Yah, my biggest problem with the ending was more the execution (a little too choppy and short), rather than what had actually happened to the characters. I wouldn't say it was... fitting, the end, but it made a whole lot of sense to me. And it makes you think, which was awesome. That entire series made me think a lot... well, not entire. The beginning and the end because a lot of the middle books just... sucked. But once things really started happening, my god. The entire thing with using the morphing box to give powers to those who were crippled? That was insane. And just so disturbing, that anyone-especially a bunch of kids-could make a decision like that. So many of the things they did were just like... holy shit, not good.
And Jake. Jake was never my favorite, nowhere near, but I felt absolutely horrible for him in the end. He lost everything. His parents, his brother, his cousin, his girlfriend, his life, and I don't mean the last just from the fact that he probably died. It's amazing, some of the stuff that happened in the series because it's not something you really expect. But deep down, you know you should have because that's just how the series went. It was never really very happy, despite the humor. And it was never meant to be either. >_o
:P Thank god I get to go home and wander through the books... you're making me want to read them again! Well, at least the end of the series, from the point where Tobias's mom comes back into the picture.
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Yah, my biggest problem with the ending was more the execution (a little too choppy and short), rather than what had actually happened to the characters. I wouldn't say it was... fitting, the end, but it made a whole lot of sense to me. And it makes you think, which was awesome. That entire series made me think a lot... well, not entire. The beginning and the end because a lot of the middle books just... sucked. But once things really started happening, my god. The entire thing with using the morphing box to give powers to those who were crippled? That was insane. And just so disturbing, that anyone-especially a bunch of kids-could make a decision like that. So many of the things they did were just like... holy shit, not good.
And Jake. Jake was never my favorite, nowhere near, but I felt absolutely horrible for him in the end. He lost everything. His parents, his brother, his cousin, his girlfriend, his life, and I don't mean the last just from the fact that he probably died. It's amazing, some of the stuff that happened in the series because it's not something you really expect. But deep down, you know you should have because that's just how the series went. It was never really very happy, despite the humor. And it was never meant to be either. >_o
:P Thank god I get to go home and wander through the books... you're making me want to read them again! Well, at least the end of the series, from the point where Tobias's mom comes back into the picture.