My post on Carian.
I'm going to be completely honest with you guys here. I haven't been looking forward to writing this post. You know how I get upset about Jamy? Well, Carian is just like that, except x1000. Since I'm a huge Amian, it really kind of just depresses me. BUT, I have to post on it. I can't cover all of the ships and not cover this one, too. SO, please excuse me as I go into an emotional turmoil.
There really isn't a TON of Carian material to talk about. I mean, Cara only entered the picture at the beginning of series one, and she and Ian only got together in Flashpoint. So we don't have a ton to go on. Still, you know me, I'm always full of opinions! ;)
So, I guess the beginning of Carian would have to be in Nowhere to Run. There was the TINY scene with them, when Cara posed as the Irish girl, and Ian found her attractive. I'm not going to lie, I just felt a teensy bit worried there. I don't know why, I really didn't expect that character to reappear. Still, I just felt this tiny seed of worry there. I guess I had reason to.
Then in Flashpoint, in Chapter Nine, (yep, I memorized the exact chapter that crushed my soul) Ian meets Cara, who has been posing as April May this entire time. Oh my goodness, this chapter. This. Chapter. To pull out my inner fangirl, I CAN'T EVEN. It really just broke my heart, page by page. I actually had to put the book down at the end of it.
Ian and Cara talked, and Ian sees a lot of himself in Cara. And he slowly begins to think that because of this, she's perfect for him. Now, let's back up for a second. Cara really isn't a HORRIBLE character. (Although I'm perfectly cool with her being killed off in Doublecross.) But I just don't see them as a romance. If you read the Mission: Titanic sneak peek, she didn't really seem that interested in him, and they seem quite different. I can really see Ian and Cara as great FRIENDS, because they do have a ton in common. I just don't see them in a relationship. It's kind of like how I was talking about in my Evamy post how Amy and Evan would make great friends, but I don't see them as a couple.
As the book progressed, the two just kept having this little moments that just made me really sad. It's not so much that it made me angry, just sad. I honestly can't blame Ian. Amy blew him off over and over and over again. The guy has to have his pride! So I can't blame him. I just find it so sad that he and Amy were so cute, and Amy ruined it.
So yeah. Carian just honestly depresses me. Who knows, maybe series four will change that. I doubt it.
What are your opinions on Carian? Comment below!
After Flashpoint, I was kind of Carian. I didn't care all that much since Jamy was a thing, so I was like whatever, but after Mission Titanic, I don't think I want that to happen at all. Cara was just being annoying! Like, when Amy told Jake to leave he didn't listen but he didn't flat out whine "I don't want to!" like Cara did. Like, Cara, please. Sinead needs to come back. Our strong women are all being wimps.
ReplyDeleteI have a question: if another girl came into the series and was super sweet and everything, would you go away from Amian and go to Whats-her-face-ian or is Amian just too… ummm, ungiveupable for you? (I know thats not a real word)
Yes, I miss Sinead SO much! I loved her. :/ Hopefully she'll be back. Yeah, that part bugged me quite a bit, not going to lie. I don't know. I think I was a *bit* more okay with Carian after this book. It still bugs me though haha. Jude Watson ships Carian, so that's why there was so much of it. Really, all of the couples just depend on who Sarwat Chaddah ships. O.O
DeleteHmm. I really don't know. (I'm totally adding ungiveupable to my vocabulary now!!) honestly at this point, I'm kind of coming to terms with the fact that the (evil) authors aren't going to let Amian happen, so if Ian's happy and they seem a good match for each other, I think I could accept it. I don't think I'll ever fully abandon Amian, just because I've shipped it for so long, but I think if another girl came in, I could be okay with it. :)
Cool. It seems so weird that the series is almost over. I'm not sure who Sarwat Chadda will put people with, but I think it'll be a gradual thing instead of him just pointing to Ian and, like, Taylor Swift and saying, "Okay, you guys are getting married. Yay."
ReplyDeleteOne thing I will say is that even though most people who ship Amian hate Jake and hated Evan while he was alive, I still really like Ian (his over-the-top Britishness always makes me laugh) I just didn't think he was right for Amy. I want him to end up with someone who compliments his personality. I'm still deciding if that's Cara.
It really is bizarre. I mean, this series has been such a big part of my life for so long, that I can't quite get over the fact that it's ending. I really hope so. I don't know much about his books, but I just pray he does well on the last book. I wish it wasn't a new author.
DeleteYeah, I think that I'm one of the few Amians who never hated Evan. He really was sweet. I feel like if Jake hadn't tried to be with Amy while she had a boyfriend, I would have more respect for him, but that just really bothered me. At this point, I have no idea who Ian will end up with. There really isn't one person who's perfect. :/
After the whole thing with Day of Doom you'd think they'd let someone who'd already done a book write it. Maybe all the other authors had some projects going on with other books. I know you said on the jamy post that the whole storage closet thing was terrible, and I actually agree. Like when Jake said she had to make a decision, I was like, "Oh, she HAS to?" but I still like Jake. I think it would've been a lot better if he just told her how he felt. It makes sense that he would want her to know, seeing the situation they were in, but he shouldn't have brought Evan into it.
DeleteI always liked Evan too, but I wasn't that torn up when he died. He'd always been just… there. But it bugs me when people get mad at Amy and Jake for Evan's death. Jake and Evan might not have been friends, but he didn't want Evan to die. And Amy felt extremely guilty during Nowhere to Run and Breakaway, so its not like she wanted him dead either.
Wow, that was long.
DeletePlus, Amy had kissed Jake in Shatterproof, so he knew she liked him at least enough to kiss him.
DeleteYeah, the closet was awful. SO forced-feeling. Haha, that's what drives me crazy. She doesn't HAVE to do anything! Guys like that just bug me lol.
DeleteI was really shocked more than anything about Evan. It bothers me because they just killed him to get rid of the love triangle. Really, Baldacci? Ugh. That book.
Ikr… it would have been awkward for Amy to have to break up with Evan, but he didn't need to die. Maybe it was a plan from the beginning.
DeleteWhen I first read DoD, I was so excited to be reading a new 39C, I didn't really judge anything about it. But after rereading it a few times, I've just gotten more and more disappointed in it.
One thing that really got to me was the part that was supposed to be action-packed: the climax. How many times did they say "Okay, this is it" and "No matter what happens…" and "Love is all you need. We have that, the Vespers don't, so we're the best." UGH! So much cheesiness! I could've made an enchilada out of it. :&
Anyway, I don't like Jamy because of what happened in DoD. I ship it because of the other books, like Trust No One (I looooved that book. Aside from the V3 revelation). Carian can do what it wants as long as Cara gets her act together.
DoD...we don't speak of it.
DeleteHow do you know who the authors ship?
ReplyDeleteI don't know who they all ship, but there was an interview I read where Jude said she ships Carian.
DeleteWas it the On Our Minds interview? I only skimmed that.
DeleteHmm, I don't think so. I'm not sure though
DeleteI honestly don't know if they'd even work as friends. Ian wants respect and maybe a teensy bit of sympathy (even says that in MT) and really all she's given him is advice that in my opinion was way to harsh for someone who's been through that much. He lost his sister, pretty much both of his parents, he has to take on the massive responsibility that Amy could barely handle herself, and now he's trying to stop the outcast. Its a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe one scene on the boat kind of worried me. Cara told him to start worrying about everyone else, and maybe some part of him weighed that in when he stepped in front of Atlas to save the group. Like, is he that desperate to get her respect that he's going to sacrifice himself? I just don't want Cara's degrading advice to make him someone who has too little respect for himself.
Hmm, I don't know. I think they could be friends, but Cara would have to be more sympathetic towards him. She really is too harsh. That always bothered me. I mean, I know that in a way, he needs someone to help him to get over himself, but she could do it in a much better way.
DeleteOh my gosh, I didn't think of it that way...Oh dear. He'd better not do anything stupid. He needs to stop being QUITE so self-obsessed, but he doesn't need to lose all of his self respect either..
Yeah he's kind of a self-centered person but Cara can't take that away from him. It just really bothered me when Cara insinuated that he didn't care about the group. Like, they're the only friends he has left! Of course he cares about them!
DeleteI wonder what other people think of Cara after MT. On all the book reviews sites they just say whether they liked it or not. This one guy said he didn't like it and was done with the series and I legit screamed "Fine! We don't need you!" Darn tangent-ing again.
Exactly. He's self centered but honestly, that's who he is. It's how he grew up. And of course he cares about him! They're his family. They're the only people he has left in the world.
DeleteI know!!! I want to know, too!