This book is the last in the series of three, and just as enjoyable as the previous two. This book has the rather large burden of wrapping up all the loose ends and storylines from the whole series – kind of like the last season of a very popular drama on TV.
In this the author succeeds, and we get answers to every question we might have had – people get what was coming to them, and I found it very satisfying.
Again the writing is excellent, and since it is in the first person it moves along quickly with very things happening elsewhere – we are seeing events play out directly. The writer continues to write excellent action sequences, and this book has a few less than others but still some are pretty epic.
Which brings me to really my only criticism of the book (and the series) – it took a long time to get to where we are now in the story, and I’m not sure it was worth the long ride. I can’t go into why this is without spoiling the story, but to me it felt a little like these big battles that we spent so many pages and chapters on before amounted to very little by the end of the series.
Because I read the books as they came out, with a year or so in between them, I did find myself struggling to remember some of the characters – and despite the reference materials included in the books it really broke my rhythm to stop and look up who that person was who just got killed.
It isn’t the fault of the author, of course, but I’d recommend anyone reading this series to go straight through without too much time in between volumes. I think you’ll find that it is a series that is definitely worth your time.
Next I am re-reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.
