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A review by lanko
Water Sleeps by Glen Cook
5.0
Surprised this happened 15 years after book 7. And not much expectations, after the problems I had with the ending of the previous book as well.
But this was really good. I loved the "urban guerrilla and infiltration" style of this one. The sabotages and terror tactics were both good and at times downright amusing.
Also, a lot of answers for a lot of questions that tormented me for a lot of books. The scope and worldbuilding were increased a lot, but the answers kept everything pretty tight and coherent. I think some other books will be rated higher on a reread, as a lot of stuff will make sense and all the foreshadow being detected.
The banter between members and philosophical bits were also extremely good.
There were some disappointing huge time jumps near the end when I wanted to see some events and characters as they happened, not as a summary, but not a big deal anyway. Probably we'll know it on the next books as certain POVs will return to the fray.
But this was really good. I loved the "urban guerrilla and infiltration" style of this one. The sabotages and terror tactics were both good and at times downright amusing.
Also, a lot of answers for a lot of questions that tormented me for a lot of books. The scope and worldbuilding were increased a lot, but the answers kept everything pretty tight and coherent. I think some other books will be rated higher on a reread, as a lot of stuff will make sense and all the foreshadow being detected.
The banter between members and philosophical bits were also extremely good.
There were some disappointing huge time jumps near the end when I wanted to see some events and characters as they happened, not as a summary, but not a big deal anyway. Probably we'll know it on the next books as certain POVs will return to the fray.