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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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Triumphant conclusions abound. Very, very bloody, but triumphant nonetheless. Enormously satisfying resolution to all of the plot arcs, and a good read on its own.
That was an incredibly satisfying end to the series.
It felt like a mystery novel, in some ways - there were several major plot points laid out, both for the series and the book, and there were solid hints and clues given, enough that I had the solution in my head well before I read it. Sometimes, that can feel like failed foreshadowing. Here, though, it felt more like getting to the punchline of a favourite joke, or a great song hitting the climax its been building to. You know it's coming, but it's still great when it arrives.
I hadn't realized that this was a series with a defined end point - I was expecting a rambling forever-series like the Harry Dresden books, so I didn't figure out that this was the end until, part way through, I looked at Goodreads and noticed that there wasn't any more. And hey, wouldn't five be just the right number of books for the series? I do love stories that have solid endings, and I think Carey sticks the landing here, getting the right balance of doom and hope.
It felt like a mystery novel, in some ways - there were several major plot points laid out, both for the series and the book, and there were solid hints and clues given, enough that I had the solution in my head well before I read it. Sometimes, that can feel like failed foreshadowing. Here, though, it felt more like getting to the punchline of a favourite joke, or a great song hitting the climax its been building to. You know it's coming, but it's still great when it arrives.
I hadn't realized that this was a series with a defined end point - I was expecting a rambling forever-series like the Harry Dresden books, so I didn't figure out that this was the end until, part way through, I looked at Goodreads and noticed that there wasn't any more. And hey, wouldn't five be just the right number of books for the series? I do love stories that have solid endings, and I think Carey sticks the landing here, getting the right balance of doom and hope.
I enjoyed this book but there is a section, at least in the copy I read, that two characters' names were mixed up and I was flipping around for about twenty pages wondering what happened to one character and why was the other character suddenly involved in this scene until I realized they, hopefully, mistakenly switched up the names.
I'm so sad this series is over, but this was a good wrap up.
What I liked about the first five books was excellent character development, a plot line full of action and usually some interesting ideas about the dead/undead, and intriging glimpses into Fix's past. This was good book to tie up the loose ends of the Rafi/Asmeodus plot line, but not up to par with the rest of the series as it really didn't deliver anything new. It does provide for some hints at changes to come, so I'm looking forward to #6.
An exciting wrap up to the series. Castor and friends make good on the overarching mission of the series, but I would have liked a little more to the ending than we got.
Thoroughly enjoyed this series... ticked a lot of the rights boxes for me for an urban fantasy.
This series is only getting better and better :) Sometimes it's possible to guess before the writer tells you what's supposed to happen, which is a pity. But the characters are just great, and even the revelation coming late doesn't make the plot uninteresting, far from it!
A fairly enjoyable conclusion to a London urban fantasy series. Seems to be forming part of its own subsection of Urban fantasy along with Ben Aaronovitchs PC Grant series, and Kate Griffins Midnight Mayor series. Could possibly include simon r green in that ilk. I'm wondering if there's a London based series of the same quality that has a woman as the main character, would quite like to read that as a contrast to the American heroines that populate the US arm of urban fantasy. I think Kate Griffen has a series set in the same universe as midnight mayor, but it doesn't quite have the same feel.