet had a series completely ruined by an ending. Even if I didn't love it or it wasn't the outcome I wanted I'll learn to deal with it. Or try my hardest to forget it ever happened. Although there are some series I've yet to finish because I'm kind of concerned about the ending. Like Dreams of Gods and Monsters and The Chaos Walking trilogy. My cousin finished the last book and said he was beyond angry. I'm not one of those readers in love with the first two books so if I'm just going to be left feeling angry I could really care less about finishing the trilogy then. <br />I don't know. I think it's always changing for me. More recently I was really unimpressed with the ending of Ruin and Rising. Mostly because it didn't make sense and it made me angry. But I still loved the 400 pages before that. So I'll just have to get over it. <br />Why can't authors just end the series how I want? What is wrong with wanting that?<br />Happy reading!<br />Brittany @ <a href="http://thisisthestoryofmyreadinglife.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow"> This is the Story of My(Reading) Life </a>BrittanyLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645210938042967995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-36259598228443714632014-08-20T13:05:53.831+01:002014-08-20T13:05:53.831+01:00God the HIMYM WAS SO AWFUL...why would they do tha...God the HIMYM WAS SO AWFUL...why would they do that? Ugh<br />I didn't like Allegiant but I didn't hate it. I just didn't care anymore. The HP ending was amazing. There aren't many conclusions I loved. Ignite Me, The Last Olympian (but that is not really the end),HP & Clockwork Princess are the only ones that come to mind right now. I hate the disappointig endings...why do the authors do that to my favorite series. The Immortal Rules series ending,the Grisha trilogy ending,ALLEGIANT..<br />Also I love longer series (becouse trilogies usually can't wrap up everything in 3 books and then screw everything up). But as much as I want some things to last forever( Throne Of Glass,The Lunar Chronicles,Bloodlines) I know that it's better that they end. BUT I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPY WITH THE ENDING.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239055576700297782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-75581384929695761602014-08-20T10:43:07.325+01:002014-08-20T10:43:07.325+01:00HIMYM ending!!! What. The. Absolute. Fudge. Was. T...HIMYM ending!!! What. The. Absolute. Fudge. Was. That? It made the entire series seem pointless and was just God awful and NOPE. I'm refusing to accept it as the ending, because seriously . . . it was ridiculous and felt a bit like a slap in the face.<br /><br />And this is coming from a person who didn't even watch the final series, because they'd dragged it on for so long. After it ended I YouTubed the final scene, because I was excited to see how it wrapped up after being drawn out for so long . . . so disappointing. Allie @ Little Birdie Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05368572335905353234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-67036348515330394692014-08-20T10:41:52.598+01:002014-08-20T10:41:52.598+01:00Me too. It's been a year and I am still angry ...Me too. It's been a year and I am still angry about it. Like, talking about that series makes me go into such a rage that I worry I might die from a heart attack. They can, but I have rarely seen many redeemable endings to TV series that were rubbish up until that point. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-78278441232100031132014-08-20T10:39:44.021+01:002014-08-20T10:39:44.021+01:00I kind of want to tell you not to watch Dexter. Yo...I kind of want to tell you not to watch Dexter. You'll fall in love with it and then it will break your heart. I had high expectations of Allegiant and then none of it worked for me, I was very bored when I was reading it. I think Champion was interesting, but it fizzled for me at the end and I was quite disappointed. <br /><br />They really do, they are ruining my love of Captain Jack Sparrow!Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-58599021059620124752014-08-20T10:34:38.698+01:002014-08-20T10:34:38.698+01:00Haha!!! You can't say you loved Allegiant and ...Haha!!! You can't say you loved Allegiant and then not explain, seriously... I NEED EXPLANATIONS! I have been waiting for someone to explain what they got from that book. I thought it was a really boring book, and I hated Tris in that book and all the arguing with Four just got on my nerves.<br /><br />I definitely think endings never work for everyone, but some are just ten times more terrible than anything you could imagine in your own head. Dexter is like that for me... it was horrifically bad. HORRIFIC!!!<br /><br />ME TOOO!!! OH, SO SCARED! I am just terrified that someone I love is going to die, or the world just implodes and that's it. I don't want that series to end... EVER! I don't want it to be dragged out, I just don't want it to END. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-3429627501050684862014-08-20T10:30:56.001+01:002014-08-20T10:30:56.001+01:00I only got as far as book one with that series, so...I only got as far as book one with that series, so I am happy I stopped if it has an awful ending. I think it's hard to think of the second because you don't really continue series if you don't really love them. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-39742809822378484422014-08-20T10:28:51.187+01:002014-08-20T10:28:51.187+01:00HIMYM! I can't even comprehend the ending to t...HIMYM! I can't even comprehend the ending to that series. That was not what I wanted to see happen. I think it was the worst ending to that show. I will never rewatch that season, EVER! Oh dear, why put an epilogue on the end when you have already given it a decent ending. That would infuriate me so much. I have to admit to not really liking the HP epilogue though, it just felt weird for some reason. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-83633725987269750672014-08-20T10:26:24.377+01:002014-08-20T10:26:24.377+01:00Haha, it's not even the end of Allegiant that ...Haha, it's not even the end of Allegiant that got to, it was the fact that the whole book was awful. I think the journey is very important, and amazing ending won't save a series that's been awful up until that point. But a truly horrific ending can definitely destroy my love for the series, it will make me never want to reread it, which has happened with Divergent. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-31210178588228728432014-08-20T10:19:53.791+01:002014-08-20T10:19:53.791+01:00I used to always finish TV shows, I abandon them a...I used to always finish TV shows, I abandon them a lot more easily now. But Dexter and Allegiant are still bugging me, almost a year since they even happened. That's how badly an ending can affect my love of a series. I just want my endings to be as amazing as the rest of the series.Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-61451213051179592502014-08-20T10:13:25.250+01:002014-08-20T10:13:25.250+01:00I wish someone had warned me, then I could have sa...I wish someone had warned me, then I could have saved myself from it. But, nope, I sat all the way through that series and just HATED IT! You got off lucky, NEVER watch it, haha. Just make up your own ending, whatever you come up with will be better than what they did.<br /><br />I got no feels from Allegiant, other than anger. I didn't cry at the end or anything, I was just in shock that anyone had let that get published. It felt like a first draft that had yet to be edited. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-7930676707991726522014-08-20T10:09:04.520+01:002014-08-20T10:09:04.520+01:00It really did, and no matter how hard I try to blo...It really did, and no matter how hard I try to block it out and pretend it never happened, I can't. I actually just get so mad every time I think about it, not sure how the scripts for that one got the okay. <br /><br />Breaking Bad ended before they could ruin it. They found more importance in telling a great story than they did in dragging out a series because it can make you a lot of money. Other shows should learn that lesson.<br /><br />HP devastated me so much, but I think it was my complete paralysing fear the whole way through that one of the 3 would die that made me so happy at the end. Even despite the fact she killed off some of my favourite characters. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.com