My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I cannot remember when I finished a book in one go, certainly not a book 74 chapters and 766 pages long!
It says on the cover of my edition ‘Enthralling…. read this book and the ordinary world disappears’ (Stephen King) and this, I feel in my case, is quite valid. It enthralled me, truly, as I was reading for three days straight.
This book should be actually three books, because each of them can stand on its own.
Book 1 is describing in very fine details the beginnings of the end of a world as we know it, while Book 2 is introducing a world (or society) which is the consequence of the downfall of the world in Book 1.
Both, Book 1 and Book 2, containing each a very different set of characters, which are meant to come together in Book3. But by then, due to the speed of story there is the danger that the finer details in Book 1 are already forgotten. Whilst the first two books are excellently written and drew me into their ban, I felt that Book 3 was a bit of a let-down and the story often too drawn out. That said, I really appreciated (if I can say it that way) the ending. I often find that the build-up of a story is better than the solution offered, but not in this case.
I would have given it 4.5 stars, but since this is not possible, it deserves the full 5.
P.S. No spoilers in this review, just an overall impression.
