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4.32 AVERAGE
4.32 AVERAGE
Strong finish
Great conclusion to this era of the world. I loved the exploration of forgiveness and guilt via the traverse of the underworld. The book found a great balance of exciting plot and moral questions that I appreciate.
Great conclusion to this era of the world. I loved the exploration of forgiveness and guilt via the traverse of the underworld. The book found a great balance of exciting plot and moral questions that I appreciate.
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this series, but it wasn't up to the level of the author's The Riyria Revelations series. The midsection, set largely in the afterlife, dragged, much like Neal Stephenson's "Fall, or Dodge in Hell." The climax didn't have a huge payoff. And several characters' stories were left at loose ends. But the good aspects — fine narrative voice, interesting characters — outweighed the bad, making the series worth your time if you read the earlier Riyria books.
I have actually lost all interest in the series tragically
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love this series and it has been a wild ride. I had a hard time getting into the last book. A lot of putting down and picking back up. Once I started this book it went much faster. I think at this point you are so invested in the characters. Which is why I was so disappointed with what I would consider the epilogue like okay Seph died, and Malcom regrets his choices. But we don't know how any of the other characters are doing what the hell. And we spend all that time getting invested in Tesh and Brin not get get to find out how they did afterwards? Really? Besides that I liked everything else. His writing is amazing and I'm excited to see what else he does in the future.
3.75
For most of the book I felt like I did while reading Age of Death. Not much had changed. But I wil say that I really liked how he ended it. It felt satisfying, and gave answer to, what I considered, the most interesting storyline in these books.
For most of the book I felt like I did while reading Age of Death. Not much had changed. But I wil say that I really liked how he ended it. It felt satisfying, and gave answer to, what I considered, the most interesting storyline in these books.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Full disclosure, this is my first time reading Michael J. Sullivan. I haven't read any of his other series, and when I began, I was completely unaware that this was at all connected to his other series (though from what I understand, the connection is fairly loose since it occurs so far in the past relative to other series).
I did not love this series or this book as a whole. In fact, I found this book in particular to be almost difficult to finish.
I don't really want to list out all the things I liked/disliked, but my major issue really lies with the characters. In the first three books, I was overall fairly positive on the books because I enjoyed reading the perspectives of Raithe and Persephone - they are built up as the main characters, and I think they have a lot of depth. Then, after book three, Raithe is obviously no longer involved, and Persephone is essentially sidelined for the rest of the series and reduced to basically being a commentator on the events and a mouthpiece for Malcolm. The book then full tilt shifts to forcing Brin down your throat as the "true" main character. Literally by having characters tell her "this is all about you, you're the most important one here." This all just came to a head for me in this book and made it extremely annoying to get through. The world was fine, the plot was fine, and the dialogue was fine, but I genuinely did not care about any of the characters in the least by the end of the series except for maybe Suri (and even then, I barely cared).
Really my only major positive regarding the characters in this book is the distinct lack of Moya. She is hardly in it, and honestly, the book is better off for it in my opinion.
Overall, the series is just sort of okay for me. It doesn't necessarily do anything awful, but it also has no aspect I find particularly interesting or fantastic. It was just sort of a meh read for me to quickly fill out my Goodreads reading goal for the year.
I did not love this series or this book as a whole. In fact, I found this book in particular to be almost difficult to finish.
I don't really want to list out all the things I liked/disliked, but my major issue really lies with the characters. In the first three books, I was overall fairly positive on the books because I enjoyed reading the perspectives of Raithe and Persephone - they are built up as the main characters, and I think they have a lot of depth. Then, after book three, Raithe is obviously no longer involved, and Persephone is essentially sidelined for the rest of the series and reduced to basically being a commentator on the events and a mouthpiece for Malcolm. The book then full tilt shifts to forcing Brin down your throat as the "true" main character. Literally by having characters tell her "this is all about you, you're the most important one here." This all just came to a head for me in this book and made it extremely annoying to get through. The world was fine, the plot was fine, and the dialogue was fine, but I genuinely did not care about any of the characters in the least by the end of the series except for maybe Suri (and even then, I barely cared).
Really my only major positive regarding the characters in this book is the distinct lack of Moya. She is hardly in it, and honestly, the book is better off for it in my opinion.
Overall, the series is just sort of okay for me. It doesn't necessarily do anything awful, but it also has no aspect I find particularly interesting or fantastic. It was just sort of a meh read for me to quickly fill out my Goodreads reading goal for the year.