Reviews and Comments

As the second book in the trilogy was mostly concerned with the wizardry tournament (which has basically zero pay-off in this final book) a lot of story and character development is crammed into this one. Too much probably so that a lot of it remains superficial or comes off as a bit too conveniently construed. Overall, it was a frustrating read. Too bad, the first book promised a lot of potential for the series. I wouldn't recommend it.

I'm burning through audiobooks at an alarming speed right now. Maybe I should get a really long one...

It ends basically in the middle of the story! Didn't expect that when I started it. Now I'll have to start the next book - even more books. ;)

Eigentlich lese ich die neue Ausgabe von Nicolas Berg, aber die gab's hier nicht. Vielleicht lege ich sie noch an. Sie ist um einiges länger als das Original.

Have I started way too many books at once? Yes. But I've been waiting for this for a while and couldn't pass up the chance when it suddenly became available at the library.

Newitz depicts an interesting (if dystopian) world in this novel. I also appreciated the handling of the issue of autonomy of persons which gets treated from different angles. It's pretty violent, though, and I felt like the question of wrongdoing was brushed over in the end. Two of the characters are basically the baddies and yet we seem to be expected to be okay with that. The main protagonist is also rather grey in her morals, and that isn't examined, either. It was a captivating listen but some things were a bit unbelievable to me or came off as forced.

It seems to me that the books in this series should be read more closely together than they are published. This one featured the effects of what happened in the first one as an important aspect of the story but I didn't remember the details very well. I liked how Mossa's and Pleiti's relationship has grown over the course of the books. We also get to explore another platform and its quirks more closely. The plot is also linked to the way people are living on Giant, like the first two, and I really like that about the series.

J'avais envie de lire un autre livre francais.