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4.43 AVERAGE
4.43 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
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
adventurous
dark
inspiring
reflective
tense
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-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
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Third in a trilogy which was up for the Hugo for Best Series in 2018. I enjoyed the first, enjoyed the second and enjoyed this one too. Thirteen years on from the previous volume, a major character gets killed off in the first chapter and then her friend spends the rest of the book scrambling to work out what is going on and then whether he can prevent the End Of The World. There is a particularly vivid sequence of a fight on a super-ski lift, which would make an excellent film in itself. Very often books with magic annoy me when the sorcery is just enough to take the plot forward; I felt that Bennett plays it fair here and that the characters had little more information than the readers about what was going on - which goes for the whole trilogy really. Warmly recommended, and hope to see more from this writer.
Third in a trilogy which was up for the Hugo for Best Series in 2018. I enjoyed the first, enjoyed the second and enjoyed this one too. Thirteen years on from the previous volume, a major character gets killed off in the first chapter and then her friend spends the rest of the book scrambling to work out what is going on and then whether he can prevent the End Of The World. There is a particularly vivid sequence of a fight on a super-ski lift, which would make an excellent film in itself. Very often books with magic annoy me when the sorcery is just enough to take the plot forward; I felt that Bennett plays it fair here and that the characters had little more information than the readers about what was going on - which goes for the whole trilogy really. Warmly recommended, and hope to see more from this writer.
An absolutely brilliant conclusion to an awesome trilogy.
Closer to a 3.5
the latest (final?) book in what’s been a really interesting series by Robert Jackson Bennett, this book still doesn’t reach the heights of City of Stairs, but is miles ahead of City of Swords. What this does well is bring a lot of the great parts of both books into place for this third act. Lots of callbacks to everything that’s gone on, a classic trope to tie everything together, and a fairly worthwhile conclusion.
I liked it a lot, but I didn’t love it. I wanted to love it because I love so much of Bennett’s other work, but the bar was simply set too high with Stairs and it never quite gets to that point. Still, the characters here are more compelling than in Swords (and that includes being written in a more compelling way when we have returning people), and the story itself has a more investigative tone that was unexpected, so it’s far, far, far from a failure. Overall, though, this will seemingly always remain a series that missed a lot of its potential.
the latest (final?) book in what’s been a really interesting series by Robert Jackson Bennett, this book still doesn’t reach the heights of City of Stairs, but is miles ahead of City of Swords. What this does well is bring a lot of the great parts of both books into place for this third act. Lots of callbacks to everything that’s gone on, a classic trope to tie everything together, and a fairly worthwhile conclusion.
I liked it a lot, but I didn’t love it. I wanted to love it because I love so much of Bennett’s other work, but the bar was simply set too high with Stairs and it never quite gets to that point. Still, the characters here are more compelling than in Swords (and that includes being written in a more compelling way when we have returning people), and the story itself has a more investigative tone that was unexpected, so it’s far, far, far from a failure. Overall, though, this will seemingly always remain a series that missed a lot of its potential.