Summary review of the entire Orange series: The first 5 volumes of Orange is so good, heart wrenching and yet charming. I feel that I went through 4.5
Summary review of the entire Orange series: The first 5 volumes of Orange is so good, heart wrenching and yet charming. I feel that I went through a roller coaster of emotions, all the high and all the lows throughout the story. I loved the dynamic between the characters and how they were portrayed. I do have mixed feeling about volume 6, it was cool to get the other perspectives, but in a way it is also unnecessary. ...more
Lucinda Riley have created complex and weaving stories throughout the Seven Sisters series, and I was anticipating how they all would be wrapped up. ALucinda Riley have created complex and weaving stories throughout the Seven Sisters series, and I was anticipating how they all would be wrapped up. Atlas delivered, but I cannot decide if I'm satisfied or not. I like that we got answers, but I think that not all of them were to the scope that I had anticipated; we might have gotten too many answers if that is possible. It is also understandable that the series ends with 8 books instead of 7 (view spoiler)[, and with the length of book 8, I feel that they also could have split book 8 into two new books... if they were inclined to do so. (hide spoiler)]
I think that Atlas might have done with some more editing, and especially tightening up. I can't pinpoint if it is the prose that felt a bit inconsistent, or if I want the pacing to be more tighten; if the structure choices were right (but also in line with Riley's previous works), the heavy amount of dialogue; or the length of the novel as a result of these choices, that makes me almost lose my way through reading Atlas.
Overall. I think that we as readers can be satisfied with the answers we got, and the Lucinda Riley gave enough material for her son, Harry Whittaker, to complete it. But the experience is definitely not the same as with Riley's own works. I do wonder how Atlas would have been if Lucinda Riley had lived long enough to complete it herself. ...more
I have according to Goodreads read this title back in 2015 and gave it a 3/5 rating. I am wondering what the hell was the 2015-me thinking, since the I have according to Goodreads read this title back in 2015 and gave it a 3/5 rating. I am wondering what the hell was the 2015-me thinking, since the 2021-me gave it a 4/5 as I really enjoyed The Invisible Library: the worldbuilding and the characters with Irene in particular. The only pitch I needed for this title is one word: Library. You can call it a occupational injury....more
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