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Leviathan Falls

James S. A. Corey

4.49 AVERAGE

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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5

An excellent finish. Could not have asked for a better way to end this nine-book series. Well done.
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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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

"The stars are still there,” she said. “We’ll find our own way back to them."

Vague spoilers throughout this review. 

These characters have my whole heart.

I ugly cried for the last 40 minutes of this book, not because it was particularly sad (it was) but because it was over, and because they weren't ending together on the Roci. They talk a little about old ships having souls in this book, and I think they must be right - the Roci is their home, it is where they found themselves family and grew old together. Everything they've faced and won and lost, they did together with the Roci at their backs, to the very end, and knowing that this is the last time that will be true breaks my heart a little. 

Still, this was the right ending for these characters. Alex, who finds family wherever he goes, has to seek out the ones that still need him. Jim and Naomi have so much love for eachother, and have lost so much always striving to do the right thing. In the end they burn knew; Naomi is who she has grown to be, and Holden, no matter how much he had developed, is always just being Holden. I am biased, if course, but Amos' ending is the most fitting of them all. I couldn't have anticipated where his character would go, but for him to become this man who protects others, who people look up to, and who has a moral compass of his own that he is able to assert, is everything I wanted for him and more. However strange his life is now, for him to go from needing his crew to guide him to the right choices, to offering them advice and a steady hand, and mentoring others, is just perfect. 

"You got now and you got the second the lights go out. Meantime is the only time there is. All that matters is what we do during it."
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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Bittersweet ending after 9 books. The most impressive thing about this book is how it makes this massive conflict into something deeply human.
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is the perfect end to the best series I have ever read.
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes