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Zersplittert by Teri Terry

4 reviews

junglejelly's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This sequel isn't as good as the first book, which I absolutely adored.

The writing is still great and the characters well written. I just found the plot and twists predictable.

I'm not one for romance really so all the
teenage boy/young adult characters close to Kyla being romantically interested got a bit boring
.

A few of the plot points did need fleshing out to be able to understand the character motivations. I was left with a fair few questions which I hope are answered in the third book.

One thing I do love about Teri's writing is how the symbology is so subtly woven into the book.

As much as I didn't enjoy Fractured as much as Slated, I can't wait to see how the tribology ends.
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fullybookedlola's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

it was hard to read this book, meaning; it took me really a long time since i wasn't invested as normal. sometimes even boring. maybe that's because it's no longer for my age? 
either way, the story doesn't get me in the grip like others, but will finish the series since it has been on my shelf for three years now and now i'm reading it, i can better finish it too. 
sometimes the story is getting good, some characters are a yes to me, but overall it's not exciting me a lot so i did get in a slump and it took me two months, around three, to finish it.
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rory18's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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rayne_1906's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

3 hours 3 minutes - I cannot decide whether I like this book better than the first one or not. It is very much a continuation of the first - in fact, if not for the fact these are separate books, I would not be able to tell where one finished and the other began, which was fine considering I am reading these back to back. I think the way Nico is written is pretty well done - sometimes the manipulation is a little too conspicuous, but for the most part he takes the role he is meant to, of a cold, careful puppet-master. Despite this being a reread, it has been years, so the twists and turns were not predictable for me. In fact, there was one at the end which really left me feeling how the main character felt in that moment - betrayed. The ending of this book was also better than the last one, leaving it on a good cliff-hanger which isn't just confusing. However, at earlier points in this book, I found it a bit too slow at times, so overall I think it evens out to be about on par with the first book.
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