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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Okay I can't start to explain how much I loved this one. The whole series is amazing, obviously, but I really enjoyed this one in particular. I love how there are pokes at earlier books in the series, I love the character development!
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i think that the ending was not like I had hoped and I hope John Flannagan writes another series about these characters, I'm very curious to see how one coupple turned out.
This was a great story, but I know that there were a few things that I did have complaints about with it. This story had some issues that came along with the female leads of this book. Evanlyn and Alyss continued to fight with one another throughout the entire story where their misunderstanding could have been resolved rather early on if they had simply been willing to talk with each other. It made it hard to like their characters a lot in this way and there are so few strong female characters in the series. I wish I could have seen them be better friends through the book. However, I still loved how John dictates a battle and the details that come along with it.
Fantastic. I love this book so much, it was so great to see the characters off on adventures all together. Would definitely recommend this series... it's just so good.
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not one of my favorites in the series, which is disappointing since it's the last one (not counting the book of short stories). It's not bad, per se, but it just didn't have that same spark that has made me love this series, in general.
Anyway - Horace has gone to Nihon-Ja (essentially a version of Japan) on a diplomatic sort of thing and, while there, gets embroiled in a political upheaval. Evanlyn, worried about him, joins with Halt, Will and Alyss - and others - to go find him.
A quick not about the "and others". In the beginning of the story Halt, Will and Alyss are helping Toscano and Arrida broker a piece treaty - Selethen being the ambassador from Arrida. Since Selethen is there when Evanlyn shows up to start the quest, he decides to join in.
Also, Evanlyn arrives there on a ship helmed by Gundar, one of the Skandians from a previous story.
I couldn't help but feel that a lot of this was just maneuvering in order to get as many familiar faces from past stories together as possible for this final story.
Anyway, a fair part of the beginning of the story is travelling, and a good portion of the rest of the story is about military engagements. And while it was interesting enough for what it was, it didn't really have the same intensity as a lot of the other fights presented through-out the series.
And I guess I was a little miffed that Horace seems to take center stage in this story. Not that I don't like Horace or anything, but since it was the last book in the Ranger's Apprentice series I thought Will should've been in a more pivotal role.
Also, the characterizations seemed to be off from time to time. Also, it bugged me that Will was sort of shown as being clueless when it came to
In some ways I felt like the characterization of Will was off. He felt younger again, more like the Will of his second or third year - not the Will who has graduated and become a Ranger in his own right. But since the events of the book take place after all the others, chronologically, it felt off. So not only does Will not take center stage, but he felt off.
Everyone felt a little off, really.
I don't know. I would almost have been happier if the story took place earlier in the timeline, because everyone felt younger, if that makes sense. But it very clearly doesn't.
Who knows - maybe I'm just disappointed because the series is over, and I never would've been happy with "the last". But I think it's more than that and, overall, while it wasn't a bad story, overall, it was a let down for being the last in the series.
(Oh - Tug and Abelard aren't even in this one! Talk about being off... )
I think I would've been happier if Book 9 had been the end, to be honest. When I inevitably reread the series, I might even stop with Book 9. Or read Book 10 before Books 8 & 9.
Ah well. It wasn't like it was bad enough to sour my feelings towards the series (and that has happened) - but it's a bummer to go out on a down note.
Anyway - Horace has gone to Nihon-Ja (essentially a version of Japan) on a diplomatic sort of thing and, while there, gets embroiled in a political upheaval. Evanlyn, worried about him, joins with Halt, Will and Alyss - and others - to go find him.
A quick not about the "and others". In the beginning of the story Halt, Will and Alyss are helping Toscano and Arrida broker a piece treaty - Selethen being the ambassador from Arrida. Since Selethen is there when Evanlyn shows up to start the quest, he decides to join in.
Also, Evanlyn arrives there on a ship helmed by Gundar, one of the Skandians from a previous story.
I couldn't help but feel that a lot of this was just maneuvering in order to get as many familiar faces from past stories together as possible for this final story.
Anyway, a fair part of the beginning of the story is travelling, and a good portion of the rest of the story is about military engagements. And while it was interesting enough for what it was, it didn't really have the same intensity as a lot of the other fights presented through-out the series.
And I guess I was a little miffed that Horace seems to take center stage in this story. Not that I don't like Horace or anything, but since it was the last book in the Ranger's Apprentice series I thought Will should've been in a more pivotal role.
Also, the characterizations seemed to be off from time to time. Also, it bugged me that Will was sort of shown as being clueless when it came to
Spoiler
the budding relationship between Horace and Evanlyn, and also between the tension - or reason for the tension - between Alyss and Evanlyn. The former especially bugged me because just in the last story Will mentions Horace's desire to want to spend more time with the princess, and says "good for you" when Horace basically admits his feelings. But in this book we're meant to believe that Will's clueless. It really annoyed me.In some ways I felt like the characterization of Will was off. He felt younger again, more like the Will of his second or third year - not the Will who has graduated and become a Ranger in his own right. But since the events of the book take place after all the others, chronologically, it felt off. So not only does Will not take center stage, but he felt off.
Everyone felt a little off, really.
I don't know. I would almost have been happier if the story took place earlier in the timeline, because everyone felt younger, if that makes sense. But it very clearly doesn't.
Who knows - maybe I'm just disappointed because the series is over, and I never would've been happy with "the last". But I think it's more than that and, overall, while it wasn't a bad story, overall, it was a let down for being the last in the series.
(Oh - Tug and Abelard aren't even in this one! Talk about being off... )
I think I would've been happier if Book 9 had been the end, to be honest. When I inevitably reread the series, I might even stop with Book 9. Or read Book 10 before Books 8 & 9.
Ah well. It wasn't like it was bad enough to sour my feelings towards the series (and that has happened) - but it's a bummer to go out on a down note.