Before you read this, just be aware that I loved Neveremore more than any of the recent books. It's my favorite apart from the first four. But I have my issues with this book. Seriously, I do.
Dylan... Yikes. I totally think Dylan was the hero. THE hero of Nevermore. He saved the flock and Max and all that stuff. Yay!
But I'm kind of pissed off at JP because he's all like "Hey, let's add another love interest for Max and then not make her even fucking choose! She gets one as her boyfriend and one as her best friend! Everyone's fucking happy!"
FUCKING WRONG.
Okay, I have to say that I was a teeny tiny bit disappointed with JP's choice of outcome. I understand the apocolypse changed them and all, but for Dylan to just... Stop? Stop loving Max the way he'd been loving her for so long? I mean, yeah he loved her, but only as a protector and brother. This whole "Let's make out oh jaykay here's your boyfriend I trolled you I'm just your savior!" shit pissed me off. I could rant about it for days (I've been).
Oh and another thing. MAYA.
Freaking...
JP had NO right to just kill her off. Like, hey JP, remember how you made a love triangle (square?) with Max, Maya, Fang and Dylan? Well let's just screw all the build up of all the books and just fucking kill Maya and make Dylan her fucking brother. That solves everything.
Not cool, JP. Not cool.
So obviously I'm pissed. And since I like to rant, here's some more food for thought:
WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THE REST OF THE FLOCK?
I think JP lost sight of MR after book 2. Suddenly the whole series was based more on Max and Fang and all their teenagery-hormones then the relationships of the flock and the fight against evil. That stuff, which is practically the ESSENSE of MR, faded into the background. Yes, I agree it was awesome that Max and Fang finally got together, but JP was just plain mean, teasing us like that. And honestly, he could have done so much more with the relationships between the flock. How often did you see Gazzy and Angel talk? Gazzy and Max? Iggy and Max? It's like JP forgot about the family he made. He forgot that we would love the characters he created in the first few books, and by letting them die down, we'd be heartbroken.
I was so pissed when JP had the flock and Ella and Dr. M just LEAVE Max, Fang and Dylan. JP emphasized multiple times how important the flock's togetherness was, and how they'd always have each other's backs. But somehow, despite all this trust and all these bonds, the flock manages to just ditch Max in her greatest time, when she's facing her destiny? I just don't see how that would work.
Another thing that irked me: Fang's immortality thing was just stupid. There are tons of times I can name off the top of my head where it's like "Fang's gonna die oh crap no!"
1) On the Beach
2) Before Anne picks them up
Skipping ahead
3) WHEN FANG ACTUALLY FUCKING DIES IN THE LAB.
All of these examples are from before Fang is supposedly going to have immortality. Jeb says that Dr. G-H discovered it in recent tests. But that just doesn't add up. Fang was at the School for a long time. Oh, 10 years. So why, exactly, is it that 10 years of experimentation and tests couldn't find this gene but one test from a random doctor can? Doesn't make sense to me.
I also have to address the matter of unfinished business. I present to you my list of unfinishedness:
1) Sam? Wasn't he like supposedly stalking the flock in one of the later books?
2) Mr. Chu. Did he just go poof? Bye-bye?
3) CSM?
4) FANG'S FUCKING BLOG!
I want to let you guys know that Fang's blog was the best part of the series. It's also ridiculously important, because it adds to the characterization of Max, Fang, and a few select others.
And for the last book, JP decides to get rid of it. Fantabulous.
You have no idea how upset I was. So so do so so upset.
This is the first part of my rant. When I think of more it will go up. So be on the lookout.
Comment what you guys thought of 's itforedeck to you guys? Do you agree with me? Disagree? I wanna know, and I'll respond to anything you post in another chapter. I don't care if it's about bacon. I'lterrapins.