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Return of the Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner
It took me months to finally get around to reading this because I was TRULY TERRIFIED that I would be let down; books four and five were fine, enjoyable, fine times, but QoA and KoA are absolutely the pinnacle of literature as a whole and impossibly hard to beat. And, for me, the final book didn’t beat them—which is fine! They are the pinnacle of literature, they already exist in this world and are perfection! This book was perfectly enjoyable in its own right, and there were many things I loved:
-Pheris as a character and narrator: PERFECT, easily my favorite since wonderful himbo Costis as KoA’a third-person narrative
-Some absolutely lovely and perfect Gen moments, including everything in the Mede camp and, my favorite, when he resigned in an apparent fit of rage and all the barons Lost It
-Teleus and Relius have been IN my brain since KoA and I’m SO GLAD THEY ARE IN LOVE and also that Relius was not in fact dead, that would have been a BAD CHOICE and I am WELL pleased
-Eddis and Attolia as friends and comrades is just absolutely excellent and I love and adore them
-The final scene with everyone dancing on the roof was just ;—; everyone in this book please have a nice day every day
Things I liked less:
-I do NOT UNDERSTAND why Kamet/Costis is not just clear and open, I’m so perplexed by this and am never going to understand it and am ALWAYS going to be frustrated by it. I’m frustrated! It’s frustrating!
-honestly that......was the main thing
-I DO wish we’d gotten to see Dite one last time, bless his heart, but I was pleased with the Sejanus arc tbh, that was well done indeed
-somehow it felt like there was slightly too little Sounis, I thiiiink we could have spent a little more time with him, but! It’s tricky balancing so many characters and trying to sum everything up, so I get it!
-HONESTLY THOUGH KAMET AND COSTIS I JUST!!!! Like they are CLEARLY a thing, I just wanted them to have like A Dance but they didnnnnnnnnt and I’m sad
On the whole, a deeply enjoyable ending for all my wonderful kids. I’m very pleased with where everyone ended up and glad about the happy ending! Not quite as much depth as there was in books two and three, but there is not as much depth in ANY book EVER written as there is in those two books, so. I feel well-served by a most excellent author and am so so pleased to have gotten to spend so much time with these, my favorite characters in literary history.
-Pheris as a character and narrator: PERFECT, easily my favorite since wonderful himbo Costis as KoA’a third-person narrative
-Some absolutely lovely and perfect Gen moments, including everything in the Mede camp and, my favorite, when he resigned in an apparent fit of rage and all the barons Lost It
-Teleus and Relius have been IN my brain since KoA and I’m SO GLAD THEY ARE IN LOVE and also that Relius was not in fact dead, that would have been a BAD CHOICE and I am WELL pleased
-Eddis and Attolia as friends and comrades is just absolutely excellent and I love and adore them
-The final scene with everyone dancing on the roof was just ;—; everyone in this book please have a nice day every day
Things I liked less:
-I do NOT UNDERSTAND why Kamet/Costis is not just clear and open, I’m so perplexed by this and am never going to understand it and am ALWAYS going to be frustrated by it. I’m frustrated! It’s frustrating!
-honestly that......was the main thing
-I DO wish we’d gotten to see Dite one last time, bless his heart, but I was pleased with the Sejanus arc tbh, that was well done indeed
-somehow it felt like there was slightly too little Sounis, I thiiiink we could have spent a little more time with him, but! It’s tricky balancing so many characters and trying to sum everything up, so I get it!
-HONESTLY THOUGH KAMET AND COSTIS I JUST!!!! Like they are CLEARLY a thing, I just wanted them to have like A Dance but they didnnnnnnnnt and I’m sad
On the whole, a deeply enjoyable ending for all my wonderful kids. I’m very pleased with where everyone ended up and glad about the happy ending! Not quite as much depth as there was in books two and three, but there is not as much depth in ANY book EVER written as there is in those two books, so. I feel well-served by a most excellent author and am so so pleased to have gotten to spend so much time with these, my favorite characters in literary history.