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julie_bonjour's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book more then any of the previous ones. Finally there were characters I found interesting and cared about, finally Alfred and Haplo see some character development (Haplo's did start in previous books, to be fair), finally some plot development! As fun as it was to discover the different worlds, I was getting impatient for hints of what the last 3 books were going to be about.
lazyowl's review against another edition
5.0
The Death Gate Cycle is definitely high on my list of favourite books. I've read these books a few times over and always enjoy them.
In the fourth book of Death Gate Cycle you see who the real enemy is. Haplo struggles with doing what is right and being an obedient Patryn to the Lord of the Nexus.
If you are a lover of fantasy genre, then I highly recommend the Death Gate Cycle.
In the fourth book of Death Gate Cycle you see who the real enemy is. Haplo struggles with doing what is right and being an obedient Patryn to the Lord of the Nexus.
If you are a lover of fantasy genre, then I highly recommend the Death Gate Cycle.
albatrossonhalfpointe's review against another edition
2.0
This one was better than Elven Star, but I didn't like it as much as Dragon Wing or Fire Sea. The setting was certainly relevant, and the characters good, and the plot, once it got going, was intriguing. But it did take a while for anything to really get going, and give us enough information to start getting interested. I would have liked, I think, to see more of the Sartan, and maybe a little less of the young'uns and their fairly uneventful travels.
One area where this really didn't satisfy was in the battle scene, and I now sincerely hope that there aren't too many of those in the final three books, because this one was very dull. It felt very turn-based, like they were falling back on their D&D roots to write it, and as a result, it had no sense of urgency. I was really wishing for some [a:Jeff Somers|809148|Jeff Somers|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1271351803p2/809148.jpg] action while that was going on. So hopefully the final three books stick mostly to political intrigue, and don't try for too much direct battling.
That said, we now have everything all laid out for the final three books, so that should be a good time.
One area where this really didn't satisfy was in the battle scene, and I now sincerely hope that there aren't too many of those in the final three books, because this one was very dull. It felt very turn-based, like they were falling back on their D&D roots to write it, and as a result, it had no sense of urgency. I was really wishing for some [a:Jeff Somers|809148|Jeff Somers|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1271351803p2/809148.jpg] action while that was going on. So hopefully the final three books stick mostly to political intrigue, and don't try for too much direct battling.
That said, we now have everything all laid out for the final three books, so that should be a good time.
iheartpuns's review against another edition
4.0
Book 4 of the Death Gate Cycle takes Alfred and Haplo to the final post-sundering world—water. This world has surviving Sartan, but Alfred (though he should be filled with joy) finds he mistrusts them. This world also houses an ultimate evil and in order to stop it, Haplo and Alfred must ally their interests yet again. . The book contains many of the same plot deficiencies of the earlier books in the series, but I continue to enjoy them. I particularly enjoyed how 3 of the main “mensch” characters in this book are female.
lazyowl's review against another edition
5.0
The Death Gate Cycle is definitely high on my list of favourite books. I've read these books a few times over and always enjoy them.
In the fourth book of Death Gate Cycle you see who the real enemy is. Haplo struggles with doing what is right and being an obedient Patryn to the Lord of the Nexus.
If you are a lover of fantasy genre, then I highly recommend the Death Gate Cycle.
In the fourth book of Death Gate Cycle you see who the real enemy is. Haplo struggles with doing what is right and being an obedient Patryn to the Lord of the Nexus.
If you are a lover of fantasy genre, then I highly recommend the Death Gate Cycle.
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