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Hades by Mark Z. Danielewski

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fresh_guy's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

narcon_jd's review against another edition

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5.0

Danielewski is up to his best tricks again. Questionable reality. Questionable truth. ⠮Satya?⠝ So many questions. ⠮So buttons?⠝ An origami of characters coming together. katla katla-katla. Drawing the reader in, not only to engage, but to be apart of, to experience, what they are reading. ⠮Reddit couldn't do it, maybe goodreads can?⠝

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5.0

There isn't much of a point of reviewing this book, since by this point you should probably know what you would be getting yourself into. This book was just as confusing, magical, enigmatic, intriguing, beguiling, etc. as the rest of the books. But with each book it is impossible to not become more invested as the story comes together at some points, and raises more questions at other moments. The scale of this series is as massive as it is impressive, and I can not encourage everyone enough to pick up the first book if you have yet to do so, and join those of us reading it on a crazy ride through the unknown.

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4.0

Now that these books are tying in together more and more, they're getting much more interesting to read.

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5.0

The Familiar is comparable to a marathon, and like with any marathon, the runner must at certain points take a breath. It is for that reason that Hades, the 4th volume in the epic 27 installment series, The Familiar, seems a little wound down; a slow burn if you will. But there's good reason for MZD doing things this way. If you've been reading the series, then by now you've likely noticed that it's made to be formatted like a television show, akin to how [b:House of Leaves|24800|House of Leaves|Mark Z. Danielewski|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403889034s/24800.jpg|856555] was made in the form of a documentary. That being said, Hades is the penultimate "episode" of Season One, made up of the first five volumes. Much like George R. R. Martin does with A Feast for Crows, MZD has used this volume to begin tying together loose strings. Though Hades may seem a little slower with the exception of some major scenes, its ending left me gasping for air, in serious need to know what happens next to our special characters.

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5.0

Again another fantastic continuation of this series and by far my favourite book so far out of the four I've read.

I am loving how all the characters are slowly interacting and is it incredibly bittersweet that there is only one more book to go knowing that this series will likely never be finished.

But it is an amazing tale to experience despite knowing it will not come to a satisfying resolution in the fifth and final volume of Season One. I am so very glad for the time I have spent with these characters and these will definitely be books that I pick up and read again throughout my life.