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A review by vallecillo
Chaos Unleashed by Drew Karpyshyn
3.0
I'm left with a bittersweet flavor in my mouth.
This final book is all about convergence, get the 3 main characters together, and stop "the end of the world" but the way it happened and how they all got there is not that awesome.
Characters:
I really liked Scythe and Vaaler. Keegan not that much, actually I really didn't care for him at all, and if he would've died, it would've been ok with me. Almost half the books he was too tired, or unconscious, or too weak to do anything.
Really hated the forced romantic relationship between Keegan and Scythe; it just didn't feel right. It would've been better if they continue as friends and that's it. But no, the plot dictated that they were both meant to each other because of the bond they shared and Norr had to be out of the way somehow.
Sure, this gave the author a lot to write about, but for me... it didn't work.
Really loved to see Methodis back :) and his reunion with Scythe. I love damned reunions.
Previous book I talked about Daemron falling into the most clicheist representation of evil (horns, wings, tail, hooves) aaaand it was confirmed here he was also red skinned. Good work on creating your demon sir. You almost run out of ideas with that.
Ending: SPOILERS HERE
So, Cassandra gets to the island. How do we get the other 2 guys there?
TELEPORTATION !! why not? old magicians did it and there are reports of it.
Yeah, how convenient they found the teleportation spell just when need it.
I was going to rant about the final fight between Cassandra and Daemron buuuut later I found out why it was so short. It was a good way to tie knots there.
Not the best fantasy story I have read, but also not the worst.
This final book is all about convergence, get the 3 main characters together, and stop "the end of the world" but the way it happened and how they all got there is not that awesome.
Characters:
I really liked Scythe and Vaaler. Keegan not that much, actually I really didn't care for him at all, and if he would've died, it would've been ok with me. Almost half the books he was too tired, or unconscious, or too weak to do anything.
Really hated the forced romantic relationship between Keegan and Scythe; it just didn't feel right. It would've been better if they continue as friends and that's it. But no, the plot dictated that they were both meant to each other because of the bond they shared and Norr had to be out of the way somehow.
Sure, this gave the author a lot to write about, but for me... it didn't work.
Really loved to see Methodis back :) and his reunion with Scythe. I love damned reunions.
Previous book I talked about Daemron falling into the most clicheist representation of evil (horns, wings, tail, hooves) aaaand it was confirmed here he was also red skinned. Good work on creating your demon sir. You almost run out of ideas with that.
Ending: SPOILERS HERE
So, Cassandra gets to the island. How do we get the other 2 guys there?
TELEPORTATION !! why not? old magicians did it and there are reports of it.
Yeah, how convenient they found the teleportation spell just when need it.
I was going to rant about the final fight between Cassandra and Daemron buuuut later I found out why it was so short. It was a good way to tie knots there.
Not the best fantasy story I have read, but also not the worst.