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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Well. I really don't remember much of this book do I? Anyone who knows this story well and was reading my reviews these last few days must have been laughing their heads off... I totally mixed up the villain didn't I?!
So. This is a very good ending to the Age of the Five trilogy. During the previous two books I did think to myself a couple of times that it would be awesome to get a prequel to find out how The Gull became The Gull, or Mirar found his powers, met Emerahl, then came to fall out with the gods so much (I wouldn't want to know everything though... that can spoil things (think how Hannibal Rising ruined Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal - some mystery is a good thing after all!)) but finishing this now... I kind of want a sequel as well. Maybe not a sequel trilogy but maybe a one off - set around the time of the epilogue to give us some more details. But at the same time... how awesome is it that an author has left us like this and let us fill in the blanks and not made a money grab and told us how things have gone on in the world (*cough*cursed child*cough*)
My personal theory is thatMirar toured the world, meeting up with the other Wilds once a year and then spending a bit more time with Auraya - that time grows and they end up a happy immortal couple together That said though... and this thought literally just came to me somewhere in one of these books two people did wonder what would happen if two Wilds had a child... so that could be an awesome story to read about.
Anyways, personal plot theories aside I wasn't a huge fan of a certain Pentadrian's actions during this book. Very often we have male characters forcing themselves on females as a sign of how powerful the male is - there can be different ways this can be displayed rather than falling back on, what seems like, a default 'attack'. That said it did pay off a bit more here given the ending so... yeah. Not a fan of the use of it as it does seem to be overused, but the use had some purpose here.
As for the plot twists, I honestly had forgotten all of these so I found this to be a riveting read that had my utterly gripped. More astute readers might have noticed the foreshadowing and clues that Canavan left but I quite liked that I missed (and forgot) that element. It made the barrel towards the end (and it is a barrel - events speed up and a LOT takes place off page as this book steams towards its end) tie into the way the characters are feeling and experiencing things.
Overall this is a really great end to the series. I'll be picking up the other Canavan books that I own at some point this year so it will be interesting to see if I still think this was the better overall series after re-reading them.
(Oh, and if anyone was wondering, re-rating the first book would be 4 stars, the second 4.5 and this 5 stars - but I never change a rating with hindsight. At least not yet anyway)
So. This is a very good ending to the Age of the Five trilogy. During the previous two books I did think to myself a couple of times that it would be awesome to get a prequel to find out how The Gull became The Gull, or Mirar found his powers, met Emerahl, then came to fall out with the gods so much (I wouldn't want to know everything though... that can spoil things (think how Hannibal Rising ruined Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal - some mystery is a good thing after all!)) but finishing this now... I kind of want a sequel as well. Maybe not a sequel trilogy but maybe a one off - set around the time of the epilogue to give us some more details. But at the same time... how awesome is it that an author has left us like this and let us fill in the blanks and not made a money grab and told us how things have gone on in the world (*cough*cursed child*cough*)
My personal theory is that
Anyways, personal plot theories aside I wasn't a huge fan of a certain Pentadrian's actions during this book. Very often we have male characters forcing themselves on females as a sign of how powerful the male is - there can be different ways this can be displayed rather than falling back on, what seems like, a default 'attack'. That said it did pay off a bit more here given the ending so... yeah. Not a fan of the use of it as it does seem to be overused, but the use had some purpose here.
As for the plot twists, I honestly had forgotten all of these so I found this to be a riveting read that had my utterly gripped. More astute readers might have noticed the foreshadowing and clues that Canavan left but I quite liked that I missed (and forgot) that element. It made the barrel towards the end (and it is a barrel - events speed up and a LOT takes place off page as this book steams towards its end) tie into the way the characters are feeling and experiencing things.
Overall this is a really great end to the series. I'll be picking up the other Canavan books that I own at some point this year so it will be interesting to see if I still think this was the better overall series after re-reading them.
(Oh, and if anyone was wondering, re-rating the first book would be 4 stars, the second 4.5 and this 5 stars - but I never change a rating with hindsight. At least not yet anyway)