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Rift In The Sky (2009)

by Julie E. Czerneda(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0756405602 (ISBN13: 9780756405601)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

DAW Hardcover

series

Stratification

review 1: I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first two in the trilogy, and I think that's because it is the book where Czerneda links to the previous trilogy. While this is a prequel, with the first two books I didn't feel at a disadvantage for having not read the initial series. But with book three, things became muddied and unsatisfying as the two series reached a convergence point. I assume that if I had read the Trade Pact books first, I would have enjoyed or at least better appreciated the epilogue section.
review 2: This book was fabulous until the last 75 pages or so. The ending just wasn't worthy of the characters. They spend the entire trilogy overcoming odds, sacrificing for the people, and then they just sort of settle for what they're handed, it seems. I ... morewas slightly bothered by Aryl suddenly being overwhelmed by 700 people and no longer being the leader of her people, but I could deal with it. Then they all lose their memories, which could be ok especially if they slowly regain their sense of purpose, but here it almost seems as if their characters are altered. I mean, it's such a big deal to not harm Bowman, the solitary human they know, and now they're using mind-wiping methods left and right, inflicting pain on any human? And they spend their entire existence worrying about survival, and now what do they fill their days with? We don't know. What's their purpose? Where did their dream of an ideal future go? It just sort of disappeared with their memories. Now they're not even working towards their ideal future anymore. Aryl no longer is a major player in her people's future, when she's been the leading star throughout the rest of the trilogy. And their people are totally focused on just power, not taking care of each other anymore. There's not enough development for this sudden turnabout. I also think it's so sad when their old belongings don't even trigger any memories - things they valued to much, their seeds and hopes for a future, the name they chose for their baby, all forgotten. I understand how this is the perfect set up for the trilogy that follows it, which was written first, but I still feel that there could have been a better way to wrap up this trilogy and still lead in to the following one. This trilogy had so much promise, and was so great, til the very end! less

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