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A review by graff_fuller
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This was a very good finale to this trilogy, though I feel that it got a bit too "in the weeds" that even the author shared at the end of the book with his readers. It was his pandemic book, and it was tough for him to finish. Well, in some ways, it was tough for me to understand/finish, too. I enjoyed many of the ideas and the characters, but there also were numbers of areas...that I just had to accept and move on, for I didn't follow exactly what I feel he was trying to do with the plot/characters.
Please don't think that I didn't like this book, for I did...though I feel that the outside pressures of the pandemic, made the book harder for him to write, and I feel it effected it in a general way, for me to read.
In a few years, I am going to reread the trilogy in a binge format...so that I can keep the story more solidly in my mind...and maybe I will rework this review, but until then...these are my thoughts as I have just finished reading this book.
I am glad it is finished, and I do understand the ideas of building a road, but if no one uses the road, it becomes actually useless. These ideas permiate this book, and it is something that, we...as a society need to grapple with...moving forward in our own society.
My favourite characters were Berenice and Sanche, and then Clef.
The visuals that it was able to talk about and make readily understandable for the reader was very interesting.
The action taken while traveling and arriving at their destinations was powerful and made the tension of the story even more interesting to read.
Finally, without spoiling the ending, I do want to say...that it was satisfying for the main character. I do wish I knew more about "what happens after", I do understand that the imagination of the reader should be able to fill in the blanks, left by the author.
I loved the first book, the best; then the second book, next; and this book the least; but overall...it is a great work of thought and exploration for our minds, and how what we do in our own world...may mimic some of these warnings in our own society.
Please don't think that I didn't like this book, for I did...though I feel that the outside pressures of the pandemic, made the book harder for him to write, and I feel it effected it in a general way, for me to read.
In a few years, I am going to reread the trilogy in a binge format...so that I can keep the story more solidly in my mind...and maybe I will rework this review, but until then...these are my thoughts as I have just finished reading this book.
I am glad it is finished, and I do understand the ideas of building a road, but if no one uses the road, it becomes actually useless. These ideas permiate this book, and it is something that, we...as a society need to grapple with...moving forward in our own society.
My favourite characters were Berenice and Sanche, and then Clef.
The visuals that it was able to talk about and make readily understandable for the reader was very interesting.
The action taken while traveling and arriving at their destinations was powerful and made the tension of the story even more interesting to read.
Finally, without spoiling the ending, I do want to say...that it was satisfying for the main character. I do wish I knew more about "what happens after", I do understand that the imagination of the reader should be able to fill in the blanks, left by the author.
I loved the first book, the best; then the second book, next; and this book the least; but overall...it is a great work of thought and exploration for our minds, and how what we do in our own world...may mimic some of these warnings in our own society.