Review: Confused as to how we ended up here.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2013
When I first started reading this book I literally had to look back at the title about 4 different times to make sure I was reading the right series. I was so extremely confused.... and very disappointed. It did take a lot of imagination for William's to base her story on 3 separate dimensions or worlds, but all in all, I didn't feel it tie together very well. The story started to lose it's original appeal from Ember (the first book) which, I found, was and is still one of the best stories I've ever read. I'm horrifically disappointed with how downhill it went.The story, for me, just became severely off track from where it was in the beginning. I have no problems with Christianity or biblical references what-so-ever (seeing as how I'm a fellow believer), but I agree with some of the other reviews about how it really didn't make sense in this story. I get that she established a clear evil side and good side, but I was in the mindset that it was outside of our own world and completely fictional. I just feel like she should have stated to the reader what she intended so we wouldn't be trying to catch up with what was happening and how we ended up there.If it had been it's own independent story, I believe I would have enjoyed it much more.I will end up reading the fourth book (only because I feel I owe it to Ember for being so great), praying that it is the last one, and also hoping it brings back the story from the first book. Since Tess started the series so strong, I'm hoping she can finish the series just as strong.