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A review by bhalpin
The Dark Volume by Gordon Dahlquist
5.0
Another fantastic adventure with fully-formed characters and a lot of interesting ideas. In some respects this is a deeper book than Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, in that it touches on questions of what makes us who we are. Once again the conspiracy stuff is a little bit hard to untangle and fully get, so once again I didn't bother and didn't really care. I devoured this and can't wait for the next one. Because the chapters alternate between Svenson, Celeste, and Chang, this felt much shorter than it actually is.
Here Be Spoilers!
If this book taught us anything, it's to never believe that any character is really dead, but the relatively unceremonious way in which both Chang and Swenson are dispatched at the end really stunned me. I think this is good--I appreciate it when an author is willing to confound my expectations, and killing two characters I really cared about certainly counts. I really want to see what Celeste's revenge looks like...
Here Be Spoilers!
If this book taught us anything, it's to never believe that any character is really dead, but the relatively unceremonious way in which both Chang and Swenson are dispatched at the end really stunned me. I think this is good--I appreciate it when an author is willing to confound my expectations, and killing two characters I really cared about certainly counts. I really want to see what Celeste's revenge looks like...