#cal jerome

[cryingadenium]

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[nabila1379]

Currently reading: “Terminal” by Roderick Gordon

I don’t expect this series to have a very huge fandom around Tumblr, but just like another fandom I encounter here, I love the way the fans see the series: the way they show their love by making some serious, ridiculous, funny, half-serious, or supposedly serious comments, the way they talk about the stories like they are really part of it, and the way they discuss the characters like they are talking about some neighbor kids. So, now, I guess I want to talk a little about my experience when reading this series. 😁

Tunnels

It’s really slow in the beginning. You must have an interest in digging or history, so you can keep up with Will and Dr. Burrows. Or, at least, you have to be a very patient and optimistic person to keep reading. As for me, I keep reading the book because I have an interest in earth science, and the story of a community under the ground (complete with human-like and other strange creatures) is like a childhood fantasy coming true for me. 😃

Deeper

Better than the first book. I got lost in the middle of the story because sometimes I didn’t know if Will was truly afraid of the Styx chasing him or he just wanted to look for his father. The fake deaths are bothering me because I had started to sympathize one of the characters in the story (Cal 😆 ). In the end of the book, I hoped Will and his father would be reunited because it’s almost annoying to follow Dr. Burrows, who was wandering around without noticing that his son was actually looking for him.

Freefall

I hoped there would be another fake death in the very beginning of the story, but no, that’s not how the story goes, although I kept expecting a miracle to happen. It seems like the author won’t let us get attached to a certain character that deeply. 😌 Another layer is discovered, and another character is introduced. In this book, I found the characters’ personality to be stronger than in the previous books, and there are also more actions in the story. This book is the first in the series which made me unable to stop reading at times.

Closer

Much better than the previous installments; I fell for a villain: Eddie. His role is different in the next book, but I couldn’t forget the heartbroken feeling I had when Drake felt betrayed by him. 😢 Although sometimes I still got lost in the middle of the adventure (like, I didn’t understand what every character is actually doing or trying to do), but I found the characters more real. Oh, and of course I can’t forget the new community in the very deep part of the Earth. It’s still debatable among scientists, I believe, but I still love the idea. Good job, indeed.

Spiral

A.k.a. The Book of Styx. I was bothered by the female Styx because of their bizarre behavior, but the good point is that the story is getting more realistic. Roderick Gordon really put everything in this series: World War II, Illuminati, and even Dracula. While reading this book, I was almost convinced that Will was not really the hero in the series. I thought it was probably Drake, but the end of the story countered my expectation once more. 😞

Terminal

NO. Don’t give me any spoilers. 😂 I’ve come around several spoilers on Tumblr, which has shattered my hope once again. I am really enjoying the book so far, so please don’t tell me that the ending will not meet my expectation.

That’s all I’ve got so far from the series. It might not meet many people expectation, but I still find the series interesting in many aspects, and that’s why I keep reading until the very last book. Well, I post all my reviews of every installment on Goodreads, so please feel free to connect with me there. Tell me what you think. I’m open to any book recommendation too! Thank you. 😄

[cryingadenium]

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[cryingadenium]

Небо, небо, небо... Отпусти, не бей ударом плети... Небо, небо, небо... Отпусти, они всего лишь дети...

[tackminyard]

its so easy to romanticize and grieve cal’s death the first read-through but this is the third time i’ve read tunnels and honestly good fucking riddance he was an asshole

[willrb123]

Am I the only one who has read this book series? It's one of my favorites.

[not-your-average-hiro-blog]

((Open Starter: Cal ))

The train sputtered along the track slowly as it traversed through the city, almost crammed packed with people. The only free seat in the entire car was next to a small boy.

There wasn't anything particularly odd about him at first glance , but if one took the took the time to look, they would notice more unusual features about him.

He looked about eleven, maybe twelve. He had a rather thinly built frame of a body and had startling pale skin. It wasn't a sickly looking pale, more like he had spent his entire life without ever going outside. In fact, he even had a very defined musty smell that hung about him, similar to that found inside a neglected attic.

He wore a very lose looking sized navel hoodie along with some worn out jeans that look one size to large on him. They bunched up at bottom, partially covering heavy work boots. Strains of stark white hair poked out from underneath a simple black baseball cap pulled low over his eyes which, despite the heavy over cast for the day, where adorned with thick, dark sunglasses.

In his hands, the boy held an ancient looking rupsack that he clutched firmly to his chest as if fearing it would be yanked out of his hand at any moment. And on top of it all, he appeared to be traveling alone. Quite unusal for someone his age in a large city like this.

However, despite his very abnormal appearance, nobody seemed to pay the kid any frame of mind, and neither did he. Instead, the boy was looking over his shoulder and out the window. He craned his neck, gawking at sky above with his mouth mouth hung open in awe. Total bewilderment held his expression. It was almost as if he had never seen the sky before.

He seemed far too engrossed by his 'sky gazing' that he never even noticed as someone sat down in the vacant seat next to him.

[tunnels-end]

Fascinating, though slightly wacky, interpretation on Cal's death. Took me forever to find this post, and no, it's not mine.