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local_hat's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
3.5
tigerb99's review against another edition
2.0
I read it to complete the series but...
it's my feeling that the author wrote five books when it should have been three. There are too many characters, too many subplots -- and a great majority of them don't move the story forward. Yes, I feel bad Aris is missing his friend, but I don't need a whole chapter on raising horses. What are those horse nomads doing over there? Why do we care about them? I just feel like the book is padded waaay out.
However, I have a mysterious fondness for Gird's Cow.
it's my feeling that the author wrote five books when it should have been three. There are too many characters, too many subplots -- and a great majority of them don't move the story forward. Yes, I feel bad Aris is missing his friend, but I don't need a whole chapter on raising horses. What are those horse nomads doing over there? Why do we care about them? I just feel like the book is padded waaay out.
However, I have a mysterious fondness for Gird's Cow.
gelert's review
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Brought to a beautiful sure close like a river opening at the mouth. A steady flow of a fascinating world and steadfast characters. It will stay with me.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Getting to this book took too long. There were plenty of interesting details but in the end I didn't care all that much. And the bigger ending never felt earned. I don't think this takes anything away from the original trilogy. But it doesn't add much either. It's too bad - I think books following individual characters might have worked pretty well. And perhaps they still can be written.
caddarn's review
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
firesong711's review against another edition
Wonderful way to end the series. I was surprised at how some of it turned out though. We we could see more of what happened to the younger brother.
hippolyta's review against another edition
4.0
It finished a little too quickly, and some plotlines tied up VERY convenient-like. If you have been preparing a big bad for 4 books, he should not be dismissed in half a chapter...
wordnerdy's review against another edition
4.0
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A mostly satisfying wrap up to this series; not exactly what I expected, but that is generally more interesting. As always, I find the religious stuff fascinating, and there was a lot of cool stuff here in that regard. The ending does seem to leave a lot of room for more sequels, though I don’t think any are planned. And despite the author's note at the beginning, I felt this worked just fine without reading the two prequels about the historical figures (and frankly I like the characters trying to interpret old texts and stories and feel that knowing what actually happened is irrelevant). Anyway! A-.
A mostly satisfying wrap up to this series; not exactly what I expected, but that is generally more interesting. As always, I find the religious stuff fascinating, and there was a lot of cool stuff here in that regard. The ending does seem to leave a lot of room for more sequels, though I don’t think any are planned. And despite the author's note at the beginning, I felt this worked just fine without reading the two prequels about the historical figures (and frankly I like the characters trying to interpret old texts and stories and feel that knowing what actually happened is irrelevant). Anyway! A-.
ejimenez's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this as a conclusion to the series. It did spend more time on wrapping up all the plotlines than on any new plot, but it was for me a very satisfying wrapping up. There was a great deal of deus ex machina (or deus ex dragon, perhaps), but I like my fantasy with extra interfering gods, so that's all good in my view. This book felt a bit like the dessert at the end of a heavy series.