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4.43 AVERAGE
4.43 AVERAGE
This was a great third book in the trilogy. It adds another whole layer to the whole business of the Divinities, which I’m not going to explain because spoilers. It also develops Sigrud a lot in fantastic ways.
One of the bits of worldbuilding in this series that's fantastic is the names. Something about Divinities' names is recognizable and I have no idea what. Dreyling names are vaguely Scandinavian.
Out of this trilogy, this book is both realistic and hopeful about the hard work of making a more just world. Like, you can’t just kill all the bad people, or force them to come to your point of view. Still, making things better is possible. That’s a great message right now.
One thing that bothered me about this book is, there’s a queer secondary character and I really wish her relationship had been handled in a less nod nod wink wink sort of way. Like, either that’s the sort of thing that’s okay in this world, in which case there ought to be more queers running around being openly queer, or it’s not okay, in which case people ought to have some sort of feelings about it. Also this book was published in 20-freaking-17, people can just say, “yep that’s her girlfriend” or whatever.
Anyway the book was very good, just this thing annoyed me.
One of the bits of worldbuilding in this series that's fantastic is the names. Something about Divinities' names is recognizable and I have no idea what. Dreyling names are vaguely Scandinavian.
Out of this trilogy, this book is both realistic and hopeful about the hard work of making a more just world. Like, you can’t just kill all the bad people, or force them to come to your point of view. Still, making things better is possible. That’s a great message right now.
One thing that bothered me about this book is, there’s a queer secondary character and I really wish her relationship had been handled in a less nod nod wink wink sort of way. Like, either that’s the sort of thing that’s okay in this world, in which case there ought to be more queers running around being openly queer, or it’s not okay, in which case people ought to have some sort of feelings about it. Also this book was published in 20-freaking-17, people can just say, “yep that’s her girlfriend” or whatever.
Anyway the book was very good, just this thing annoyed me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
All the stars in universe / 5
Review to come, as soon as they sew my jaw back onto my face.
Wwwwooooooooooowwww
Review to come, as soon as they sew my jaw back onto my face.
Wwwwooooooooooowwww
A brilliant conclusion to the series, though it has a little more of an actiony, James Bond feel than the others. I enjoyed the reincorporation of a previously minor character and the way the story showed the impact of previous events on her. Right to the end, the series has been thoughtful in its worldbuilding and exploration of themes. Highly recommended.
Ah Sigrud. How perfect to end the trilogy with him. I have a deep love for characters who know one way to handle things and Sigrud only knows fighting and spying (and that's two things but). It leaves this man who has fought gods ill-prepared for his losses and realisations.
I'm sitting here with snot pouring out of my nose because it was so fucking good and the ending was perfect and my heart is full and heavy at the same time. Ugh. Read This Series!
A beautiful perfect ending to this series (at least I'm assuming that it is the last one though I could be wrong). Everything that I loved about the first two books continued in this one. I'm actually disappointed to have it all come to an end...
A pretty good ending to a great trilogy. I have qualms with some of the choices but overall I felt it was solid.
