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Excellent follow up to the first book. Still so easy to lose myself in the pages, to clearly see the scenes described by the authors. I can never put my finger on just what makes it so I can actually see what's happening in the story. I can't tell good, descriptive writing from sloppy, vague writing at a glance, I can only tell you if the author managed to write in a way that had me watching the scenes unfold in my mind's eye.
And they did. I saw so much, and that's like 85% of the reading experience for me, being able to see the story, not just have it told to me.
So in this book it's 9 years after Rom finds Jonathan and secures his place as Sovereign once the boy is of age. It's days before the inauguration is set to happen. And because nothing can ever go as planned, Saric throws a big fat monkey wrench into all their plans. Saric has more than just an army of his children up his sleeve, he has something that will destroy their hopes of Jonathan coming to power forever. /insert ominious music
There's no doubt about it: Saric is a sick and twisted human, so twisted, he's barely even human at all. When I read his POV, I get so uncomfortable, I feel icky and I find myself shuddering. He's despicable. He's ambitious. He's evil. And he's icky.....really icky. I hate him. And I think he's a wonderfully written character. I don't feel sympathy for him even once....for ACTUAL REASONS!! The authors managed to create someone who's entirely hateable...not just for the sake of having a "bad guy", but everything Saric does is just so deplorable I have no room left for even a shred of empathy.
I love this book, but I'm not reading it for the Christian parallels. I try to look for them, but I find them too vague or far fetched to be even of note, to be honest. This is just a stellar fantasy/dystopian series that I'd forgotten just how much I delighted in them. And this is Ted Dekker we're talking about, so you can bet you're going to find references to his other works :P
There's also some spoilery stuff I want to comment on, so read at your own risk. What. is the deal. with. Feyn!? Is she with them or not?? First she is, then she isn't, the she very much is, then she....isn't?? What was that ending? What did she do??? Why did she help Jonathan if she's only going to do something super mysterious and super ominous like be a bigger, badder version of her creepy brother?? I don't understand!!!
Okay, I'm ready for the last book now.
And they did. I saw so much, and that's like 85% of the reading experience for me, being able to see the story, not just have it told to me.
So in this book it's 9 years after Rom finds Jonathan and secures his place as Sovereign once the boy is of age. It's days before the inauguration is set to happen. And because nothing can ever go as planned, Saric throws a big fat monkey wrench into all their plans. Saric has more than just an army of his children up his sleeve, he has something that will destroy their hopes of Jonathan coming to power forever. /insert ominious music
There's no doubt about it: Saric is a sick and twisted human, so twisted, he's barely even human at all. When I read his POV, I get so uncomfortable, I feel icky and I find myself shuddering. He's despicable. He's ambitious. He's evil. And he's icky.....really icky. I hate him. And I think he's a wonderfully written character. I don't feel sympathy for him even once....for ACTUAL REASONS!! The authors managed to create someone who's entirely hateable...not just for the sake of having a "bad guy", but everything Saric does is just so deplorable I have no room left for even a shred of empathy.
I love this book, but I'm not reading it for the Christian parallels. I try to look for them, but I find them too vague or far fetched to be even of note, to be honest. This is just a stellar fantasy/dystopian series that I'd forgotten just how much I delighted in them. And this is Ted Dekker we're talking about, so you can bet you're going to find references to his other works :P
There's also some spoilery stuff I want to comment on, so read at your own risk. What. is the deal. with. Feyn!? Is she with them or not?? First she is, then she isn't, the she very much is, then she....isn't?? What was that ending? What did she do??? Why did she help Jonathan if she's only going to do something super mysterious and super ominous like be a bigger, badder version of her creepy brother?? I don't understand!!!
Okay, I'm ready for the last book now.
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