“After reading the first book, I was pretty interested in reading the next book about Temeraire and Captain Lawrence. I found "Throne of Jade" to be engaging and intriguing, and again the author did a wonderful job developing setting and describing events. I listened to this as an audiobook, and I could only listen 20-30 mins at a time. It took me ~2 weeks to listen to the whole thing. So when it came to the major crises at the end of the book, the momentum and impetus were not as powerful or intense as I expected. In fact, the resolution of the major conflict point in the story came up as a bit of surprise, even though I was near the end of the book and knew it had to happen sometime soon. Maybe I'll have to get hard-copies of these books and read them. The ending was also a little too easy given all the prior political intrigue. Regardless, I am satisfied with the story and how it is resolved, and I look forward to reading or listening to the next book in the coming months.”
MindzEye wrote this review Tuesday, September 30 2008.
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