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Terrible ending to what used to be my favorite series
Overall the book alone probably deserves 2.5 stars, but as a conclusion to what was one of my favorite fantasy series I give it a 1 star. Some spoilerish territory below.
- The character jumping is confusion. Often Brent Weeks fails to resolve the immediate concern at the end of a chapter. He then jumps to a new character. Finally a few chapters later he jumps back. Here they will pretend a resolution occurred without directly explaining what happened. Twice I actually had to go back because I was certain somehow my kindle skipped a chapter.
- Characters often act out of character. Half of "The Mighty" feel like the same character. The ones that stick out are two dimensional.
- There are an incredible number of plotholes which they explain away with characters not remembering or being insane.
- The magic system went from hard magic to extremely soft. They basically just start making up new things that can be done.
- The book ends with the Jeudo Christian god showing up and Deus Ex Machina-ing the plot. The Christian god then goes on to info dump/worldbuild in ways that make the world less interesting. He also has magical abilities that don't fit with the world, and they leave completely unexplained.
I have never been this disappointed with a book.
October 2019 · Kindle Store · verified purchase