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  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Cried a lot. First half was incredibly difficult to read for all the dread it put in me, had to actually stop and take several breaks from reading like I hadn’t with all the others. Mostly I am just so sad this long, long journey is at an end. I’m going to miss these characters terribly. Would that I could better articulate how I feel about it right now, but currently I’m just an emotional wreck so that’s that.
I think what it is is the knowledge that Fitz and the Fool’s story is completely over front to back. It’s not like we leave them happy in a cabin somewhere and can imagine their life together after the end, or I mean you could if you imagine the skillstream as some sort of nebulous heaven where they can create their own space together, but we have no glimpse into what the other side looks like and while I’m okay with that in a sense it also makes me sad not to know because I wanted Fitz and the Fool to have maybe like an ounce more closure before going into the stone together. It’s weird to think that there’s no other room for speculation because we’ve been with them quite literally their entire lives. I dunno I just miss them already

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