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The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon #10)

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The final installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series!

Every question is answered. Every truth is revealed. The final battle has begun.

It was all leading up to this moment. Nine books—nine battles for nine territories—have brought Bobby Pendragon to where he is now. At last, Bobby and the rest of the travelers must join forces in an epic war against Saint Dane...more

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Published May 12th 2009 by Aladdin

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Mar 16, 2011 Dara marked it as to-read

I have to say that this book was a disappointment compared to the others. It promised me all the answers and I got them...all at once. It was more like they just dumped all the answers into my lap and went "Here you go!" in the first few chapters. Then the rest of the book was just leading up to "The end." There weren't any twists or turns just a straight line to the end of the book. Which I admit is pretty boring. What had led me to love the series was the creativity of it. How you never knew h...more

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Jul 23, 2010 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book delivered exactly what it promised. It gave all the answers and was a satisfying conclusion to the story. However, it just didn't excite me. For the first time in this whole series I wasn't dreading having to go to school or do other things because I just wanted to stay home and read the new Pendragon book. I actually had to force myself to read this. That is because the thing I was most excited for, as I'm sure most people were, was the answers. And they were given right away. And alt...more

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Apr 05, 2013 Vi rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Dec 18, 2012 Christopher Yang rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ending felt a bit.... too easily resolved
for a series that lasted 10 books

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Jan 23, 2013 Jason rated it 1 of 5 stars

The Soldeirs of Halla
I have followed the Pendragon series from the first book and now the very last has come out. Throughout the series, Bobby has gone through mind-boggling adventures throughout all nine territories and the final journey for him as come. The final showdown to stop Saint Dane, as they travel through worlds to finish what he has started. Readers would think that they are gearing up for one last thrilling showdown, but they are going to be very disappointed. D.J Machale has becom...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Ashlyn added it

Spoiler ALERT!!! If you haven’t read books 1-9 you should!!

The Soldiers of Halla, by D.J. MacHale, in my opinion is one of the best book I have ever read! Bobby Pendragon has been fighting Saint Dane, (For what five years?) and now it all ends. Those travelers that had died have come back (thanks to mysterious forces). One way or another- one of these power houses are going down! But this ENTIRE BOOK SERIES can be a bit confusing, you’ll have to pay a whole bunch of attention to what you are ac...more

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Jan 10, 2012 A. J. rated it 2 of 5 stars

I jumped into the flumes one last time with high expectations for the Soldiers of Halla and slammed right into a brick wall of dissapointment. After reading the nine previous installments of Pendragon I had high hopes for The Soldiers of Halla - maybe a little too high. I was expecting fast paced, mind boggling adventure, but instead I got slow, repetitive explanations about the origins of the travelers and a ever frustrating search for the Exiles. It was boring. Pendragon is not supposed to be...more

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Dec 02, 2011 Jason M. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Jason Moonka
Pendragon
The Solders Of Halla
Antonio was dying. “They’re coming,” said Antonio. “Who is” yelled Bobby. “Get out Mark, get everyone out, there is more than we thought.” “What did you see,” Mark yelled. “DADO’s, and there’s thousands of them,” after Antonio said that he died. This is one casualty of the war for Halla but thousands more could happen in this world.
In this tenth and final book of the Pendragon series Bobby the main character has to travel to different worlds to find 70,00...more

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Jun 24, 2011 Iris rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I think this review is so long because I keep trying to talk about the series as a whole, and not just the final book. Sorry. As soon as I finished the book I had to drive somewhere for like half and hour and had all that time to think and steam and collect my thoughts about this book. And so we go (which I got really tired of seeing after awhile):

Big sigh. A huge disappointment. Well, okay, I guess if it really were that huge of a disappointment, my rating would be one star, but I guess I'd put...more

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Oct 15, 2010 Julia rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I loved the series up until the end. I really did. It was imaginative, and I loved all the moral ambiguities. Is it worth it to contaminate the cultures of different worlds in order to save them? It reminds me of some the arguments about colonialism and Western interference in other cultures. It seemed to me that Saint Dane had a lot of hidden motives that might make him more sympathetic once they were relieved.

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Apr 28, 2010 Glenn rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book genuinly pissed me off so badly a horrible ending to such a great series! It answers every question in the first fifty pages and I'm pretty sure they made their own religon in this book and I'm pretty sure that means uncle press is god. Plus he flat out tells you he won in the begining of the book. I pre ordered this book and got it to read after I finished cats testing in the seventh grade last year then I let my freind Seth read it after I finshed it he got fifty pages in and said th...more

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Jun 25, 2009 Kevin rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Halla (That would basically mean everyone in case you were wondering)

Recommended to Kevin by: I saw books 1-3 sitting on a shelf at a store and bought one and

When I first began reading the last book in Pendragon series I was skeptical. For some reason all I could think about as I was reading at was the somewhat lame excuse for a plot twist the 8th book had been. However I had loved the nineth and pretty much the rest of them too so why should this one be bad. I don't know. But like I said I was skeptical.

In the very begining all the answers are revealed. My first reaction was why is he doing it all at once...in the beginning of the book. But then I r...more When I first began reading the last book in Pendragon series I was skeptical. For some reason all I could think about as I was reading at was the somewhat lame excuse for a plot twist the 8th book had been. However I had loved the nineth and pretty much the rest of them too so why should this one be bad. I don't know. But like I said I was skeptical.

In the very begining all the answers are revealed. My first reaction was why is he doing it all at once...in the beginning of the book. But then I realized why. It's kind of, um, I'll say radical. It's kind of radical. It all links up and makes since but it's just...weird and takes some getting used to.

I am always weary about portails of heaven and liberties authors take in creating their own "view" of heaven and what life is all about even if it's just a story. I don't know I just don't like doing that. For instance one of the things I was deprately hoping with book 7 of Harry Potter was the J. K. Rowling would not venture into eternal relms and would stick to this life. I was afraid what she would do honestly but I was satisfied.

I don't want to reveal any plot details abou this book but I want to say at first I was turned off. My skepticism for the book shot through the roof when the "answers" were revealed because they naturally dealt with "life, the universe, and everything". I just didn't expect them to be so....spiritual. I expected to have some grand council or something that had governing power over the universe but I'll just say that was not the case.

But then it hit me. D. J. MacHale got some things right in a figurative since. Whether he knew he was doing it or not, I'm not sure and I didn't see it until I stopped for a moment and thought about it. I saw some eternal truths from the Gospel of Jesus Christ in his idea. Truths that the mainstream christian world does not belive or even really think about. That's why I think it was on accident. It was just an extreem reminder to me of The Light of Christ and how we are all guided by the Light of Christ toward the truth.

I wanted to pull some quotes to demonstrate this but I didn't want to give anything away. All I can say is if you like fantasy and you are not afraid to get into a ten book series then do it.

Another thing. Aparently this is a "children's book". I don't know where they got that but it's a bit violent...I never thought of it as a children's book. I think that maybe it was written so that it could fit children. Meaning everyonce in a while there were moments that I could tell were suppoesed to be dramatic but they weren't becuase I had already figured it out. I think it was becuase they books are geared to a younger audiance. But maybe I should give myself some credit, maybe I'm just smart. No..that's not it. Anyway. There were a couple of moments like that, not too many though.

The last think I want to say is that I cried. I cried more reading this book than I did with any of the Harry Potter books. There is just something about good-byes that have always been a huge weakness for me. When I was a little kid I cried when Pocahontas and John Smith said good-bye. I cried watching the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe when Aslan left. I cried when the fox and the hound had to split up. I'm not sure why I'm revealing this to everyone...but you get the point I think. So anyway. At the end of this book there was a big moment, you knew it was all about to end and everyone had to go. Where? You'll have to find out but I couldn't take it! It got worse and worse as each person left and there were 10 people!! Then..the last chapter...I don't want to give anything away but it was perfect. It is something I dream of for myself...and...I don't know it was just perfect. One of the characters in the book at one point made an off comment that there was no such thing as perfect and I think that's ironic with a such a perfect ending.(less)

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May 24, 2009 Carmen rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Love the Book. Hate, Really Hate, the Epilogue

The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon)

I have been infatuated with the adventures of Bobby Pendragon since I bought the first books in the series and read them to my son back in 2005. Even after my son decided he was too old to read YA books, I continued buying every one of them as soon as they came out, and devouring them all by myself.

I don't know exactly why I love these books. I love the characters and I love the complexity of the story. Each book is a...more

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May 20, 2009 Robin rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvenile-young-adult, fantasy

This series became a growing disappointment. It is a juvenile series that does not transcend its genre as the best children's and young adult fiction do. With each book, I was increasingly told through the conversation of other characters that the main character Bobby Pendragon was the great hero that his fellow travelers looked to for inspiration and leadership, etc., but I rarely felt it through the narrative, possibly because it was first person. I was told Bobby was growing, but I rarely fel...more This series became a growing disappointment. It is a juvenile series that does not transcend its genre as the best children's and young adult fiction do. With each book, I was increasingly told through the conversation of other characters that the main character Bobby Pendragon was the great hero that his fellow travelers looked to for inspiration and leadership, etc., but I rarely felt it through the narrative, possibly because it was first person. I was told Bobby was growing, but I rarely felt it. [SPOILER WARNING:] And in this final novel of the series, the big reveal proved a contradictory mix of philosophies about the human spirit and good and evil that made my head hurt because of its lack of internal consistency. We got to see all our favorite characters back, but rarely enough of any of them for relational depth to draw us in, and the final chapter proved anticlimactic rather than satisfying.

Unlike most readers I imagine, I kept expecting the Pendragon last name of the main character to have some tie and/or explanation that related to Arthurian legend and the meaning of the name--head dragon in Welsh--whom many think of as the title given to war leaders, which fits Bobby as the Head Traveler. It never did, unless Bobby's origin as an old and wise spirit was an oblique reference.The final battle between Saint Dane and Bobby in the end felt too easy. It made me sad because the early novels were very creative and a great thrill ride, and as the series grew darker and the villain began to triumph, it had moments that rang true and were insightful about why people choose what they choose, and the half-lies that deceive us when we refuse to think things through and lead us where we never intended to go. Maybe the choice of first-person narrative is too limiting a choice for an entire series because hearing the hero's confused and limited view forces the writer to keep telling you how you should really be perceiving the main character and the storyline rather than showing you and letting you experience it as the reader. I guess that's what I felt--more and more bullied by the constant repetition of other characters telling me how I should be feeling about Bobby Pendragon, about Solara and the human spirit, about good and evil, about this final battle and what happens. In a book about free will and the importance of thinking for yourself, it seemed an odd choice.(less)

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May 17, 2011 John Hively rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a masterful story, probably the best in the ten book series. The theme is that the good of people will defeat their dark sides. We should hope so.

Essentially, the book tells the story of the victory of Bobby Pendragon over his arch enemy, the misguided spirit, Saint Dane. Pendragon represents free will, Dane represents the idea that people need a protector to protect them from themselves.

This is one of the basic arguments of the early disciples of the natural rights dogma, a kind of q...more

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Jun 28, 2011 Aparajitabasu rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, children-s, sci-fi, fiction, fantasy, young-adult

As expected I didn't like the end but i'm glad so now i can move onto another series, now that its the final book #10 The Soldiers of Halla of the Pendragon saga is complete. Lets find out why...

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It has all been leading to this. Every victory. Every loss. All the thrills and sadness; the hope and despair. Bobby Pendragon’s heart-pounding journey through time and space has brought him to this epic moment. He and his fellow Travelers must join forces for one last desperate bat...more

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Dec 04, 2011 Jessye rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopia, bad-ending, tough-stuff

Oh god, why??? This book...I have never EVER been so dissapointed with a book this much. I love this series to death, but The Soldiers of Halla was one of the slowest, most horribly thought out books I have ever read BESDIES the ending of the book which is what really made up for it and the rest of the series. DJ MacHale seriously screwed up with this book because the explanations given in this one were just so stupid and poorly executed. Most of the book is of the characters planning out their...more

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Jul 24, 2011 Kiersten added it · review of another edition

Not absolutely terrible - yet neither was it the spectacular conclusion I had been anticipating. It was nice to finally get the answers everyone's been waiting for, but I have to say I didn't like them very much...

* Disclaimer: this review abounds with spoilers!*

...So basically, you try to tell me, Saint Dane and the Travelers are all ancient reincarnated spirits with the powers of gods, and the fate of the universe comes down to uniting an "inherently good" people who obviously haven't been ab...more Not absolutely terrible - yet neither was it the spectacular conclusion I had been anticipating. It was nice to finally get the answers everyone's been waiting for, but I have to say I didn't like them very much...

* Disclaimer: this review abounds with spoilers!*

...So basically, you try to tell me, Saint Dane and the Travelers are all ancient reincarnated spirits with the powers of gods, and the fate of the universe comes down to uniting an "inherently good" people who obviously haven't been able to make up their mind OR agree with one another throughout the book? It just...is so...simple; it feels like a cop-out. It's unfair to us expectant readers. And the whole concept really rubs me wrong. I'm just not comfortable with it. Not to be pessimistic, but...I think it was unrealistically optimistic.
And then, when it all comes down to it (after what was probably the most epic fistfight ever!)...Saint Dane, the malevolent, terrifying, [literally] superhuman villain who came within inches of overturning the entire universe is reduced to a whining, begging wretch making halfhearted bluffs to save his skin. I understand the point MacHale was trying to make, I suppose - that Saint Dane wasn't really as powerful as he'd seemed all along - but it was extremely anticlimactic. And I didn't understand the epilogue at all. I'm not sure if it was Bobby getting his wish for "more time" (in which case MacHale did a very poor job of portraying this scenario), or if he was trying to say that the entire thing was never real at all, which would be a horrible way to end this kind of a series...Really I have no concrete idea of what's happening there.

Overall, though, this was a pretty decent book and a fairly solid finish. I think the pros outweighed the cons for the most part. The action, as always, definitely kept me hooked; it was great to see all the characters back in play; and aside from the bewildering epilogue, the loose ends were succinctly wrapped up. Not too bad, and a must-read for any avid followers of the series; however, probably my least favorite installment of the saga. Anticlimax epitomized.(less)

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Jul 12, 2010 Louize rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

"This is the way it was meant to be." -Pendragon

The story started with a 14 year-old kid who was destined to protect all that is, was and ever will be. Bobby Pendragon, along with 9 more Travelers, has battled Saint Dane to overturn his twisted ideals for Halla. Time and again they were faced with different challenges and heart-retching difficulties.

On this last installment, the Travelers are reunited once more, but they are down to their last straw. The spirits that has been guiding Halla is d...more

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Mar 30, 2011 Shira Karp rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If I had read this book in paper format, I'd have given it 5 stars. It was a very satisfying ending to the story. In the interview with D.J. Machale after the audio book, he explains how obsessed he is with outlines and how he knew exactly what was going to happen in this book before he wrote the first one. And it shows.

The reason I gave it four stars was because of the narrator. I really enjoyed this narrator in the first 8 books of the series. Then in book 8 he started changing voices and the...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Rachel rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: abandon-ship

I didn't finish it. I couldn't. I just couldn't force myself to read to the end of this book.
I loved the series. The first book was good, the second book was great, the fifth book was fantastic...and then they began to go downhill. And yes, I did read all the others. I liked them. I thought they were good.
And then, a couple of weeks after the rather disappointing ending of Raven Rise, I decided to finish off the series and read Soldiers of Halla.
And it will stay unfinished. The book jumped right...more

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Oct 22, 2009 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Getting the bad stuff out of the way first so I can compliment DJ Machale properly...
1) As with every other Pendragon book, he once again can't get enough of cliches. It's not just a mere sprinkle...it's a shower. Nearly every paragraph that isn't dialog has at least one. Dude, find your own words.

2) Bobby Pendragon whines throughout, but if it's any consolation, he does it less here than the ninth book.

3) If it's supposed to be a journal, write like it's a journal. I've read journals. There's a...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Leo rated it 5 of 5 stars

Just click the "view spoiler" button already(view spoiler)...more

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Oct 12, 2009 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was interesting in that it broke the mold for a "finale" novel. It wasn't exactly an epic conclusion...but that doesn't mean it wasn't good. It didn't all depend on a rush of action and emotion and a climactic explosion of power and force...but it was it was still striking.

I liked the way Bobby returned to so many of the worlds we've come to know and love over the course of the series and interacted with all the Travelers again; I almost wish more time could have been spent revisiting...more This book was interesting in that it broke the mold for a "finale" novel. It wasn't exactly an epic conclusion...but that doesn't mean it wasn't good. It didn't all depend on a rush of action and emotion and a climactic explosion of power and force...but it was it was still striking.

I liked the way Bobby returned to so many of the worlds we've come to know and love over the course of the series and interacted with all the Travelers again; I almost wish more time could have been spent revisiting everything. I was vastly relieved at the way Bobby rediscovered his friends; it was fun seeing where everyone popped up. And I did have my heart knocked around a bit with those close calls...I've really grown to love these characters. And everyone got a couple awesome hero moments, some even more than others, and that was great.

The final revelations of the Travelers gave me mixed feelings. I was okay with the whole Solara and spirit thing...but it kind of contradicted the message, I felt. If it was truly up to the ordinary people of Halla to destroy Saint Dane, than I thought Bobby and his fellows should have been ordinary beings chosen from among those, or maybe ordinary beings that showed extraordinary promise. But for such a huge and potentially ruinous concept, MacHale handled it fairly well, despite the fact that it was kind of a lot for a last book reveal.

The book might have been a touch shorter; it seemed like there was a lot of buildup for a single conflict, and a lot of that preparation and running around could have been shaved out.

And then of course, the big ending. I actually liked the way Saint Dane's defeat didn't have a ton of fanfare; it was cool how he brought himself to ruin and all the ordinary masses turned on him. It just goes to show that even the greatest tyrants can fall like paper when the right mindset and the right pressure has arrived. What kind of spins your head around is the last couple chapters. I felt that could have been a lot less convoluted. I understood about the whole "stay on Third Earth" thing, but what was with the ambiguous time travel, mind wiping, dimension jumping, etc. in the epilogue? Don't get me wrong, I loved that Bobby and Courtney got to be together, but I think the same general ending feel could have been accomplished by everyone just staying on Third Earth and helping rebuild it together.

But all in all, there was a feeling of peace in the ending that I liked, and the series as a whole is no doubt a great fantasy that's more creative and engaging than many things I've read. I definitely recommend all of the Pendragon novels.

And so we go, Bobby. :)(less)

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Apr 17, 2013 Ava Athenabourne rated it 5 of 5 stars

I finished this book yesterday night and I have to say I love the whole series. Not just because of the plot line but because of how Mr. D. J. MacHale brought back the travelers who had perished earlier on in the series.It wasn't that complicated to understand. Saint Dane had told Bobby that they were all illusions in an earlier book, so it wasn't hard to believe that Bobby and the Travelers were spirits from Solara. I think he explained it magnificently how they were created to help the people...more

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Mar 12, 2010 Cory Buckowing rated it 5 of 5 stars

DJ Machale makes story telling come alive in the last installment of the Pendragon series. The book has the main character, Bobby Pendragon, narrate and continually Journal about his adventures throughout Halla. Bobby is a Traveler that fights against the evil Saint Dane. The story leaves off after Bobby has "lost" the battle for Halla and he is now in a new place with all of the other Travelers. After intense struggles and harrowing battles, Bobby eventually leads a great battle against the ter...more

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Jun 05, 2009 Teresa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have read then entire Pendragon series. This was the finale. In many ways I'm sad it's done. The ending has a few twists I didn't expect which makes this one far from predictable. I prefer books I can't figure out the end until I'm there. This book was a little tougher to get into then the others. There seems to be a lot more set up and thought processes going on at the beginning and less action until you are halfway though the book. Make sure you read all the others before you get to this one...more

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May 26, 2009 A Kid Named Megan☮ rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Recommended to A Kid Named Megan☮ by: sahar fakhruddin

Shelves: fantasy-ya

Ok,I'm kinda havin' trouble here.I love Harry Potter BUT I liked the ending o Pendragon beter.U see,The ending of pen10 wasn't perfect but it was realy good.I liked how at the end it showed the very fist journal.good thinking d.j.Iliked how at the end it kinda showed bobby at his last days/hours.I love how there was still so much mysteryand who the heck was that guy who delieveed the journals?No Idea.From the get-go I've beenkinda confued about the whole essence-solara-spirit-how-things-were-mea...more

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May 08, 2012 Patrick rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

I had totally forgotten the end of #9 since it's been about 4 years since I read it. Only a couple of chapters in, this is kind of bugging me right now. Bobby keeps repeating "Now I was finally going to find out," someone says something vague, some action happens, and Bobby repeats "Now I was going to find out all the secrets," repeated blah blah.

5-3 Started reading again. What a horrible and confusing and long explanation of Solara, lifeforce, and existential blah. The "secrets revealed" shoul...more I had totally forgotten the end of #9 since it's been about 4 years since I read it. Only a couple of chapters in, this is kind of bugging me right now. Bobby keeps repeating "Now I was finally going to find out," someone says something vague, some action happens, and Bobby repeats "Now I was going to find out all the secrets," repeated blah blah.

5-3 Started reading again. What a horrible and confusing and long explanation of Solara, lifeforce, and existential blah. The "secrets revealed" should have made more sense and been revealed in more sensical chunks throughout the series rather than 30 pages of Bobby telling you how blown his mind is. The action has picked up now though and Mark is pretty cool, if exaggerated. However, this whole exile hunt is really not making sense, and I will be bugged if this turns into 3 chapters on each world as Bobby checks each one.

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5-7 Finished. The second half was better. It’s just the beginning was so dang long and patchy and overly wordy and misplaced and monologued and blah. Bobby’s family is never adequately dealt with to me, despite their “This is Real” fadeaway.

Anyway, the action was pretty good. It didn’t world hop too much, and the Nevva stuff was predictable and fun. I thought the end of St. Dane, while too easy as is often the case, was very fitting. I liked the philosophical stuff as part of his demise rather than just an action piece.

The Courtney arc was mostly good, though I was annoyed halfway through that this series had to add its name to the emerging list of chaste, full-body cuddling in bed in YA series. So dumb. But I actually loved the ending. It was cheesy, but satisfying. I would have felt ripped off in Bobby’s case too without the extra time. It wrapped up the series in a substantive way about what matters. It’s kind of like the ending of Garth Nix’s Keys to the Kingdom series, but better.

So I liked the ending, but I liked the series less as it went on. I don’t know if that’s because of my taste changing or the books. I won’t be reading them anytime too soon to figure it out.
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Apr 03, 2012 Katherine Gingrich rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 25-books

Language:3/4 only a few words total
Sex:0 Absolutly pristine
Violence: Executions, battles, explosions it all happened
Drugs:0 none mentioned at all

This the 10th and last of the Pendragon books. It brings together all of the other books and leaves the reader with a conclusion that they can live with. I wasn't sure that I be able to handle the ending, but everything gets fixed and moves onward and just fit.
This is the final battle and they are only the lives of thousands of people away from losing f...more

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About D.J. MacHale

D.J. MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several popular television series and movies.

He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended N...more D.J. MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several popular television series and movies.

He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended New York University where he received a BFA in film production.

His filmmaking career began in New York where he worked as a freelance writer/director, making corporate videos and television commercials. He also taught photography and film production.

D.J. broke into the entertainment business by writing several ABC Afterschool Specials. After moving to Los Angeles, he made the fulltime switch from informational films, to entertainment. As co-creator of the popular Nickelodeon series: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, he produced all 91 episodes over 8 years. He wrote and directed many of the episodes including the CableAce nominated The Tale of Cutter's Treasure starring Charles S. Dutton. He was nominated for a Gemini award for directing The Tale of the Dangerous Soup starring Neve Campbell.

D.J. also wrote and directed the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney which starred Kirsten Dunst and Steve Guttenberg. The Showtime series Chris Cross was co-created, written and produced by D.J. It received the CableAce award for Best Youth Series.

D.J. co-created and produced the Discovery Kids series Flight 29 Down for which he writes all the episodes and directs several. His work on Flight 29 Down has earned him both Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America award nominations.

Other notable writing credits include the classic ABC Afterschool Special titled Seasonal Differences; the pilot for the long-running PBS/CBS series Ghostwriter; and the HBO series Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective for which he received a CableAce nomination for writing.

In print, D.J. has co-written the book The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, based on his own teleplay and penned the poetic adaptation of the classic Norwegian folk tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

The book series: Pendragon - Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space marks D.J.'s first turn as a novelist. He plans for this series of Young Adult adventures to span a total of 10 books.

D.J. lives in Southern California with his wife Evangeline and daughter Keaton. They are avid backpackers, scuba divers and skiers. Rounding out the household are a Golden Retriever, Maggie; and a Kitten, Kaboodle. (less)

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