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Britannia
No. You need, at the very least, the next three books in the trilogy to feel any kind of resolution and frankly even those three probably will not satisfy.
Sean Carter
It's not like it doesn't set up the next two books in the trilogy because it does but it does resolve itself. If I didn't love the writing and characters so much I could easily put this one down and read another series. By the way, if you want a good standalone first book in a series check out The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. That book holds well by itself, much more so than it's successor in the series (which is also amazing).
Colleen
I think this one does, much more so than A Song of Ice and Fire or the Kingkiller Chronicles. It ends with a sense of a caesura.
Chris
I think I know what you mean... Many series feel like they are one massive book split up at arbitrary points.
I certainly think that this book stands well on it's own. All of the major plot points are resolved in a satisfying way. Nothing feels unfinished, but it's also good enough that I can't imagine stopping after the first one.
I certainly think that this book stands well on it's own. All of the major plot points are resolved in a satisfying way. Nothing feels unfinished, but it's also good enough that I can't imagine stopping after the first one.
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