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sunny_r's review
5.0
Not a word wasted, nor a stone left unturned - a thrilling and satisfying conclusion to one of my favorite series
kwagner's review
5.0
I think I’ll go back and give each book 5 stars now.
Megan Whalen Turner writes a proper fantasy. This series is such a fantastic and well compiled world that sweeps you into its religion, politics, and conniving plots. Technically this is a YA novel but the characters are older and ambiguous enough that I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a fantasy series despite age. The characters are witty and horrid and wonderful. Sometimes you’re in on their plots and other times you’re trying to solve what they’ve done well after it’s happened. This was a beautiful final installment that had me weeping at the end.
I will say, the first book roped me in enough to read the second and by then I was too deep to stop. The third, made me love them all even more and then the rest were like seeing familiar friends.
I 10/10 recommend the audio as Scott West is an amazing narrator who made me hate reading it on my own. (They’re all on hoopla! (Ebooks & audio)). I feel lonely without the audio books as a constant background.
Megan Whalen Turner writes a proper fantasy. This series is such a fantastic and well compiled world that sweeps you into its religion, politics, and conniving plots. Technically this is a YA novel but the characters are older and ambiguous enough that I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a fantasy series despite age. The characters are witty and horrid and wonderful. Sometimes you’re in on their plots and other times you’re trying to solve what they’ve done well after it’s happened. This was a beautiful final installment that had me weeping at the end.
I will say, the first book roped me in enough to read the second and by then I was too deep to stop. The third, made me love them all even more and then the rest were like seeing familiar friends.
I 10/10 recommend the audio as Scott West is an amazing narrator who made me hate reading it on my own. (They’re all on hoopla! (Ebooks & audio)). I feel lonely without the audio books as a constant background.
rena219's review
5.0
If I wasn't listening to this while at work, I would have bawled in the final few chapters.
cjroyg's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
thep's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
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
4.25
jedbird's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Pheris, the young grandson of treacherous Baron Erondites, is physically disabled and mute, which makes people assume he's mentally disabled. He is not. When the baron sends him to court, he becomes friends with Eugenides. The book is from Pheris' POV, in and around the castle, and later when Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis go to war against the Mede. Pheris is very lovable and it's always fun to root for an underdog. A really good finish to the series.
amelia_rose_20's review
5.0
10/10 | The only bad thing about this book is that it marks the end of the Queen’s Thief Series and I would have loved to have more of it
katieinca's review
4.0
Yet another new character, and a very fun one. He doesn't speak, everyone thinks he's incapable of understanding much, and so he gets away with a lot. Meanwhile, everybody's story lines are wrapped up, most of our old faves (at least that have survived to this book) get a good scene or two, and Eugenides continues to... be him. A pretty satisfying wrap up to a 6 book, geographically vast saga. Even for somebody like me who gets really bored when we have to read about troop movements and battles instead of relationships and hijinks.