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A review by emma_m
The Red Queen by Isobelle Carmody
3.0
As much as I love this series, the ending has left me conflicted. There are still a lot of unanswered questions, open endings and characters that weren't seen again, and I guess I just have to accept that as the nature of Isobelle Carmody's writing. This book sits as the ending of the series but not altogether as the end of Elspeth's story or that of any of the other characters.
My main problems
- still super confused about the beforetime storyline
- how did dragon end up in a cryochamber?
- kind of annoyed there was no closure for miryum
- really wanted to see Dragon ride into the infinity or raise the scepter and we didn't get to experience either
- too much world building thrown into the last 300 pages for characters/cultures we didn't care about
- ending did feel rushed, I feel that the author prefers writing meandering travel chapters
- her powers being blocked through most of the end (although it made sense) meant it felt like her powers didn't matter in the conclusion of her quest
- her reuniting after so much time with characters such as Matthew, Rushton, Daffyd and Gilane didn't deliver on what I wanted
- leaving all her friends and being unable to return to the places that she loved being her REWARD doesn't sit right with me, would have prefered if she stayed in the Red land and eventually got to go back to Obernewtyn
My main problems
- still super confused about the beforetime storyline
- how did dragon end up in a cryochamber?
- kind of annoyed there was no closure for miryum
- really wanted to see Dragon ride into the infinity or raise the scepter and we didn't get to experience either
- too much world building thrown into the last 300 pages for characters/cultures we didn't care about
- ending did feel rushed, I feel that the author prefers writing meandering travel chapters
- her powers being blocked through most of the end (although it made sense) meant it felt like her powers didn't matter in the conclusion of her quest
- her reuniting after so much time with characters such as Matthew, Rushton, Daffyd and Gilane didn't deliver on what I wanted
- leaving all her friends and being unable to return to the places that she loved being her REWARD doesn't sit right with me, would have prefered if she stayed in the Red land and eventually got to go back to Obernewtyn