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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
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
This is such a good ending to the series. It explores a lot of loose ends and wraps things up in such a satisfying way. Overall, this has been a great reread of this series for me and I happy it held up so many years later.
adventurous
medium-paced
Not my favorite from the series but the plot wraps up nicely with some tearful moments, some triumphant moments and some great character developments. Love Daine and her powers!
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Every interaction between Daine and her mother makes me cringe so hard. Loved this book otherwise but just absolutely hated their every interaction. Daine and Numair are my favorite couple ever!!
This would have been a really great book, but I could not get over the age gap (16 and 31) + mentor teacher student relationship. Maybe if it was one or the other, but both make it feel like grooming.
2021 reread: some things happen, darkings are cool, big-bad is vanquished, but I am deeply not OK with the romance in this book, and it colors everything in a bad bad way.
I found this book so boring; hence why it took me 5 days to read less than 300 pages. Also the relationship I was worried about happening did and it's just so messed up. I just don't understand why there has to be any romance in this series at all. It's like authors think it's a requirement. Sad to end the series on a bad note.
Well, we made it. The third book in this series is the best one.
It's amazing how much Tamora Pierce manages to leave out while writing extremely slow-paced books. You'd think given how much time we spend with Daine just dwelling on details, we'd know about everything that's going on. Instead there's an apparently longstanding epic war happening, and we're fixated on the daily events of Daine and Numair's plodding road trip through the Divine Realms.
To be fair, that's still enjoyable. But in most ways this book is like its predecessors. Some fighting, lots of shape-changing, a decent amount of journeying and sitting around. I like the darkings, so they were an improvement over the usual pocket animal companions.
Also, can I just say that it's a bold move to have a just-turned-sixteen-year-old apprentice get with her thirty-year-old teacher? I like Numair and Daine but like, who signed off on that?
It's amazing how much Tamora Pierce manages to leave out while writing extremely slow-paced books. You'd think given how much time we spend with Daine just dwelling on details, we'd know about everything that's going on. Instead there's an apparently longstanding epic war happening, and we're fixated on the daily events of Daine and Numair's plodding road trip through the Divine Realms.
To be fair, that's still enjoyable. But in most ways this book is like its predecessors. Some fighting, lots of shape-changing, a decent amount of journeying and sitting around. I like the darkings, so they were an improvement over the usual pocket animal companions.
Also, can I just say that it's a bold move to have a just-turned-sixteen-year-old apprentice get with her thirty-year-old teacher? I like Numair and Daine but like, who signed off on that?