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A review by anastaciaknits
And Eternity by Piers A. Jacob, Piers Anthony
4.0
I've read this book a few times over the years, and I'll state the same thing at the beginning of reviewing all the I of I books: this is a re-read, and the first time reviewing the books. I'm reviewing all of the books after I finished re-reading the entire series, which I don't normally do & didn't do deliberately this time, either...
(read in 2016, but I'm counting this as a 2017 book since I'm finally reviewing it now)
This book falls a little flat for me, though it has lots of Satan bits with keeps things interesting. Orlene just isn't a very loveable character for me - but I love Jolie, and you end up really cheering for Vita (though her love affair with the Judge, who's twice her age, throws me for a loop or five). The love affair, for Piers Anthony anyway, is relatively well done, though really, why couldn't Piers have written the man to be ten years younger (so the story line still fits, but the love affair isn't quite so eww?)
The series does really wrap up in this book though, and (mostly) ties up all the loose ends, and definitely brings together all of the other books, but there's just so much more I'd really like to know, that the book doesn't answer. Mainly, what happens next to Orlene and the world at the end of book 7? I'm really always let down at the end of this book, because I want to see how the world changes and evolves. We've just read over 2000 pages talking about good and evil, Heaven and Hell, how the system is corrupt, how we need changes, and then.... nothing.
That being said, my standard comment applies - Piers Anthony is a pig, so much so that sometimes I'm ashamed of reading his books (as a woman) and I will never, ever actually pay money on one of his books because I just can't support an author who devalues women as much as he does. (at least these books aren't quite as bad as the Xanth books are).
(read in 2016, but I'm counting this as a 2017 book since I'm finally reviewing it now)
This book falls a little flat for me, though it has lots of Satan bits with keeps things interesting. Orlene just isn't a very loveable character for me - but I love Jolie, and you end up really cheering for Vita (though her love affair with the Judge, who's twice her age, throws me for a loop or five). The love affair, for Piers Anthony anyway, is relatively well done, though really, why couldn't Piers have written the man to be ten years younger (so the story line still fits, but the love affair isn't quite so eww?)
The series does really wrap up in this book though, and (mostly) ties up all the loose ends, and definitely brings together all of the other books, but there's just so much more I'd really like to know, that the book doesn't answer. Mainly, what happens next to Orlene and the world at the end of book 7? I'm really always let down at the end of this book, because I want to see how the world changes and evolves. We've just read over 2000 pages talking about good and evil, Heaven and Hell, how the system is corrupt, how we need changes, and then.... nothing.
That being said, my standard comment applies - Piers Anthony is a pig, so much so that sometimes I'm ashamed of reading his books (as a woman) and I will never, ever actually pay money on one of his books because I just can't support an author who devalues women as much as he does. (at least these books aren't quite as bad as the Xanth books are).