Reviews

The Beyond by Jeffrey Ford

mxmlln's review

2.0

Terrible that the end of the trilogy has to be so poor. Luckily, all the books existed largely independent of one another, so the impact is minimal. The problem was that the prose seemed to have changed. Where before the book used the voice of Cley, now Misrix was writing. His character is well read enough to have been clear, but Ford was probably unable to use the different style.
In addition, there was a lot of wasted white space on each page. The whole thing was off, taking way too long to start the interesting part of the book. Nevertheless, besides the boring adventure, the high-level plot seemed reasonable. Will still read Ford: 2/3 isn't bad.

jelundberg's review

5.0

I would give this 10 stars if I could. A masterful ending to an extraordinary trilogy. This novel, from Misrix's narration to Cley's survival in The Beyond with only a loyal dog and strong motivation to keep him company, is a triumph. I was a fan of Ford's writing before reading the Well-Built City trilogy, but now I will follow him wherever his writing takes him. Everybody needs to read these books.

megapolisomancy's review

5.0

I forgot to copy down the passage I wanted to use to illustrate this one. it was about dogs and stories.