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msaari's review
4.0
I think this was the best part of the series so far. Very entertaining, and the events that unfolded... well, wow. Pretty cool. Now I'm really looking forward to reading more of this. Quite the contrast to forgetting the series for five years after the first part.
nomiddlename's review against another edition
4.0
http://nomiddlename.blogspot.com/2009/03/clean-code-modern-life-maelstrom.html
imitira's review against another edition
4.0
The prose is flowery enough to yield a grudging nod from JRR, and my mental comparisons were even less favourable during the slightly dragging first third or so. But once the action starts happening that fades into the background and the story becomes very engaging. It reads more like a single-act play that had the opener bolted onto it for reasons of multi-volume plot arcs, but I once again started reading it without realizing that I was stumbling into the middle of a bigger story.
nigellicus's review against another edition
5.0
To push back against the invading Insects, the Immortals of the Circle build a dam and form a lake, and it finally looks as if some progress will be made in the endless war. Comet Jant, who is the Messenger, who can fly, is distracted at the last minute when he heads off to the city of his miss-spent youth in search of the daughter of Lightning, a fellow Immortal who has been a mentor and father-figure to him. The search rather unexpectedly takes him to the world of the Shift, but more unexpectedly when he gets back catastrophe has struck, potentially world-ending and it's all hands on deck to fight back against a horrifying new threat.
A climactic-feeling third volume with an epic sweep and unexpected ending that leaves the Fourlands and the Circle shaking and changed.
A climactic-feeling third volume with an epic sweep and unexpected ending that leaves the Fourlands and the Circle shaking and changed.
ranaelizabeth's review against another edition
4.0
I want more, dammit. But I fear that there isn't more (the next one in the series is actually a prequel!), as the author has officially retired from writing to be a full-time chemistry teacher. My literary loss is somebody's educational gain, I guess.
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