4.04 AVERAGE

funny reflective sad slow-paced
slow-paced
lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Plot or Character Driven: Character
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Life is still not much fun for these characters. The main ones are aged around sixty and upwards now, my age, and love in all its forms  is still causing them mostly anguish. There’s a sort of bleak hope for some of them, but I didn’t get the compensating warmth that the earlier volumes left me with, that life is hard but worth it; here life is hard for almost everyone, don’t judge, but what is the point?  Still, a good end, if it is the end,  to the series, the author is an amazing storyteller. 

4.5
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madqueen's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 5%

I don't like the audiobook narrator and I quite dislike the personalities of some the characters.
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character