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mimosaeyes's review
4.0
Like the previous book featuring Tara, Three Parts Dead, this employs multiple characters' POVs. In this case, I think they were balanced and intertwined much better, and each thread of the story felt vital. I also like the greater delving into this world's version of zombies, golems, and demons.
On a more general note: I applaud the strange alchemy brought about through the non-chronological order of this series, which makes me eager to see characters meet other characters I miss reading about. I've come to love Tara, Shale, Raz, and Cat. Even good ol' Caleb, in his brief appearance. Anyway. Filling in the blanks about them and their world in a funky order actually makes them feel more real and endearing. Things really come together here - the title is a promise, and the book delivers.
On a more general note: I applaud the strange alchemy brought about through the non-chronological order of this series, which makes me eager to see characters meet other characters I miss reading about. I've come to love Tara, Shale, Raz, and Cat. Even good ol' Caleb, in his brief appearance. Anyway. Filling in the blanks about them and their world in a funky order actually makes them feel more real and endearing. Things really come together here - the title is a promise, and the book delivers.
pickett22's review
5.0
Holy shit this is good. It's so good. It's so, so good.
Here's a thing about the time-line in these books (re: publication order vs. internal chronology): I think you could read Three Parts Dead and Four Roads Cross as a duology and be fine. If you want more emotional weight, you can read Last First Snow and Two Serpents Rise as a separate duology. IDK what to do with Full Fathom Five, and I haven't yet read Ruin of Angels (but I will always be angry that there's not a six in that title. I will from now on be referring to it as Ruin of Six Angels). Them being published out of order is a weird thing, and I do not find it contributed to the plot. I'm glad that I read Three Parts Dead first, because I didn't really enjoy the DL books, and I think I would have gotten mired down in them and never read more if they had been published first, but that's just my own tastes. The entire series is really, really good, it's just that One and Two are not really my jam (One was REALLY hard for me to get through). Three, Four, and Five were all books that I loved.
This one, Four, was SO good. I love it so much.
Here's a thing about the time-line in these books (re: publication order vs. internal chronology): I think you could read Three Parts Dead and Four Roads Cross as a duology and be fine. If you want more emotional weight, you can read Last First Snow and Two Serpents Rise as a separate duology. IDK what to do with Full Fathom Five, and I haven't yet read Ruin of Angels (but I will always be angry that there's not a six in that title. I will from now on be referring to it as Ruin of Six Angels). Them being published out of order is a weird thing, and I do not find it contributed to the plot. I'm glad that I read Three Parts Dead first, because I didn't really enjoy the DL books, and I think I would have gotten mired down in them and never read more if they had been published first, but that's just my own tastes. The entire series is really, really good, it's just that One and Two are not really my jam (One was REALLY hard for me to get through). Three, Four, and Five were all books that I loved.
This one, Four, was SO good. I love it so much.
leonidaz11's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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
4.25
mcmanifold's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
kwugirl's review
3.0
Bit too much into the rules of this world that I don't really understand, but hurrah for all the best characters coming back.
jvanwago's review
5.0
Thought provoking and incredibly unique. One of a kind blend of theology, fantasy, and corporate law.
drolefille's review
5.0
Another really good book in the Craft Sequence. If Gods and Necromancers don't sell you these books, what about land rights and whether a goddess is a financial risk or a lover? And how do you claim what the goddess owns if she isn't dead and then how do you get it back?
Look, it's good. Read it.
Look, it's good. Read it.
jaceive's review
5.0
Another fantastic entry into a fantastic series. Four Roads Cross is a very worthy sequel to Two Parts Dead, it picks back up where the first book in the Craft Sequence left off, and offers a very thrilling ride. I highly recommend.
transmortalinjection's review
4.0
Reading the Craft Sequence has been equal parts gratifying, stunning, and frustrating in turn, but the end of this book makes the best case for the series as a whole, and as conclusion to the first arc of the series. Need to expand on this further but tldr; has my favorite capitalist protagonists who recognize that (“unbridled”) capitalism is destroying the planet.
kejadlen's review
4.0
3.5/5 - While I still really love the concept and universe, the plot felt a bit thin. Lots of stuff randomly (to me, at least) happening and not really given enough room to breathe. Still though, I tore through it in a couple of days, so obviously it wasn't that much of a problem.