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A review by bethadele
The Fate of the Dwarves by Markus Heitz
1.0
This is the instalment that killed the series.
I adored the first two books. They were well written and the plot made sense.
For some reason, Orbit books chose to go with a new translator for the third and final books. I'm not sure why, but it feels like no coincidence that the decline in the series was marked by this significant change. The third book, though sub-standard to to it's two predecessors, was still an enjoyable read, this final book however, feels like it was written by some one with no knowledge of the previous plot or the characters or the world in which they inhabit.
Nothing gelled. It was all a jumble and extremely hard to follow in places as the events in the book seemed to contradict themselves. (Over and over again.) Insignificant things were over explained, whilst major plot points were confused and never expanded on. (Why did Goda have such a deep seated mistrust of Tungdil? She barely knew him before he disappeared and Dwarves who knew him deeply and intimately knew him to be who he said he was.) Most of the book just simply didn't work. Lot-Ionon was one of the weakest parts of the plot and yet the fate of Girldeguard rested on him going along with Tungdil's plans. Far too much of this book was poorly crafted. It took me a lot longer to read this book than it did the others as I kept putting it down in frustration.
To say The Fate of the Dwarves was a disappointment, is putting it mildly.
I adored the first two books. They were well written and the plot made sense.
For some reason, Orbit books chose to go with a new translator for the third and final books. I'm not sure why, but it feels like no coincidence that the decline in the series was marked by this significant change. The third book, though sub-standard to to it's two predecessors, was still an enjoyable read, this final book however, feels like it was written by some one with no knowledge of the previous plot or the characters or the world in which they inhabit.
Nothing gelled. It was all a jumble and extremely hard to follow in places as the events in the book seemed to contradict themselves. (Over and over again.) Insignificant things were over explained, whilst major plot points were confused and never expanded on. (Why did Goda have such a deep seated mistrust of Tungdil? She barely knew him before he disappeared and Dwarves who knew him deeply and intimately knew him to be who he said he was.) Most of the book just simply didn't work. Lot-Ionon was one of the weakest parts of the plot and yet the fate of Girldeguard rested on him going along with Tungdil's plans. Far too much of this book was poorly crafted. It took me a lot longer to read this book than it did the others as I kept putting it down in frustration.
To say The Fate of the Dwarves was a disappointment, is putting it mildly.