A review by kaneebli
Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh

1.0

This book was super disappointing compared to the previous two. I was so excited for the series to come back around to my favorite character, Zachary Reid, since he wasn't really in the second book at all, but this book just demolishes Reid's character to the point that I hated him by the end of it. He goes from being a genuine, well-meaning, scrappy guy to being a super horny, greedy, opportunistic prick. His horniness kills three people. It's ridiculous.
I also didn't like what this book did to Mrs. Burnham, who goes from being a pretty uptight lady to being also a super horny weirdo. It is just such a departure from who she was in the first book that it's impossible for me to reconcile book one Mrs. Burnham with book 3 Mrs. Burnham. 
Also I'm very sad about Ah Fatt and he gets absolutely no justice; Lenny Chan ends up partnering with Mr. Burnham in the end, he suffers no consequences for his terrible actions, and that is just a really unsatisfying way to end a book. 
There's a lot more I could say about why this book was so disappointing but it's honestly too much. I will say though that Shireen is a queen and was the best character in this book imho.