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A review by sidneyellwood
The Lost Stories by John Flanagan
5.0
[review from 2012]
I finished the Lost Stories. The last book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. And wow, that must have been about the most painful experience of my life. Everyone has all grown up and gotten married and Will is actually aging correctly (I was worried he wasn’t for the past few books, but as it turns out by the time-skip he’s likely in his mid-twenties and after the time-skip he’s THIRTY; in fact, Will is probably the oldest protagonist I’ve seen because he’s really only a teen for the first four books). Anyways. The stories.
All of them were great. I cried because Horace and Cassandra got married. Halt. We got to see Halt as a young man, barely older than Will. (He must be in his sixties by the time the series is over. Dx) The worst part (both mentally and yeah, that was actually bad) was Tug. Tug got retired (when Will was 30 years old omfg my baby has grown up) … and they gave him a new Tug. No, really. They named Tug Bellapthron or something like that and named the new horse Tug and the old Tug was forgotten. That pissed me off. New Tug got to go to his wedding (WHICH WAS AMAZING) as best horse.
All in all, an amazing send-off to an amazing series, and I’m really sad it’s ending. I might pick up Brotherband; but to be honest I would rather have more Will, Horace and Halt than Hal.
I finished the Lost Stories. The last book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. And wow, that must have been about the most painful experience of my life. Everyone has all grown up and gotten married and Will is actually aging correctly (I was worried he wasn’t for the past few books, but as it turns out by the time-skip he’s likely in his mid-twenties and after the time-skip he’s THIRTY; in fact, Will is probably the oldest protagonist I’ve seen because he’s really only a teen for the first four books). Anyways. The stories.
All of them were great. I cried because Horace and Cassandra got married. Halt. We got to see Halt as a young man, barely older than Will. (He must be in his sixties by the time the series is over. Dx) The worst part (both mentally and yeah, that was actually bad) was Tug. Tug got retired (when Will was 30 years old omfg my baby has grown up) … and they gave him a new Tug. No, really. They named Tug Bellapthron or something like that and named the new horse Tug and the old Tug was forgotten. That pissed me off. New Tug got to go to his wedding (WHICH WAS AMAZING) as best horse.
All in all, an amazing send-off to an amazing series, and I’m really sad it’s ending. I might pick up Brotherband; but to be honest I would rather have more Will, Horace and Halt than Hal.