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★★★★☆
Another annoying, but good book.
I get that authors make money by writing books. The more books, the more income. But this practice of just stopping a book is getting ridiculous.
First, the good. Kloos in an excellent writer. I aspire to that level of calm, descriptive detail without feeling forced. This new series has left me with a few questions, but there are still some excellent revelations and interesting characters.
The bad (Minor spoilers), I'm reading along and there's a pretty good chase scene and then the book is over. What? Why?
Have you ever read Tom Clancy? Because this book is like the first 200 pages of a good Tom Clancy novel. But unlike Clancy, Kloos just stops. I would have happily read another 2-300 pages of this book. I would have happily paid another $8 for the privilege. It really is good. But there's no catharsis, just a long, steady build up of interesting things happening all over the place and disconnected characters and then... wait until the next book.
It is really getting out of hand. Write a book, tell us a story. I get that everyone wants trilogies or whatever. But don't make a trilogy just because the first book is almost 300 pages and it's time to stop for the next book.
It's OK to write one complete book. I know Kloos knows how to do this.
