Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of When the King Comes Home

When the King Comes Home


So disappointing! I was predisposed to like this book, as I'd read the first two and loved them. This book, however, had none of the same characters; it was like a prequel from the other books' ancient history. Being an artist, I loved that the main character, Hail, becomes an artist's apprentice at the start of this book. About a third of the way, however, Hail starts running off to do things that seemed not just impulsive but nonsensical. It got so that I had a hard time following the gist of the story and the best I could feel at the end of the book was relief that it was over.