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4.43 AVERAGE
4.43 AVERAGE
This was a nearly perfect ending to a fantastic series. I loved every minute of it.
dark
inspiring
sad
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:
Complicated
I'm just gonna... go cry. And then start reading the trilogy over again.
Another great Divine Cities book. Sigrud makes a great protagonist as the focus shifts for a third time. My one quibble was with the ending, which I felt undermined some of the themes of the previous book.
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Ah, so satisfying, to see returning characters! Once again, RJB manages to build into the same world, but with a rather different voice and perspective.
The plot trotted right along, though the mystery this time didn't take as much effort as those in past books; the plot and the character development were relatively predictable. It didn't drastically reduce my enjoyment of the text, though I did eyeroll when, at a critical moment, a moment from the past inspires a character to move forward (it was just a bit too stereotypical).
Also cried a bit at the final scene, so I was obviously more emotionally involved than I expected!
The plot trotted right along, though the mystery this time didn't take as much effort as those in past books; the plot and the character development were relatively predictable. It didn't drastically reduce my enjoyment of the text, though I did eyeroll when, at a critical moment, a moment from the past inspires a character to move forward (it was just a bit too stereotypical).
Also cried a bit at the final scene, so I was obviously more emotionally involved than I expected!
At least as good as the previous two, good wrap-up to the trilogy. A very interesting history of the world is revealed more, there are great magics and lots of character bits.
Damn! Really good.
The cycle of violence and colonialism and destruction that Bennett explores is something I think about sometimes.
At first, I was dubious with Sigrud as a main character, especially a Sigrud without Shara, but I loved his point of view.
I also loved seeing an oft-told story - young woman (Taty) finds out her mother (Shara) has been hiding a huge secret past, meets confederates of her mother who tell her about a Shara she never saw, gets drawn into a story and a conflict she didn't know she would be a part of - from the perspective of Sigrud, the old confederate, instead of from Taty's. Not only is it a fresher way to tell that narrative, seeing Taty from Sigrud's point of view was really cool. She is bloodthirsty and broken and Sigrud wants to protect her - and that's the point, instead of her growing into some Hunger Games-style killer.
My one thought is that the plot is not as subtle as that of the other books in the series. The epigraphs especially take away some of the mystery.
The cycle of violence and colonialism and destruction that Bennett explores is something I think about sometimes.
At first, I was dubious with Sigrud as a main character, especially a Sigrud without Shara, but I loved his point of view.
I also loved seeing an oft-told story - young woman (Taty) finds out her mother (Shara) has been hiding a huge secret past, meets confederates of her mother who tell her about a Shara she never saw, gets drawn into a story and a conflict she didn't know she would be a part of - from the perspective of Sigrud, the old confederate, instead of from Taty's. Not only is it a fresher way to tell that narrative, seeing Taty from Sigrud's point of view was really cool. She is bloodthirsty and broken and Sigrud wants to protect her - and that's the point, instead of her growing into some Hunger Games-style killer.
My one thought is that the plot is not as subtle as that of the other books in the series. The epigraphs especially take away some of the mystery.