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just_fighting_censorship's review
3.0
While this was enjoyable it felt a bit disjointed. The first half of the book almost take a vacation from the Brigand plot as we watch our heroes embark on a completely pointless journey. Filler. It was basically filler until we got to the last 100 pages and returned to the original plot.
The final showdown between Brigand and Corgan was definitely not as exciting as one would expect since we've been building up to this final battle for a good 500 pages at least.
All in all, we did see a lot of character growth from Corgan and all of the loose ends are tied up. Still, it seems like the author had 2 very different stories that she wanted to tell, it might have been better to separate them since the dome city virtual war story line didn't fit very well with the Robinson Crusoe meets Lord of the Flies aspect.
*SIDENOTE* The author seems to have some very interesting views about male/female relationships. Of course, this could just be Corgan's viewpoint however it was the author not Corgan who wrote Sharla's line of dialog where is makes sure Corgan knows that she is still "pure" aka did not sleep with Brigand. It seemed out of place and made me uncomfortable and was just an example of how Sharla has changed drastically as a character in this last book. She was very independent and outspoken, except for most of this book she basically submitted to Corgan entirely even though it has been demonstrated time and again that she is the more intelligent of the two. It just didn't sit right with me.
The final showdown between Brigand and Corgan was definitely not as exciting as one would expect since we've been building up to this final battle for a good 500 pages at least.
All in all, we did see a lot of character growth from Corgan and all of the loose ends are tied up. Still, it seems like the author had 2 very different stories that she wanted to tell, it might have been better to separate them since the dome city virtual war story line didn't fit very well with the Robinson Crusoe meets Lord of the Flies aspect.
*SIDENOTE* The author seems to have some very interesting views about male/female relationships. Of course, this could just be Corgan's viewpoint however it was the author not Corgan who wrote Sharla's line of dialog where is makes sure Corgan knows that she is still "pure" aka did not sleep with Brigand. It seemed out of place and made me uncomfortable and was just an example of how Sharla has changed drastically as a character in this last book. She was very independent and outspoken, except for most of this book she basically submitted to Corgan entirely even though it has been demonstrated time and again that she is the more intelligent of the two. It just didn't sit right with me.
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