Jason Baxter

An Anticlimactic Ending

Revisado: 01-03-24

I loved the first two books, but I was disappointed with just how anticlimactic most of the final book was. Two of the biggest antagonists from the previous books simply die off screen - and the new big bad villain is a wet noodle who helps more than hinders the protagonists. Its basically one drawn out epilogue where a the protagonists don’t face any real challenges.

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Trigger Warning: Pedophilic Rape

Revisado: 07-22-21

I know the title probably conflicts with my rating but while this is a good book I felt one of the flash back scenes was graphic enough to include the trigger warning.

Overall I felt it was a good book, but if you have any trauma related to this you might want to skip ahead during the flashback scene involving the butterfly conservatory.

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Redeeming

Revisado: 10-10-18

After reading the definitive edition of the first book I was annoyed at how much the author assumes you should know without explaining it - especially with so many similar words.

However, this book did a good job of filling in the gaps and helping you understand the world a bit better.

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WTH is going on?

Revisado: 08-26-18

At first I kept going back to relisten to parts, certain that I missed some important information, but it’s just not there. Why is Tahn suddenly with a bunch of people being chased. It seems like they’re from his town but why did they come with? What’s with the whole age of accountability thing?

I purchased this because I enjoyed The Sound Of Broken Absolutes and wanted to know more about the mechanics of this world and I kept feeling like my version was missing whole chapters or even a prior book.

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*Spoiler Alert*: Yet another barrier has come down

Revisado: 02-02-18

If you’re optimistically hoping that this isn’t another one of Goodkind’s cliche “a barrier/veil/wall of some sort has went down and now we have to deal with what’s beyond it.” books then you’re going to be disappointed.

I think this makes 8-9 times this ‘hook’ has been used by my count. Let’s see... The original Barrier between lands, veil to the underworld, another barrier between lands, entrance to the temple of the winds, another barrier to the lands of pristinely ungifted, barrier to the third kingdom, veil to the city/keep in Nicci’s first book, and now this book.

Also, early on in Ch 22 the author misnames something from a previous book (the name of the statue Richard crafted that was so moving it set off a revolt). I mean come on - the man isn’t even truly trying.

On the other hand - Nicci’s books aren’t near as preachy as Richard’s. Every conversation isn’t quite the dragged out reputation of the same concept over and over with intelligent characters suddenly acting dense to give Richard the chance to keep explaining.

Performance wise, the reader has a tendency to be a bit monotone (and with the rakish Nathan’s voice of all people), there are also a lot of mid sentence awkward pauses that I guess you’re supposed to pretend didn’t happen.

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