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review 2016-11-11 20:00
Mourning Train
Mourning Train (ReMade Book 7) - Carrie Harris,Gwenda Bond,Matthew Cody,Kiersten White,E. C. Myers,Andrea Phillips

*Warning: spoilers for earlier episodes below*

Now that the two stories have converged and everyone is aboard of the mysterious train, it is time to lick the wounds caused by the caretaker attack. This episode is new in that it doesn't follow a new character with a new background, but rather focuses again on Naveah.

What will stay with me best from this episode though, is something that shows just how there is not a lot more of this world than they are actively explaining. Several characters think back to those who died during the attack and it is always 'Jing-Wei, Wesley and all those others' although no-one ever seems to bother to mention any of 'those others'. Strange.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

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review 2016-10-21 00:00
Mourning Train (ReMade Book 7)
Mourning Train (ReMade Book 7) - Carrie Harris,Gwenda Bond,Matthew Cody,Kiersten White,E. C. Myers,Andrea Phillips This part is told in Nevaeh's POV again, which is surprising. I was a little annoyed that the whole cancer thing led to the inevitable (and stereotypical) "Stage 4 is death" concept. I've had Stage 4 cancer myself and am still here, so maybe it's just a personal niggle of mine.

However, I felt that a lot of Nevaeh's story was rehashed from the previous POV in episode 3, which is part of the reason I only gave it 3 stars. Most of her story was stuff we already knew and have been told, so I'm not sure why it warranted another episode in her POV.

I was also a little disappointed at the way Loki was treated and acted. His angry is natural, but no one was acting that way. And why doesn't anyone recognise that Holden is a natural leader? Why does no one mention the fact that he warned them this would happen? It bothers me, as Umta is the only one who can see that he's the real leader, though no one is giving him the respect of that position.

I didn't get the whole anger thing from Inez, at the beginning, either. It was very clear that there were a lot of injured people on the train, so why be a bleating cow about "what's going on" and complain every two seconds? The fact that Teddy still believes this is part of his condition is also a little unbelievable, considering the unlikeliness of him imagining this kind of scenario.

For me, the story just didn't come together with the rest of the episodes. It didn't feel right and it twisted some of the characters into something they're not. I'm hoping for an explanation, at least, in the next episode.
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