I offer mixed reviews on this one: On the one hand, it is an extremely well written book with a well thought out plot, amazingly well-defined characters, and the ability to pull the reader right into the scenes and the feelings of its varied and various entities. On the other hand, I would not read it again, because it left me feeling sad, dragged down, depressed, and rudderless for several days. Not a good feeling and not one I would go scouting for on purpose.
Although I don't generally require that all the books I read have fairytale endings, I do prefer reading material that leaves me with at least a sense of hope or the hint of a possibility at a resolution for some of the characters I've come to care about. I did not find that in this book. It leaves things stark and unfinished with not even a flicker of a suggestion that anything would continue on any path other than where we had left it. Perhaps some people like that feeling, but I prefer to be left with more hope.
Although I don't generally require that all the books I read have fairytale endings, I do prefer reading material that leaves me with at least a sense of hope or the hint of a possibility at a resolution for some of the characters I've come to care about. I did not find that in this book. It leaves things stark and unfinished with not even a flicker of a suggestion that anything would continue on any path other than where we had left it. Perhaps some people like that feeling, but I prefer to be left with more hope.
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