Reviews

The Seventh Gate by Margaret Weis

mnyberg's review against another edition

3.0

A bit disappointed in the ending book. The mystery of the dog was never answered very well. Many loose ends tied together to quickly. Overall a good series though

padmenaberrie's review against another edition

5.0

The Death Gate Cycle is officially one of my favourite book series. Ever. They were magnificent.

booksntea99's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The last book is unfortunately one of the weakest of the whole series. Where book 6 had me gripped, I struggled to get excited for the resolution to the conflict. And it also fell flat - lots of things were unresolved and unclear, the ending felt rushed and one-dimensional. The weakest part for me were the evil, evil serpents - evil for the sake of being evil and no further motivation. Book 1, 3 and 6 are really great books though and I thoroughly enjoyed them. So I’ll remember this series in a positive light.

disastrouspenguin's review against another edition

4.0

This book could have gotten a 5 if it had addressed some more of the unanswered questions that were present throughout the series.

Nothing against a little mystery, but I think that they left some stories untold that had a lot of potential to add to the overall story.

losgiraffee's review against another edition

4.0

Overall this series was really good. Very entertaining. Ending it almost feels like leaving good friends now that I have spent over a month in their world. There was love, there was some irritation, there was vastly differing styles per book...my security blanket is now gone and I will have to go find new friends and a new world to explore and leave everything I've known behind.

There was a few things I don't feel were buttoned up and I was left feeling a mildly cheated on the grande finale. It's really the reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5, because the storytelling was still pretty solid. The scope has been so large and has encompassed 4 different worlds, so I think it must be fairly difficult to wrap everything up in one last book that was a good 100 pages shorter than the ones that came before it.

Spoiler

The idea that it's pushed that this higher power that everyone felt in that room existed but we just get the "the evil and good is inside of each one of you and it's up to you to do the right thing" spiel

ehhh..... I kinda signed up for more than that. Whatever, I can still dig it.

Zifnab became my favorite character for sure. His first appearance as comedic relief fell a little flat for me because I wasn't the biggest fan of the second book or the characters in it, but the more he showed up, the more I appreciated him and the funnier he got. Haplo and Alfred obviously set aside their differences and were better together than they were alone. The good guys triumph, the bad guys get what's coming to them, yadda yadda yadda.

There was an epic battle that took place in the seventh gate that was super awesome. I thought the way it described all possible outcomes happening at once was pretty gripping and it keeps the pages turning all the way to the end. They could have used the missing 100 pages to finish up a few other story lines, but I'm fairly satisfied all the same. :) Good stuff.

zoe_vdv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I just really loved this series! The worldbuilding is done so well and all the details are incredible. Plus, the stories is really interestingz

ellkmtwl's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

mactammonty's review against another edition

3.0

I am sad to finish the series. There is a nice wrap up in the appendix that makes that part a must read.

It may be time to re-read some other favourites by these two authors.

nithou's review against another edition

5.0

Quelle saga ! J'ai commencé curieux, guidé par un ami, un peu étonné par le premier tome, mais je n'ai pas tardé à dévorer les suivants. Bourrée d'humour, de rebondissements, de moments tristes ou attachants, ... Une mythologie assez unique et des mondes variés. Tous les tomes n'étaient pas égaux mais chacun apportait quelque chose au récit et à la profondeur des protagonistes.

Beaucoup d'intérêt pour la relation entre Sartans et Patryns et leurs guerres ancestrales, sur les conséquences de ces luttes sur les différentes races et les différents mondes. Une philosophie sous jacente bien développée et extrêmement intrigante. Et enfin une fin magistrale et parfaitement maitrisée qui boucle presque toutes les intrigues laissées en suspens. Après sept tomes, on se prends à être triste de devoir refermer ces portes de la mort...

faelynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0