![]() ![]() It wasn't great but it was enjoyable enough. Again usually DNF if I dislike it this much, but occasionally I feel it still has potential and I try to stick with it to the end.ģ*** I liked it. These are rare as I usually just don't finish any book I dislike this much.Ģ** Didn't like it. That ending though was killer.ġ* Didn't like it at all. All three of the characters have grown and changed so much since we had first met them. ![]() I can't wait to see how that gets wrapped up in the end. The whole Christopher and Sally thing is super cute. But that's the gist of it and I find this to be very true and relevant in our world right now. And any evidence to the contrary we ignore, looking only for that which supports what we believe to be true. My favorite part of this book is when the spymaster is telling Christopher about how people find their own patterns in the world, even if we have to make them up. I'm intending to own this entire series, that's how much I love it. I'm hoping that once it's finished, it will come out as a boxed series. ![]() While I'm sad that it is going to be coming to an end soon. So I'm thinking the next book might be the last in the series. The acknowledgments at the back of the book said one more to go. ![]() Loved it, just as I've loved all the books in this series. ![]()
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