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I found this to be pretty disappointing, both on its own, and as a part of a series where, as much as I love Veek, I wanna see the two squads from the last two tales in action together.

I know that the afterword has Anne doing what Anne does going all the way back to cut material from 14, but that took some getting used to, as it dropped in Chapter 1. It did make Chapter 42 of The Fold way more interesting, though.

And I called Thanos two pages before Veek did.

tylerm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

hucklebuck411's review against another edition

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3.0

According to the author, Peter Clines, he's hanging up the Threshold universe for now with the conclusion of Terminus. That's probably a good idea. Though I still enjoyed the read, of the four books in the Threshold series, I think this is the weakest. I read 14, the first book, some time ago and Terminus references that book a lot and in fact uses one of the main characters from that book in the story. My memory is hazy about the details of 14 so I always was left thinking I should reread the book to clear up a lot of what was taking place in Terminus, but nah. This time the boundary between perceived reality and a Lovecraftian nightmare reality is centered on a small uncharted island about a thousand miles from Madagascar. Like the apartment building/machine in 14 there is another such building on the island, but the machine is beginning to fail and the boundary between worlds is weakening, allowing creatures from the nightmare world to cross over. What's even worse, a cult of semi-mutated people, touched by "The Great Old Ones" and led by a beautiful but deadly zealot, is heading to the island to destroy the machine and make sure the boundary comes completely down, giving "The Great Old Ones" they worship free rain to destroy. With all the action taking place inside and outside the building, as I got nearer the big finish I found the story became confusing trying to distinguish between which reality the characters were actually in. I guess it was the Albuquerque Door effect, a reference to the second book, The Fold. And, on top of all that cloning plays a part in the story as it relates to a particular character. IMHO it didn't need to be in this story and it and the character could have been jettisoned for something more satisfying. Oh, and why do we never learn if the bright green cockroaches do anything but hang around the Threshold boundary areas?

fifi_marie_reads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

tacanderson's review

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4.0

I've enjoyed all the books in the Threshold series (not so much a series as books taking place in a shared universe). This one has the closest ties to the first book, 14. This has one character from 14 in it and you get a much better view of the antagonists working against the team from 14. If you liked 14, then this is definitely worth checking out.

ulope's review

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3.0

Only 3.5 for this one.
I really like his style but the plot didn’t exactly grab me...

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