false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg 2491569 7 2498876 1 5 2008 The Dark Volume total:135|5:24|4:40|3:41|2:18|1:12| 135 451 288 42 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 1 1 false Sun Jul 12 20:17:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 10:52:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 20:17:56 -0700 2009
The greatest joy that I experienced with this book came when I was finally finished and could set it aside. I disliked The Dark Volume ...more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 1 1 false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:40:01 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:52:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 2 2 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 22:48:18 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 22:54:58 -0700 2009 1 The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, so I was naturally excited to discover, quite by chance, that Dahlquist had written a sequel. It's hard to follow up a successful debut, though, and unfortunately in many ways The Dark Volume does not measure up to its predecessor.

Oh, T...more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 4 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:22:24 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 11:20:38 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 2 1 false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 22:28:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:20:06 -0700 2009 can't even finish it once more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 4 0 true Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:21:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 19:29:51 -0700 2009 Glass Books, I devoured The Dark Volume. Since (or because of) Glass Books, Dahlquist's prose has become more polished and his plot-lines more controlled. But control comes at a price: Dark Volume doesn't reach Glass Books's level of jaw-dropping imaginative recklessness. Dahlquist's over-fondn...more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 01:16:19 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 14:48:07 -0700 2009
That's not a negative, just the way it is. If you enjoyed Gl...more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 2 0 false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 09:09:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 19:20:02 -0700 2009
The first book is wonderful, and I couldn't wait to dig into this. But as much as I wanted to love this I just can't, why because it Dahlquist didn't do his job.

If there is any real flaw in the first book is that Dahlquist loved his characters too much,...more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 2 0 false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 13:35:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 00:14:17 -0700 2009
The characters take turns pursuing and then running from the sinister members of the Most Inept Cabal Ever. The author sometimes seems to prefer the villains to his heroes, because the protagonists spend more...more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 3 0 false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:19:27 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:49:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 4 0 false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 22 14:51:50 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 16 11:50:31 -0700 2009 The Dark Volume is accurately titled. Like the great airship that crashes on the Iron Coast at the end of the first book, it lacks the lift of its predecessor, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters. Instead of the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso format of The Divine ...more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 2 0 false Tue Jun 30 09:27:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:30:30 -0700 2009
This book ends up being a bit of a rambling mess, with some great characters being under or mis-used. The end result is a long slog...more...]]> 6295738 1400140099 9781400140091 8 1 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618340m/6295738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6295738.The_Dark_Volume_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 21:26:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 21:28:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 1 0 false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 15:55:38 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 19:00:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 3 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:47:16 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:52:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:38:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:41:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 13:05:10 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 13:06:39 -0800 2009
I guess it doesn't help that this is the sequel to something that I didn't continue to read because it moved slowly.]]> 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:15:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:16:47 -0700 2009 2491569 0670916536 9780670916535 99 26 3.34 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2491569.The_Dark_Volume 1 1 false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 22:45:31 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 16:55:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6022056 0385340362 9780385340366 26 15 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255618330m/6022056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6022056.The_Dark_Volume 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:31:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:32:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6022056