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Didn’t Like It “This was the last book in the series. Thankfully. In the mien of the previous three books, the story continues with little understanding as to what exactly is going on, who is on which side of the fight, and where it's all going to end. There was a small stint toward the end of the book where...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“The best book of all four, in the saga of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone! The story itself is highly imaginative and creative! Personally, I was not looking forward to reading a happy ending, and if I was the author I would have scrapped the epilogue all together. But hey, what can you do? The majority wants a happy ending. My curiosity was too strong, and I wished I had stopped reading at the last chapter. With the law of death broken, the constant use of the sedos for years and years, and her discovery of the Hellrune, Anne becomes a “…dark, delicious, corrupt…” villain and less of a whiney, selfish princess. There’s a lovely surprise in Stephen Darige’s adventures to find the diary of Virgenya Dare, which to me makes the character far more interesting and amusing. Praefec Hespero and the Black Jester will destroy one or the other in their power struggle to attempt to claim the throne. Because of Aspar’s geos with the Sarnwood witch, he must take the now pregnant Winna to a valley to deliver the new Briar King, with the aid of Fend, obviously who is the Blood Knight. Crotheny’s war with Hansa and the Church delivers a pleasant surprise about Swanmay and the unfortunate end to Muriele. With the talents of Leoff and the gravely misfortune of Mery’s depression, the White Lady will aid in the victory over Robert Dare. However, Qexqaneh has plans of it’s own for the land.”
Jimmy W wrote this review Monday, October 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This was the last book in the series. Thankfully. In the mien of the previous three books, the story continues with little understanding as to what exactly is going on, who is on which side of the fight, and where it's all going to end. There was a small stint toward the end of the book where a few characters were saying things like: "I don't understand." "What's going on?" and "What are you talking about?". My sentiments exactly. Apart from the extreme confusion as to the plot, I have to say though that the author has been a decent writer up until this point. The first three books were at least intriguing, and painted interesting characters, and a detailed world. This last book, however, really annoyed me. There was an over-abundance of "...and suddenly everything made sense..." moments and a huge lack of "exciting" moments. It seemed like every time something possibly exciting was going to happen, the chapter would end, and then the story would pick up on the tail end. Augh! Lots of frustration for me. To me it seemed that he got too caught up in the world/history-building aspect of the story and in the twists of the plot. In so doing, he lost the story and left me in the dust completely. There was definitely potential in this story. It just didn't come out though.”
WriterDan wrote this review Wednesday, January 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Finally, we have the last book in this series. I'm a bit disappointed in it, since it feels a bit rushed (the final confrontation felt lacking, somehow). Maybe Keyes didn't want to pull a Jordan (RIP) / Martin where he stretches the series out too much? Who knows? Anyway, it felt like there was enough material for another book.”
daddychoy wrote this review Monday, April 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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