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3.0
Without any doubt, the weakest of the series so far.
At times, down right boring. Which is a first for me with T. GOODKIND work.
I feel like it was a deep error to manage so many narration threads at a time.
Plus, so far, the tandem Nicci/Nathan was the charm of this spinoff.
Making them spend so much time appart, diminishing Nicci’s presence, multiplying action of tertiary characters didn’t pay off at all.
And at last, the villains, the umpteenth villains of the saga are weak sauce. The previous ones were archetypal big bads but T. GOODKIND succeeded in giving each one a special trait, reinventing their villainy. Whereas Utros, and the twins, are just meh. Grieve is a slaps-head...
Too bad. I needed a good read to escape the political turmoil of these days...
At times, down right boring. Which is a first for me with T. GOODKIND work.
I feel like it was a deep error to manage so many narration threads at a time.
Plus, so far, the tandem Nicci/Nathan was the charm of this spinoff.
Making them spend so much time appart, diminishing Nicci’s presence, multiplying action of tertiary characters didn’t pay off at all.
And at last, the villains, the umpteenth villains of the saga are weak sauce. The previous ones were archetypal big bads but T. GOODKIND succeeded in giving each one a special trait, reinventing their villainy. Whereas Utros, and the twins, are just meh. Grieve is a slaps-head...
Too bad. I needed a good read to escape the political turmoil of these days...
andydcaf2d's review
3.0
Sad to see that series end, even though some of the writing was getting rather repetitive. Be interesting to see if he picks it up from another POV.
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