I loved that the main theme of this book in particular was about Rose fighting to keep her sanity. After witnessing several murders, and having to see very gory and horrible things to save her and her friends lives Rose begins to see things. I enjoyed reading this especially because I think hallucinations are so scary, and I thought that the way the author described Rose going crazy was very accurate to how I would imagine it to be in real life. She goes through multiple breakdowns, denial, depression, angry outbursts and isolates herself from others. She tries to keep it all a secret.
The way that the author shows Rose's personality and how she matures throughout the book series feels very real, and is nicely paced-- not boring, but not rushed either. I also loved that Mead keeps the books interesting by keeping every door open, it lets me build many theories as to what's going to happen. I really like that the author gives Rose an obstacle in each book and that with each obstacle that she passes she turns into a better person. For example when her neglectful mom comes back to see her for the first time in years. Although Rose was very impatient and angry with her mother, by the end of the book they had come to a level of understanding and Rose had grown more mature because of it.
In conclusion, I think that the author does a great job in keeping her books interesting and her characters very believable and that many of the concepts are exaggerated but still true to the world. I also like how there are many ideas Mead questions in her books like, how selfless and kind should one be? How far does "others before yourself" really go? When do you draw the line? Should there even be one?
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