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Fall Of Thanes (2009)

by Brian Ruckley(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0316067717 (ISBN13: 9780316067713)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Orbit

series

The Godless World

review 1: c2009: Well! Not sure that this third and last of the trilogy lived up to the first 2. Still the same great writing style. I am writing this as I finished the last page with tears streaming down my face. Perhaps, on reflection, this is what has made it such a good read. The middle of the book was hard to read with continual descriptions of desperation and mindless killings - of course with the addition of the wintry and desolate landscapes - which is actually what the book made me feel. The last few pages were not what I was expecting at all and maybe the characters didn't either. Spring and hope burst eternal to mangle a saying. However, I did not like the ending! Personal choice and I am sure that was the authors intent as well. All in all, quite a brilliant book and jus... moret thinking about it while typing away at this review, I have changed the star rating. Not sure though that I could comfortably read this book/trilogy again.
review 2: Each book in The Godless World impressed me more than the preceding one. The first was a work-a-day fantasy flight-from-evil story. By the third book Ruckley's vision for his world is finally complete and I like what I see here. This isn't the standard "good versus evil". Nor is it a happily-ever-after. (Even Abercrombie's First Law has a happier ending than this.)The ending is what you expect in a real world: what would happen is massive war and social upheaval tore the land apart? Even if the proximate cause -- a deranged wizard -- is removed by heroic and costly effort won't there still be years of famine and chaos? Of course there will.I liked the way things played out almost across the board. I've seen a few reviews complain about the lack of romance/sex but it's not a complaint I share. The whole world is falling apart and most of the characters are traveling the whole time anyway. Not much room for that kind of thing. less

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