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The Reader Trilogy #3
The Storyteller
Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard's clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book, the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present and future, tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a boy—Archer—and Sefia will stop at nothing to ensure his safety. The Guard has already stolen her mother, her father, and her Aunt Nin. Sefia would sooner die than let them take anymore from her—especially the boy she loves.
But escaping the Guard and the Book's prophecy is no easy task. After all, what is written always comes to pass. As Sefia and Archer watch Kelanna start to crumble to the Guard's will, they will have to choose between their love and joining a war that just might tear them apart.
But escaping the Guard and the Book's prophecy is no easy task. After all, what is written always comes to pass. As Sefia and Archer watch Kelanna start to crumble to the Guard's will, they will have to choose between their love and joining a war that just might tear them apart.
437 pages, ebook
First published November 13, 2018
About the author
Traci Chee
12 books1,299 followersTraci Chee is a New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award Finalist. An all-around word geek, she loves book arts and art books, poetry and paper crafts, though she also dabbles at bonsai gardening, egg painting, and hosting potluck game nights for family and friends. She studied literature and creative writing at UC Santa Cruz and earned a master of arts degree from San Francisco State University. Traci grew up in a small town with more cows than people, and now feels most at home in the mountains, scaling switchbacks and happening upon hidden highland lakes. She lives in California with her fast-fast dog.
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December 2, 2018
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! There are no words!!!! Damn it all!!
Mel 😕🖤🐶🐾🐺
Mel 😕🖤🐶🐾🐺
November 16, 2018
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH STARS FOR ME TO RATE THIS BOOK ACCURATELY!!!! IT NEEDS ALL OF THE STARS IT WAS SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!
Maybe I'll write a proper review later, if I can form coherent sentences (so maybe never... who knows??)
Maybe I'll write a proper review later, if I can form coherent sentences (so maybe never... who knows??)
December 14, 2018
5 FREAKING STARS! This is what creative writing means!
Review to come
This book broke and healed my heart at the same time; this book was so innocent and yet so cruel, so fullfuling and yet so shattering; this book was so unique! This book this book this book...
I'm gonna write a review worthy of the magnificence of this; just you wait and see! But first I need to recover to be able to form an intelligible thought or a sound other than choking when I open my mouth...
I'll persuade you to read this, just wait...
Review to come
This is a story as vast as the sea,I am a weeping mess.
But on its waters, you’ll never be free.
No matter your course, your future is set,
and destiny laughs as she tightens the net.
This book broke and healed my heart at the same time; this book was so innocent and yet so cruel, so fullfuling and yet so shattering; this book was so unique! This book this book this book...
“It’s the same with stories as it is with people: they get better as they get older. But not every story is remembered, and not all people grow old.”Pray I recover from this...
I'm gonna write a review worthy of the magnificence of this; just you wait and see! But first I need to recover to be able to form an intelligible thought or a sound other than choking when I open my mouth...
Once there was a world called Kelanna, a wonderful and terrible world of grief and magic and ghosts...Proper review to come soon on all three books of the series!
I'll persuade you to read this, just wait...
February 6, 2019
I am really not happy with this book.
And that's just tragic. I loved The Reader and The Speaker so much, I was very impatient until this third book would finally be published.
I was expecting to get sucked right into the world of Kelanna, to just dive through this book with hunger and then be devastated when it has ended.
Well, it wasn't a dive. And yes, it ended.
From here on will be a hell load of spoilers, so
DO NOT READ ON if you want to read it yourself.
Reason's why this book was disappointing.
1. Endless repeating of thoughts
Archer and Sef, for at least the first half of the book, are constantly, endlessly repeating their fears and thoughts.
I mean, yes. A lot is happening. They've endured much and they kind of have all the prophecies and things that have been written following them, torturing them.
Archer still has Nightmares about the people he killed, especially Kaito and Sef is still trying to figure out how to save Archer from a death that was promised by the book.
It is a lot to live with. But seriously, it's countless how often Sef said:
"I need to save him. He must live. He cannot die. We need to change the future."
And Archer:
"I killed him. I am a Killer. I am the boy with the scar..."
Again and again. I don't know why I am so allergic to this, but it feels like the author is not trusting us readers and that we actually REMEMBER things from the last book or the last chapter even.
Which brings me to Numer 2: Totally odd story twists
The Story was building up around the following:
- stopping the Guard
- save Archer
- get the Resurrection Amulet
This certain Artefact has been mentioned throughout all the books, so when we finally come to the part where Sef and Archer find it, its just a long walk through a cave with Sex and then. Nothing. Reed gets his Amulet, looks at it, done. What?
This could have been such a cool, fun tresasure hunt, but it was just a drag and seriously, the buildup from the last book was not worth it.
Ah, I forgot. The original Plan of Sef and the Crew for the whole first part of the book was to run away from their fate, to do just the opposite of what was written in the book and flee to an island that can only be found by certain Pirate Captains. This was a looong buildup.
Aside from talking about saving Archer, every other thought of Sef was about being save on that island.
Be free.
Live a life.
And then, when they finally reach it, it's all burned and destroyed by the Alliance Army (basically dealt with in one sentence) and then... change of plans.
Sefia like: "Guess we can't change fate, so we just go to war. Let me just master some of my magic skills first..."
I don't know why this bothers me so much. There are many changes in the book. But none of them a "Plot-twists", more like, "Ok, so we reached a dead end here, lets just try another thing."
3. All the battles.
I couldn't warm up with Lac and Hobs, they seemed to have just been thrown in, so Ed would have some sidekicks. I wish there would have been more of Reed and his Crew instead.
Also, in the end, the endless discriptions of Sea battles seemed to be a bit over the top for me.
Oh, and can we talk about that an Army of Dead swarms in and just rescues the party?
A bit like....
And then: The end.
I am giving 2 stars, just because I still love Sefia and Archer and the dynamic between them.
And that's just tragic. I loved The Reader and The Speaker so much, I was very impatient until this third book would finally be published.
I was expecting to get sucked right into the world of Kelanna, to just dive through this book with hunger and then be devastated when it has ended.
Well, it wasn't a dive. And yes, it ended.
From here on will be a hell load of spoilers, so
DO NOT READ ON if you want to read it yourself.
Reason's why this book was disappointing.
1. Endless repeating of thoughts
Archer and Sef, for at least the first half of the book, are constantly, endlessly repeating their fears and thoughts.
I mean, yes. A lot is happening. They've endured much and they kind of have all the prophecies and things that have been written following them, torturing them.
Archer still has Nightmares about the people he killed, especially Kaito and Sef is still trying to figure out how to save Archer from a death that was promised by the book.
It is a lot to live with. But seriously, it's countless how often Sef said:
"I need to save him. He must live. He cannot die. We need to change the future."
And Archer:
"I killed him. I am a Killer. I am the boy with the scar..."
Again and again. I don't know why I am so allergic to this, but it feels like the author is not trusting us readers and that we actually REMEMBER things from the last book or the last chapter even.
Which brings me to Numer 2: Totally odd story twists
The Story was building up around the following:
- stopping the Guard
- save Archer
- get the Resurrection Amulet
This certain Artefact has been mentioned throughout all the books, so when we finally come to the part where Sef and Archer find it, its just a long walk through a cave with Sex and then. Nothing. Reed gets his Amulet, looks at it, done. What?
This could have been such a cool, fun tresasure hunt, but it was just a drag and seriously, the buildup from the last book was not worth it.
Ah, I forgot. The original Plan of Sef and the Crew for the whole first part of the book was to run away from their fate, to do just the opposite of what was written in the book and flee to an island that can only be found by certain Pirate Captains. This was a looong buildup.
Aside from talking about saving Archer, every other thought of Sef was about being save on that island.
Be free.
Live a life.
And then, when they finally reach it, it's all burned and destroyed by the Alliance Army (basically dealt with in one sentence) and then... change of plans.
Sefia like: "Guess we can't change fate, so we just go to war. Let me just master some of my magic skills first..."
I don't know why this bothers me so much. There are many changes in the book. But none of them a "Plot-twists", more like, "Ok, so we reached a dead end here, lets just try another thing."
3. All the battles.
I couldn't warm up with Lac and Hobs, they seemed to have just been thrown in, so Ed would have some sidekicks. I wish there would have been more of Reed and his Crew instead.
Also, in the end, the endless discriptions of Sea battles seemed to be a bit over the top for me.
Oh, and can we talk about that an Army of Dead swarms in and just rescues the party?
A bit like....
And then: The end.
I am giving 2 stars, just because I still love Sefia and Archer and the dynamic between them.
September 10, 2018
*finishes picking the broken pieces of my heart off the floor*
If you enjoyed THE READER and THE SPEAKER, you're definitely ready to dive into the epic conclusion of this trilogy. The hidden messages and fun interior design aside, the writing is gorgeous and the story sprawling, and honestly I'm mad there isn't more. THE STORYTELLER is a satisfying, heartbreaking, and poetic finale to Sefia and Archer's story.
If you enjoyed THE READER and THE SPEAKER, you're definitely ready to dive into the epic conclusion of this trilogy. The hidden messages and fun interior design aside, the writing is gorgeous and the story sprawling, and honestly I'm mad there isn't more. THE STORYTELLER is a satisfying, heartbreaking, and poetic finale to Sefia and Archer's story.
November 30, 2018
FIRST OF ALL HOW DARE YOU
May 13, 2019
Auf den Abschluss der Reihe hab ich mich immens gefreut - zum einen ist sie einfach wunderschön gestaltet schon von den Covern her aber auch den kleinen optischen Details im Buch, zum anderen hat die Geschichte eine grandiose Hintergrundidee, auf deren Auflösung ich sehr gespannt war!
Unter dem Schutzumschlag steckt auch dieses Mal eine wunderschöne Goldprägung, die einen Hinweis gibt auf das Buch von Kelanna, das Sefia in den letzten Monaten ihrer Abenteuer begleitet hat. Dieses Buch scheint eine Art "Seher" Fähigkeit zu besitzen, denn sie kann darin Geschichten aus der Vergangenheit, der Gegenwart und auch der Zukunft finden. Außerdem bestärkt es die Gabe, die illuminierte Welt zu sehen, die unsichtbaren Zusammenhänge, die Schicksalsfäden, die alles miteinander verbinden und ermöglicht damit, Einfluss auf das Geschehen zu nehmen.
Doch das Buch verfolgt scheinbar seinem eigenen Zweck, denn was Sefia auch versucht, der Rote Krieg scheint unabwendbar und ebenso der damit verbundene Tod von Archer. Dabei ist sie bereit alles zu tun und es gab mir in dem Punkt etwas zu oft ein hin und her an Situationen, die nicht unbedingt nötig gewesen wären bzw. vielleicht etwas anders umgesetzt hätten können.
Dieser Krieg, der sich über die fünf Inselregionen erstreckt, war für mich immer etwas undurchsichtig, da viele Länder und Machthaber betroffen sind, dazu noch die "Wache", eine Institution deren paradoxe Vorstellung von Frieden durch Grausamkeit geprägt ist - aber im Laufe der Geschichte wird jetzt vieles klarer und sämtliche offenen Fragen geklärt.
Anfangs hat es etwas gedauert, bis ich reingefunden hatte und ich hab dieses Mal zwischendurch auch immer wieder etwas die Spannung vermisst. Wobei es bei den beiden Vorgängern vor allem der Schreibstil war, der mich in die Geschichte versinken ließ und die perfekt inszenierte Ungewissheit, wohin das ganze führen soll. Das hatte mir hier etwas gefehlt.
Auch wirkten einige Szenen sehr knapp erzählt, fast schon stichpunktartig, bei denen ich mir etwas mehr Gefühl und Lebendigkeit gewünscht hätte.
Dafür erlebt man aber die Charaktere als sehr anschaulich, aber auf sehr ungewöhnliche Art, was echt schwer zu beschreiben ist. Es gibt ja immer wieder Einblicke durch die wechselnden Perspektiven oder auch Ausschnitte aus dem "Buch von Kelanna", die es möglich machen, den Weg und die Gedanken jeder der wichtigen Figuren nachzuvollziehen.
Interessant ist natürlich auch, dass in dieser Welt die Schrift und auch Bücher komplett ausgelöscht wurden und damit auch viele Erinnerungen. Das fand ich total spannend, wurde mir aber letztendlich etwas zu wenig deutlich gemacht, auch wenn es in dem Zusammenhang Details gab, die ich dann vielleicht auch nicht so wirklich durchblicken konnte.
Die im Text optisch dargestellten Besonderheiten waren auch hier wieder sehr originell und geben dem ganzen einen einmaligen Charkter. Vor allem fand ich ja die "verschwindende" und wieder kommende Schrift genial, immer wenn jemand sich woanders hin teleportiert.
Die Gewalt ist ja von Anfang an ein großes Thema und es gibt auch hier wieder Kämpfe und eine große Schlacht, die den Mut und das Heldentum hervorhebt. Dabei zeigt die Autorin aber auch, wie sehr wir geprägt sind durch unsere Erfahrungen die wir gemacht haben und wie sehr wir auch darum kämpfen müssen, uns davon zu befreien.
Insgesamt hat es mir sehr gut gefallen, auch wenn es sich bis zur Hälfte immer wieder etwas gezogen hat, aber es gab dafür auch sehr viel Abwechslung und die Ideen sind äußerst einfallsreich. Vor allem, wie der Leser an einer bestimmten Stelle mit einbezogen wird fand ich genial, aber hier möchte ich euch nicht spoilern :D Es ist im gesamten auf jeden Fall eine ungewöhnliche und mitreißende Geschichte, die ich jedem empfehlen kann, der mal etwas ausgefallenes in dem Genre lesen möchte!
© Aleshanee
Weltenwanderer
Unter dem Schutzumschlag steckt auch dieses Mal eine wunderschöne Goldprägung, die einen Hinweis gibt auf das Buch von Kelanna, das Sefia in den letzten Monaten ihrer Abenteuer begleitet hat. Dieses Buch scheint eine Art "Seher" Fähigkeit zu besitzen, denn sie kann darin Geschichten aus der Vergangenheit, der Gegenwart und auch der Zukunft finden. Außerdem bestärkt es die Gabe, die illuminierte Welt zu sehen, die unsichtbaren Zusammenhänge, die Schicksalsfäden, die alles miteinander verbinden und ermöglicht damit, Einfluss auf das Geschehen zu nehmen.
Doch das Buch verfolgt scheinbar seinem eigenen Zweck, denn was Sefia auch versucht, der Rote Krieg scheint unabwendbar und ebenso der damit verbundene Tod von Archer. Dabei ist sie bereit alles zu tun und es gab mir in dem Punkt etwas zu oft ein hin und her an Situationen, die nicht unbedingt nötig gewesen wären bzw. vielleicht etwas anders umgesetzt hätten können.
Dieser Krieg, der sich über die fünf Inselregionen erstreckt, war für mich immer etwas undurchsichtig, da viele Länder und Machthaber betroffen sind, dazu noch die "Wache", eine Institution deren paradoxe Vorstellung von Frieden durch Grausamkeit geprägt ist - aber im Laufe der Geschichte wird jetzt vieles klarer und sämtliche offenen Fragen geklärt.
Anfangs hat es etwas gedauert, bis ich reingefunden hatte und ich hab dieses Mal zwischendurch auch immer wieder etwas die Spannung vermisst. Wobei es bei den beiden Vorgängern vor allem der Schreibstil war, der mich in die Geschichte versinken ließ und die perfekt inszenierte Ungewissheit, wohin das ganze führen soll. Das hatte mir hier etwas gefehlt.
Auch wirkten einige Szenen sehr knapp erzählt, fast schon stichpunktartig, bei denen ich mir etwas mehr Gefühl und Lebendigkeit gewünscht hätte.
Dafür erlebt man aber die Charaktere als sehr anschaulich, aber auf sehr ungewöhnliche Art, was echt schwer zu beschreiben ist. Es gibt ja immer wieder Einblicke durch die wechselnden Perspektiven oder auch Ausschnitte aus dem "Buch von Kelanna", die es möglich machen, den Weg und die Gedanken jeder der wichtigen Figuren nachzuvollziehen.
Interessant ist natürlich auch, dass in dieser Welt die Schrift und auch Bücher komplett ausgelöscht wurden und damit auch viele Erinnerungen. Das fand ich total spannend, wurde mir aber letztendlich etwas zu wenig deutlich gemacht, auch wenn es in dem Zusammenhang Details gab, die ich dann vielleicht auch nicht so wirklich durchblicken konnte.
Die im Text optisch dargestellten Besonderheiten waren auch hier wieder sehr originell und geben dem ganzen einen einmaligen Charkter. Vor allem fand ich ja die "verschwindende" und wieder kommende Schrift genial, immer wenn jemand sich woanders hin teleportiert.
Die Gewalt ist ja von Anfang an ein großes Thema und es gibt auch hier wieder Kämpfe und eine große Schlacht, die den Mut und das Heldentum hervorhebt. Dabei zeigt die Autorin aber auch, wie sehr wir geprägt sind durch unsere Erfahrungen die wir gemacht haben und wie sehr wir auch darum kämpfen müssen, uns davon zu befreien.
Insgesamt hat es mir sehr gut gefallen, auch wenn es sich bis zur Hälfte immer wieder etwas gezogen hat, aber es gab dafür auch sehr viel Abwechslung und die Ideen sind äußerst einfallsreich. Vor allem, wie der Leser an einer bestimmten Stelle mit einbezogen wird fand ich genial, aber hier möchte ich euch nicht spoilern :D Es ist im gesamten auf jeden Fall eine ungewöhnliche und mitreißende Geschichte, die ich jedem empfehlen kann, der mal etwas ausgefallenes in dem Genre lesen möchte!
© Aleshanee
Weltenwanderer
Shelved as 'zzzzz-coverporn-etc'
May 21, 2018I have not gotten to this series yet, but holy shit, this is a gorgeous cover!
October 31, 2018
I don't actually have any words. My heart is full, broken, and mending. I am so sad to see my favorite series IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD end. This ending was everything I needed, without me even knowing. If I thought Traci Chee was a mastermind before, woah, this book AMPS EVERYTHING UP! SO many comments on my arc were, "omg...." and that's how it feels. This book takes the characters we know and love, the prophecies, the wars, the relationships, and stretches them to where they belong. If you are a die hard fan, you'll love this book to pieces. If you are just hearing about this book, go get the rest now. You won't regret it.
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December 20, 2021
Five glittering well deserved stars folks!!!
What a fulminating finale for this awesome series...
And let me tell you that it is a YA trilogy, but nevertheless for me at the end of my fifties it has blown me up, so simply as that...
Sefia Archer and the bloodletters!!!
A world full of sorcerers, magic, betrayal and love...
A world created to be inhabited and brimming with exotic characters...
A world where books are banished...
A world where a secret society called the Guardians watch carefully over a secret library...
A world where a powerful book has the key to every single living being and event unfolding in it...
After reading the two previous volumes I had to finish the series...
I love this characters and this world, it has raptured me to my youth and to another reality!!!
Dean;)
What a fulminating finale for this awesome series...
And let me tell you that it is a YA trilogy, but nevertheless for me at the end of my fifties it has blown me up, so simply as that...
Sefia Archer and the bloodletters!!!
A world full of sorcerers, magic, betrayal and love...
A world created to be inhabited and brimming with exotic characters...
A world where books are banished...
A world where a secret society called the Guardians watch carefully over a secret library...
A world where a powerful book has the key to every single living being and event unfolding in it...
After reading the two previous volumes I had to finish the series...
I love this characters and this world, it has raptured me to my youth and to another reality!!!
Dean;)
January 20, 2019
THIS WAS SO SO GOOD. The Sea of Ink and Gold series is definitely my favorite fantasy series of all time, and I'm so glad it got the ending it deserved.
"Look towards the horizon, that's where the adventures are."
"Look towards the horizon, that's where the adventures are."
June 15, 2019
TRACI.......
August 3, 2021
Llore tanto que tarde una semana en que se me deshinchen los ojos y recuperar el agua que perdí en lagrimas
September 12, 2019
"(...)Los finales de trilogías juveniles son impredecibles porque nunca se sabe si van a ser satisfactorios, pero por suerte es algo que se confirma con La Narradora, resolviendo todas las preguntas que se plantearon desde el inicio de la saga y dejando una sensación general bastante agradable"
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February 12, 2019
I don't even have words for this book right now. Maybe I'll review this series but not right now. 😭
December 4, 2019
I spent most of the book internally screaming because it was that intense...and I don't know what to do with myself now that the series is over.😭
May 5, 2019
voto 2.5
Salve lettori!
Ricordate qual è la mia paura più grande con le serie?
Quella di non ricordare niente se i libri escono troppo distanti l’uno dall’altro. Ed è proprio quello che è successo con questo libro, cosa che tra l’altro avevo previsto nelle altre recensioni.
Il libro di cui vi parlo oggi, a malincuore, è “La lettrice. La ladra di storie”, terzo e ultimo libro della trilogia “La lettrice” di Traci Chee, edito Newton Compton editori, che ringrazio per avermi inviato il file digitale.
Eravamo rimasti con il secondo libro... Dove eravamo rimasti con il secondo libro? Bella domanda, me la sono fatta anche io appena letto il primo capitolo.
Non possiamo incolpare nemmeno la Newton, che anzi ha portato il libro in Italia anche presto. In lingua originale è uscito un sei mesi prima, quindi sempre un annetto dopo il secondo libro.
Incolpiamo la mia pessima memoria, incolpiamo la lunga attesa, ma io davvero ero in alto mare, peggio di Sefia e Arciere nei primi capitoli.
Dunque, ritroviamo Sefia e Arciere sulla Corrente di Fede del capitano Reed, Arciere è ferito, sia fuori che dentro, dopo aver ucciso alcuni dei suoi Sanguinari e aver abbandonato gli altri.
Intanto la Corrente solca i mari in compagnia della Crux, prima una nave nemica, alla ricerca del grande tesoro del re di Liccaro, che contiene anche l’Amuleto della Resurrezione, che il capitano Reed desidera ardentemente.
Sefia continua a tuffarsi tra le pagine del Libro, consapevole che la Guerra Rossa si sta avverando e avvicinando, e di conseguenza anche la morte solitaria di Arciere.
Quindi questo ultimo libro è una corsa contro il destino e il Libro, per scrivere un finale alternativo, salvare Kelanna dalla guerra e risparmiare Arciere, in modo che possa vivere una vita lunga e felice con Sefia.
Ma con tutta la magia e la bravura del mondo, è davvero possibile cambiare il destino? O qualsiasi passo, anche quelli per deviarlo, porteranno allo stesso fine?
Sarò completamente onesta con voi, lettori, questo libro non mi è piaciuto. Ho adorato i primi due libri, ho adorato la trama, i particolari, i personaggi, ma quando ho iniziato questo terzo libro è andato tutto a farsi benedire.
Tralasciando il capitano Reed, l’unico personaggio ad aver compiuto il ciclo della sua storia, nel modo migliore per lui, ossia in modo leggendario, tutto il resto della storia è stato un piatto e noioso susseguirsi di discorsi inconcludenti e domande esistenziali strappalacrime. Che, sinceramente, se avessi voluto leggere capitoli dopo capitoli di domande senza risposta, in cui ci si lamenta di sé e del proprio destino, potevo tranquillamente stare a sentire le voci nella mia testa.
Sefia e Arciere, gli eroi di questa storia, si sono trasformati in due bambini piagnucoloni che non sanno fare altro se non scappare, baciarsi e lamentarsi del proprio destino.
Sefia, che dovrebbe essere la strega più potente di Kelanna, figlia dell’assassina e del mago più forti del mondo, ha passato un libro intero a combattere qualcosa che era già scritto, a formulare piani inutili che le venivano in mente nei momenti più disparati, senza un’apparente connessione a ciò che stava pensando e/o succedendo, e a decidere di agire contro il destino finendo sempre per agevolarlo.
Allora dico io, sei una strega potentissima, sì, stai ancora imparando, ma sei un mezzo prodigio che riesce a gestire incantesimi che un intero ramo della Guardia ci ha messo secoli a capire ed è pure scomparso per questi in poche settimane, quindi non ti ci vuole molto, hai un potere da paura con cui potresti cambiare la storia e non riesci a spezzare un paio di colli da lontano?! E con lei mi fermo che se no spoilero.
E passiamo ad Arciere, il guerriero più intransigente e sanguinario di Kelanna... ridotto ad un bambino singhiozzante che un altro po’ non va nemmeno in bagno senza chiedere il permesso a Sefia. Penso che Arciere sia il personaggio che mi ha deluso di più; era un combattente, un ragazzo con degli ideali, con un codice d’onore. Capisco che la paura di morire sia orribile, ma doveva essere un eroe, un modello da seguire, e tutto quello che ha fatto è stato aspettare e osservare, accompagnare Sefia nelle sue ricerche e piani inutili. Fosse stato almeno uno stratega, macché. È andato avanti per nominata praticamente.
A questo punto vi chiederete perché io abbia continuato. Perché non mi sarei mai perdonata di essermi arresa proprio all’ultimo libro e perché in realtà ero proprio curiosa di scoprire come si concludeva questa storia fatta di magia e violenza. Volevo assolutamente sapere dove questo marasma sarebbe andato a parare, come se la giocava l’autrice.
Per me se l’è giocata abbastanza male, ma devo comunque dare anche un parere oggettivo, per cui metto a freno la lingua biforcuta.
Traci Chee ha dato vita ad un mondo interessantissimo, crudele e bellissimo allo stesso tempo. Un mondo alternativo e originale ricco di incomprensioni e regole distorte, paesaggi stupendi e maestosi. Ha continuato a trasportarci in questo mondo, a farci conoscere nuovi posti e tesori con le sue descrizioni dettagliate e vivide.
Il tipo di magia che ha inventato lo trovo sempre molto affascinante, potente e originale; le opportunità che ha aperto sul Mondo Illuminato sono luminose e varie, almeno le scene in cui Sefia lo evocava riuscivano a tenermi incollata alle pagine.
Anche le idee, che ha portato avanti attraverso Sefia, di base erano valide e avvincenti, ma nella decisone di arrivare al colpo di scena finale e alla conclusione prestabilita non ha dato spazio a queste di svilupparsi, evolvere e sbocciare e magari arrivare ad un finale alternativo più adatto alla trilogia.
Io, questo finale, magari il più logico, non l’ho trovato affatto concorde alla storia, ai personaggi e al loro percorso.
Si fossero comportati in modo diverso, forse l’avrei accettato, ma così mi è sembrato solo una conclusione forzata che l’autrice si era impuntata di dover portare avanti, ma che poteva tranquillamente svilupparsi in altri modi anche più emozionanti.
L’unico filone narrativo che mi abbia davvero emozionato è stato quello del capitano Reed, da sempre il mio preferito, e della sua necessità di essere immortale, di vivere per sempre per far raccontare di lui, di non morire mai per non essere dimenticato in un mondo in cui solo la parola volante può farti vivere in eterno.
Il suo è stato un personaggio che ha fatto un viaggio nel suo carattere e, meta dopo meta, ha raggiunto il suo stadio finale, epico ed eroico.
Le scene con Haldon Lac e Hobs si sono rivelate simpatiche e tenere, invece, per la bonaria stoltezza dei due.
Ci ho messo due settimane, due, per finire questo libro, lo leggevo a pezzi e bocconi perché mi faceva stare troppo male il fatto che non mi stesse piacendo.
Nonostante la narrazione fosse incalzante come negli altri libri e i capitoli veloci, ho trovato difficoltà a tenere un ritmo regolare perché ero talmente indignata che non ne fossi completamente dentro che non riuscivo a continuare.
Devo dire però che l’autrice è stata molto brava a veicolare i sentimenti attraverso le parole, perché alla fine mi sono comunque ritrovata in lacrime e addolorata per ciò che era successo.
Lettori, chiudere questa serie con queste parole mi sta uccidendo, io per prima sono distrutta dal fatto che non sia stato magico come i primi due, ma questo, ovviamente, è solo il mio parere.
Sono davvero curiosa di sapere se c’è qualcuno lì fuori che condivide ciò che penso o se siete assolutamente contrari.
Fatemi sapere, magari attraverso le vostre parole riuscirò a scovare quella luce che mi attirato e stregato nei libri precedenti e che qui ho visto spegnersi inesorabilmente.
Baci
Salve lettori!
Ricordate qual è la mia paura più grande con le serie?
Quella di non ricordare niente se i libri escono troppo distanti l’uno dall’altro. Ed è proprio quello che è successo con questo libro, cosa che tra l’altro avevo previsto nelle altre recensioni.
Il libro di cui vi parlo oggi, a malincuore, è “La lettrice. La ladra di storie”, terzo e ultimo libro della trilogia “La lettrice” di Traci Chee, edito Newton Compton editori, che ringrazio per avermi inviato il file digitale.
Eravamo rimasti con il secondo libro... Dove eravamo rimasti con il secondo libro? Bella domanda, me la sono fatta anche io appena letto il primo capitolo.
Non possiamo incolpare nemmeno la Newton, che anzi ha portato il libro in Italia anche presto. In lingua originale è uscito un sei mesi prima, quindi sempre un annetto dopo il secondo libro.
Incolpiamo la mia pessima memoria, incolpiamo la lunga attesa, ma io davvero ero in alto mare, peggio di Sefia e Arciere nei primi capitoli.
Dunque, ritroviamo Sefia e Arciere sulla Corrente di Fede del capitano Reed, Arciere è ferito, sia fuori che dentro, dopo aver ucciso alcuni dei suoi Sanguinari e aver abbandonato gli altri.
Intanto la Corrente solca i mari in compagnia della Crux, prima una nave nemica, alla ricerca del grande tesoro del re di Liccaro, che contiene anche l’Amuleto della Resurrezione, che il capitano Reed desidera ardentemente.
Sefia continua a tuffarsi tra le pagine del Libro, consapevole che la Guerra Rossa si sta avverando e avvicinando, e di conseguenza anche la morte solitaria di Arciere.
Quindi questo ultimo libro è una corsa contro il destino e il Libro, per scrivere un finale alternativo, salvare Kelanna dalla guerra e risparmiare Arciere, in modo che possa vivere una vita lunga e felice con Sefia.
Ma con tutta la magia e la bravura del mondo, è davvero possibile cambiare il destino? O qualsiasi passo, anche quelli per deviarlo, porteranno allo stesso fine?
Sarò completamente onesta con voi, lettori, questo libro non mi è piaciuto. Ho adorato i primi due libri, ho adorato la trama, i particolari, i personaggi, ma quando ho iniziato questo terzo libro è andato tutto a farsi benedire.
Tralasciando il capitano Reed, l’unico personaggio ad aver compiuto il ciclo della sua storia, nel modo migliore per lui, ossia in modo leggendario, tutto il resto della storia è stato un piatto e noioso susseguirsi di discorsi inconcludenti e domande esistenziali strappalacrime. Che, sinceramente, se avessi voluto leggere capitoli dopo capitoli di domande senza risposta, in cui ci si lamenta di sé e del proprio destino, potevo tranquillamente stare a sentire le voci nella mia testa.
Sefia e Arciere, gli eroi di questa storia, si sono trasformati in due bambini piagnucoloni che non sanno fare altro se non scappare, baciarsi e lamentarsi del proprio destino.
Sefia, che dovrebbe essere la strega più potente di Kelanna, figlia dell’assassina e del mago più forti del mondo, ha passato un libro intero a combattere qualcosa che era già scritto, a formulare piani inutili che le venivano in mente nei momenti più disparati, senza un’apparente connessione a ciò che stava pensando e/o succedendo, e a decidere di agire contro il destino finendo sempre per agevolarlo.
Allora dico io, sei una strega potentissima, sì, stai ancora imparando, ma sei un mezzo prodigio che riesce a gestire incantesimi che un intero ramo della Guardia ci ha messo secoli a capire ed è pure scomparso per questi in poche settimane, quindi non ti ci vuole molto, hai un potere da paura con cui potresti cambiare la storia e non riesci a spezzare un paio di colli da lontano?! E con lei mi fermo che se no spoilero.
E passiamo ad Arciere, il guerriero più intransigente e sanguinario di Kelanna... ridotto ad un bambino singhiozzante che un altro po’ non va nemmeno in bagno senza chiedere il permesso a Sefia. Penso che Arciere sia il personaggio che mi ha deluso di più; era un combattente, un ragazzo con degli ideali, con un codice d’onore. Capisco che la paura di morire sia orribile, ma doveva essere un eroe, un modello da seguire, e tutto quello che ha fatto è stato aspettare e osservare, accompagnare Sefia nelle sue ricerche e piani inutili. Fosse stato almeno uno stratega, macché. È andato avanti per nominata praticamente.
A questo punto vi chiederete perché io abbia continuato. Perché non mi sarei mai perdonata di essermi arresa proprio all’ultimo libro e perché in realtà ero proprio curiosa di scoprire come si concludeva questa storia fatta di magia e violenza. Volevo assolutamente sapere dove questo marasma sarebbe andato a parare, come se la giocava l’autrice.
Per me se l’è giocata abbastanza male, ma devo comunque dare anche un parere oggettivo, per cui metto a freno la lingua biforcuta.
Traci Chee ha dato vita ad un mondo interessantissimo, crudele e bellissimo allo stesso tempo. Un mondo alternativo e originale ricco di incomprensioni e regole distorte, paesaggi stupendi e maestosi. Ha continuato a trasportarci in questo mondo, a farci conoscere nuovi posti e tesori con le sue descrizioni dettagliate e vivide.
Il tipo di magia che ha inventato lo trovo sempre molto affascinante, potente e originale; le opportunità che ha aperto sul Mondo Illuminato sono luminose e varie, almeno le scene in cui Sefia lo evocava riuscivano a tenermi incollata alle pagine.
Anche le idee, che ha portato avanti attraverso Sefia, di base erano valide e avvincenti, ma nella decisone di arrivare al colpo di scena finale e alla conclusione prestabilita non ha dato spazio a queste di svilupparsi, evolvere e sbocciare e magari arrivare ad un finale alternativo più adatto alla trilogia.
Io, questo finale, magari il più logico, non l’ho trovato affatto concorde alla storia, ai personaggi e al loro percorso.
Si fossero comportati in modo diverso, forse l’avrei accettato, ma così mi è sembrato solo una conclusione forzata che l’autrice si era impuntata di dover portare avanti, ma che poteva tranquillamente svilupparsi in altri modi anche più emozionanti.
L’unico filone narrativo che mi abbia davvero emozionato è stato quello del capitano Reed, da sempre il mio preferito, e della sua necessità di essere immortale, di vivere per sempre per far raccontare di lui, di non morire mai per non essere dimenticato in un mondo in cui solo la parola volante può farti vivere in eterno.
Il suo è stato un personaggio che ha fatto un viaggio nel suo carattere e, meta dopo meta, ha raggiunto il suo stadio finale, epico ed eroico.
Le scene con Haldon Lac e Hobs si sono rivelate simpatiche e tenere, invece, per la bonaria stoltezza dei due.
Ci ho messo due settimane, due, per finire questo libro, lo leggevo a pezzi e bocconi perché mi faceva stare troppo male il fatto che non mi stesse piacendo.
Nonostante la narrazione fosse incalzante come negli altri libri e i capitoli veloci, ho trovato difficoltà a tenere un ritmo regolare perché ero talmente indignata che non ne fossi completamente dentro che non riuscivo a continuare.
Devo dire però che l’autrice è stata molto brava a veicolare i sentimenti attraverso le parole, perché alla fine mi sono comunque ritrovata in lacrime e addolorata per ciò che era successo.
Lettori, chiudere questa serie con queste parole mi sta uccidendo, io per prima sono distrutta dal fatto che non sia stato magico come i primi due, ma questo, ovviamente, è solo il mio parere.
Sono davvero curiosa di sapere se c’è qualcuno lì fuori che condivide ciò che penso o se siete assolutamente contrari.
Fatemi sapere, magari attraverso le vostre parole riuscirò a scovare quella luce che mi attirato e stregato nei libri precedenti e che qui ho visto spegnersi inesorabilmente.
Baci
February 4, 2019
I'm sorry to say I was disappointed by the conclusion of this series! I loved the first two books, but this one was just too meta, and too short-sighted. I basically never want the characters of a book to interact with the actual reader, and also even though I know Sefia was only 16-turning-17, she just kept making choices that resulted in the deaths of dozens of people for Archer's sake. That's taking star-crossed to the extreme.
How sad to see my beloved series end like this.
How sad to see my beloved series end like this.
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November 23, 2019
3.5 en realidad.
Una vez más, me parece fascinante todo el tema del Libro, metaliteratura y fantasía, por no hablar de lo muchísimo que han evolucionado los personajes a lo largo de la historia. Aunque he de decir que la primera mitad de la novela se me ha hecho un poco lenta y no me animaba a continuar leyendo, el resto sí lo ha compensado con creces, y el desenlace me ha parecido el perfecto para la historia.
Una vez más, me parece fascinante todo el tema del Libro, metaliteratura y fantasía, por no hablar de lo muchísimo que han evolucionado los personajes a lo largo de la historia. Aunque he de decir que la primera mitad de la novela se me ha hecho un poco lenta y no me animaba a continuar leyendo, el resto sí lo ha compensado con creces, y el desenlace me ha parecido el perfecto para la historia.
February 6, 2020
tengo que recomendar encarecidamente que leáis la trilogía de Mar de tinta y oro, por su originalidad, por el tema metaliterario y por todo lo que os va a flipar. Es alucinantemente buena.
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July 16, 2020
Yeah! I finished another series! The ending made me sad because like any good YA series conclusion...people die and I liked some of them. I truly just can't praise Traci Chee's writing. I find her voice just so relaxing while still drawing me in.
March 13, 2019
Un final magistral qui m'a un peu laissé en PLS 😱 pleins de rebondissements, de contenus cachés et des révélations de dingue ! Je conseille cette saga à 300% 😍😍
April 6, 2021
⭐entre 2.5 y 3 de 5⭐
Bueno, a ver...
Lamento informar que no me gustó tanto como los otros dos, y que llegando al final lo aguantaba. Me hice un maratón ayer para al fin terminarlo.
Esas últimas páginas son pura guerra y aparte de que no me gusta leer sobre peleas ESTA FUE EN EL MAR AHHH me doy cuenta dr que me re aburre leer cosas que pasan en barcos.
El problema de este libro es que es igual a los otros dos y eso le resta mucho porque una espera que el final sea fuaaa increíble y no pasa. El ritmo se siente igual, y está demasiado centrado en Sefia y Archer que saben que no me copan mucho (y al final es al pedo porque 🙃🙃🙃)
Además, no hay nada de los padres de Sefia, casi nada de Arcaminón que me había consquistado el libro anterior por todo su conflicto interno de estar en la Guardia y amar al rey Eduard. Igual me gustó leer de éste y la amistad que tuvo con Lac y Hobbs, alto trío.
Últimas quejas: la Guardia se volvió un chiste en este libro 😡😡 y el final es tan vago y abrupto 🙃🙃🙃
Para destacar lo que si me gustó: el principio está muy bien, y lo de LA narradora me pareció re original y bonito, pero yo lo hubiera explotado más.
Bueno, a ver...
Lamento informar que no me gustó tanto como los otros dos, y que llegando al final lo aguantaba. Me hice un maratón ayer para al fin terminarlo.
Esas últimas páginas son pura guerra y aparte de que no me gusta leer sobre peleas ESTA FUE EN EL MAR AHHH me doy cuenta dr que me re aburre leer cosas que pasan en barcos.
El problema de este libro es que es igual a los otros dos y eso le resta mucho porque una espera que el final sea fuaaa increíble y no pasa. El ritmo se siente igual, y está demasiado centrado en Sefia y Archer que saben que no me copan mucho (y al final es al pedo porque 🙃🙃🙃)
Además, no hay nada de los padres de Sefia, casi nada de Arcaminón que me había consquistado el libro anterior por todo su conflicto interno de estar en la Guardia y amar al rey Eduard. Igual me gustó leer de éste y la amistad que tuvo con Lac y Hobbs, alto trío.
Últimas quejas: la Guardia se volvió un chiste en este libro 😡😡 y el final es tan vago y abrupto 🙃🙃🙃
Para destacar lo que si me gustó: el principio está muy bien, y lo de LA narradora me pareció re original y bonito, pero yo lo hubiera explotado más.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 15, 2021
This book singlehandedly gave me depression. I’m suing.
October 1, 2020
Trilogía terminada. Me ha parecido un excelente primer trabajo por parte de la autora y muy realista a pesar de que sea una historia fantástica.
Los protagonistas tienen una muy buena evolución a lo largo de las páginas y para los que les gusta el tópico, Sefia y Archer pasan de amigos a amantes de una forma muy bonita y vamos viendo los detalles de esta relación a lo largo de los tres libros. Las escenas de acción son una parte importante también de relación entre todos los personajes y las aventuras conjuntas.
Además, varios personajes tienen su trama en la que son protagonistas y eso hace que el lector se acerque más a ellos.
Me ha gustado principalmente los procesos de aprendizaje de lectura y escritura y más cuando ambas son mágicas. Esta trilogía es muy recomendable.
Los protagonistas tienen una muy buena evolución a lo largo de las páginas y para los que les gusta el tópico, Sefia y Archer pasan de amigos a amantes de una forma muy bonita y vamos viendo los detalles de esta relación a lo largo de los tres libros. Las escenas de acción son una parte importante también de relación entre todos los personajes y las aventuras conjuntas.
Además, varios personajes tienen su trama en la que son protagonistas y eso hace que el lector se acerque más a ellos.
Me ha gustado principalmente los procesos de aprendizaje de lectura y escritura y más cuando ambas son mágicas. Esta trilogía es muy recomendable.
April 3, 2019
Some books creep up on you, you don't realise how much you love them until you've put them down and realise you've swallowed them in one gulp.
Some books feel like a blanket, they warm you up so much you feel safe in them.
Some books punch you you in the gut until you cry from pain.
This book did all those things.
Some books feel like a blanket, they warm you up so much you feel safe in them.
Some books punch you you in the gut until you cry from pain.
This book did all those things.
January 28, 2019
4.5 stars
The story of Sefia and Archer and Captain Reed and all others gathered has come to an end. It was all written, and what was written has come to pass. In the beginning, Sefia lost her parents, soon enough another loved one, she had been nothing but on the run. Then the Book comes into her life. She reads the Book, the Book gave her many things to how she can embrace the future even with the boy she loves so much. But the Book had its flaws too. And as the Red War occurred, the story of them was all set for what Sefia didn't want. Has the Book been her greatest companion, or her greatest enemy?
Now, The Storyteller. What a title. I mean, this trilogy was about the importance of reading, and this is what I am. I am the reader. I am the storyteller. I am the one telling this story of Sefia exactly the way it was written. I look beyond her and Archer and the whole constructed world and sea made from that very ink. However, I had no control over what was coming ahead in their story. I can only tell the story. Could Sefia perhaps rewrite the oncoming? Who knows. But I should know. I have been there, in her world, since the beginning. And now I read her story to the end. And I don't know what happened next. But it's her life to go on. And I'm going to miss her. It was my pleasure to be the storyteller, and I am deeply sorry, Sefia, for having to turn the pages to have you face the fate that happened, for every story will have a fate. I am very, very sorry.
I also had lots of fun uncovering the hidden messages in all three books! Make sure you do that too if you are new to this trilogy.
The story of Sefia and Archer and Captain Reed and all others gathered has come to an end. It was all written, and what was written has come to pass. In the beginning, Sefia lost her parents, soon enough another loved one, she had been nothing but on the run. Then the Book comes into her life. She reads the Book, the Book gave her many things to how she can embrace the future even with the boy she loves so much. But the Book had its flaws too. And as the Red War occurred, the story of them was all set for what Sefia didn't want. Has the Book been her greatest companion, or her greatest enemy?
Now, The Storyteller. What a title. I mean, this trilogy was about the importance of reading, and this is what I am. I am the reader. I am the storyteller. I am the one telling this story of Sefia exactly the way it was written. I look beyond her and Archer and the whole constructed world and sea made from that very ink. However, I had no control over what was coming ahead in their story. I can only tell the story. Could Sefia perhaps rewrite the oncoming? Who knows. But I should know. I have been there, in her world, since the beginning. And now I read her story to the end. And I don't know what happened next. But it's her life to go on. And I'm going to miss her. It was my pleasure to be the storyteller, and I am deeply sorry, Sefia, for having to turn the pages to have you face the fate that happened, for every story will have a fate. I am very, very sorry.
I also had lots of fun uncovering the hidden messages in all three books! Make sure you do that too if you are new to this trilogy.
November 18, 2020
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August 22, 2021
I knew he would die and the end was painful, but afterall it was a really good book. I'm glad I finally read it (because I read the first and the second books when I was in secondary one)
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June 16, 2020
I was too generous to the second book in this trilogy. In retrospect, I see my folly. This is a three star book, and in comparison, THAT was a two-star book. I've rectified the problem now.
Anyway, I hope you can hear the venom in my voice when I say that this was FINE. One might even go so far as to say it was perfectly adequate.
Book three isn't nearly as torturous as book two was, mostly because Kaito is safely dead. That horrendously annoying odyssey is never to be repeated and, though Archer does spend a few moments staring into the middle distance, he's entirely bearable here in comparison. The biggest tragedy of this series overall is how much I LOVED Archer in the first book and now can only come around to a sort of bland acceptance of him. Where did it go? Where did we lose it?
The answer is obvious: book two.
Book one had such potential, but some things can't be salvaged.
This series just has SO much scope and so little heart in comparison. Sure, Sefia and Archer love each other soooo much -- but usually I get irritated when later-series books spend too much time rehashing the "previously on." In this book, I need all the rehashing, because I have straight up forgotten everything that happened before. Because it's so hard to care. Among the names and places and people and powers and teleporting from one ship I barely remember to the next ship I barely remember... anything that I might have felt for anyone involved in this adventure was just buried. I got nothing.
My next beef is the overall wrap-up. WHEN will a YA book execute the "written word as magic" concept in a COMPELLING way? I've seen it so many times, and it falls flat again and again. This book comes so much closer than most, but still falls short of tying everything together.
The Narrator as an all-seeing but powerless entity is interesting in a sort of I Am the Messenger way, but then... that ending. Everything happens just as the prophecy said, all along. The mysterious "she" who controlled everyone's fate is never revealed, and what was the point of what just happened? Why did the Guard bring all this about, knowing what fate had already decreed for them? Why were we just told this entire story that purports to be about love and freedom, and what exactly are we supposed to take away from it? Destiny is inescapable? Free will is an illusion?
The only bright spot we have here is Eduaro. He was the only bright spot in the second book too, and he really shines here. Honestly, the whole story could have been about him and his arc, and I would have enjoyed the heck out of it. He's great.
As for the rest? Vague and unsatisfying. I'm unsatisfied. Also, I continue to steadfastly dislike Captain Reed, and the Brother is a stupid name for a ship.
Anyway, I hope you can hear the venom in my voice when I say that this was FINE. One might even go so far as to say it was perfectly adequate.
Book three isn't nearly as torturous as book two was, mostly because Kaito is safely dead. That horrendously annoying odyssey is never to be repeated and, though Archer does spend a few moments staring into the middle distance, he's entirely bearable here in comparison. The biggest tragedy of this series overall is how much I LOVED Archer in the first book and now can only come around to a sort of bland acceptance of him. Where did it go? Where did we lose it?
The answer is obvious: book two.
Book one had such potential, but some things can't be salvaged.
This series just has SO much scope and so little heart in comparison. Sure, Sefia and Archer love each other soooo much -- but usually I get irritated when later-series books spend too much time rehashing the "previously on." In this book, I need all the rehashing, because I have straight up forgotten everything that happened before. Because it's so hard to care. Among the names and places and people and powers and teleporting from one ship I barely remember to the next ship I barely remember... anything that I might have felt for anyone involved in this adventure was just buried. I got nothing.
My next beef is the overall wrap-up. WHEN will a YA book execute the "written word as magic" concept in a COMPELLING way? I've seen it so many times, and it falls flat again and again. This book comes so much closer than most, but still falls short of tying everything together.
The Narrator as an all-seeing but powerless entity is interesting in a sort of I Am the Messenger way, but then... that ending. Everything happens just as the prophecy said, all along. The mysterious "she" who controlled everyone's fate is never revealed, and what was the point of what just happened? Why did the Guard bring all this about, knowing what fate had already decreed for them? Why were we just told this entire story that purports to be about love and freedom, and what exactly are we supposed to take away from it? Destiny is inescapable? Free will is an illusion?
The only bright spot we have here is Eduaro. He was the only bright spot in the second book too, and he really shines here. Honestly, the whole story could have been about him and his arc, and I would have enjoyed the heck out of it. He's great.
As for the rest? Vague and unsatisfying. I'm unsatisfied. Also, I continue to steadfastly dislike Captain Reed, and the Brother is a stupid name for a ship.
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