Reviews

The Harbors of the Sun by Martha Wells

joestewart's review

5.0

I enjoyed it, for sure. Must admit that the ending felt rushed, but otherwise a good read.

siavahda's review

5.0

As sad as I am to see this series end, this was the perfect close to one of my favourite series of all time. I dearly hope Martha Wells will some day return to this universe, but until then, I'll happily read anything she sets her pen to.

Fabulous, and definitely one of the best books of the year.

astareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

spinstah's review

4.0

Some parts of this got a little hard to keep track of - mostly the various political relationships between the courts - and I had trouble visualizing one area they were in quite a bit. But it didn't get in the way of the story. Wells does a nice job of dropping in little asides and reminders so you can remember bits like that if you've lost track of them. Overall I enjoyed this and am sad this is the last in the series.

amber_ambling's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

sridevi93's review

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? No

3.0

violentlyagitated's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

juellmccool's review

2.0

My least favorite of the series. Just clunky plot, too many unimportant characters, With a couple very artificial feeling emotional conflicts tossed in here and there. Ending was a bust :/

malus23's review

5.0

So, so satisfying. Trying to say more but I keep deleting it because it's hard to not be spoiling. Book is so new I don't want to say much yet. Just...all the feels.

**re-read**

Spoiler

So many little things that make this wonderful - seeing Moon so much more confident in the others (the way he never has that moment of "will they come looking for me?" in this one - he knows if they survived, they'll search forever, which is a huge step for him); Pearl and Malachite being just the thing each other need sometimes to balance each other out; the progression of Stone and Moon treating Consolation's kethel as progressively more like a real person as they adjust to him and his non-puppet status (the kethal, our kethel, Kethal); all the little ways in which various characters have to face up to their fears or anger, sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing; the way at the end everyone sits down and talks through their feelings together to keep their relationships in good repair. The plot related action is a lot of fun too, but the way all the little moments flesh everyone out into real, complicated people is the big key to everything. Oh, and <3 Stone and Rorra!

alexreadsome's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0