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Leviathan Falls

James S. A. Corey

4.49 AVERAGE

makocat's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

daintyrhino's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

thetiniestpirate's review against another edition

5.0

An excellent finish. Could not have asked for a better way to end this nine-book series. Well done.

emmas_dilemmas's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

josift's review against another edition

4.5

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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.