I liked his earlier works better as well. Although I absolutely loved the conclave of shadows. Talon's story was amazing and Kaspar is still one of my favorite characters.
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Paddyjack <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Earl Borah <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I'd agree that I personally prefer many of Ray's earlier works to his >> later works, for a variety of reasons (when I discovered them and the age >> at which I read them might be as big a part of that as the books >> themselves), but frankly this one was right up there. It was an excellent >> conclusion book. Even the obligatory "the story so far" section near the >> beginning was done in a way that just worked, and didn't feel artificial. >> That is, I think, exactly what I expected. >> >> >> >> > I completely agree with this. I was not a big fan of the more recent > works either compared to the earlier ones, for many reasons including that > my tastes have evolved in the past 10 years, but I also felt that this one > was right on target. But obviously, opinions vary and you can't please > everyone. > > PJ >
