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A review by jeffy
An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham
5.0
The first two books in this series were thought provoking with fascinating world building and refreshingly character-driven plots.
This one just blows the roof off. Without giving away the details, this could be a down-in-flames ending for a series. Instead it's the third book of four.
While the plot keeps the pages turning, it's the characters that move the plot and they're quite the characters. Even the most despicable human characters are believable in a way that doesn't just show you how they got that way, but makes you want to forgive them for the evil that they do. And vice versa, the "good guys" are all deeply flawed just like real people.
It would be worth reading the first two books to get to this one even if they weren't pretty good books in their own right. I want to rush on to the final volume, but I also want to sit with this one for a little while.
This one just blows the roof off. Without giving away the details, this could be a down-in-flames ending for a series. Instead it's the third book of four.
While the plot keeps the pages turning, it's the characters that move the plot and they're quite the characters. Even the most despicable human characters are believable in a way that doesn't just show you how they got that way, but makes you want to forgive them for the evil that they do. And vice versa, the "good guys" are all deeply flawed just like real people.
It would be worth reading the first two books to get to this one even if they weren't pretty good books in their own right. I want to rush on to the final volume, but I also want to sit with this one for a little while.