The Dark Defiles

Hardcover

Published Jan. 6, 2014 by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-0-575-07794-2
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Review of 'The Dark Defiles' on 'Goodreads'

Good in parts, but the constant crazy magic destiny stuff from character X popping out of nowhere and overriding crazy magic destiny stuff from character Y kind of cancelled out any kind engaging storyline.
The parts of the story that were more grounded in characters and places and not "random magic crap happening" where quite good though.
This serious started of well but fizzled out in a bunch of tedious eternal hero mystical magic hogwash.

Review of 'The Dark Defiles' on 'Goodreads'

Oh the twisted path through the margins is taken. I liked this book and I really wasn't ready for it to end. It felt unfinished, too many dangling threads of potential that I really wanted more from. A short story of epilogues might round it out.

Regardless this book carried forth as its prior conspirators did. We saw our trio march, swim, find more tech and sorceries, understand their new perils, and get lost here and there in the margins both literal and figurative.

I give away nothing. I would like Morgan to revisit these worlds, these peoples. I want to know more of the Kiriath, the Bookkeepers, the Dark Court, and the Void. Ah to be human is to be plagued by the unknown and there is plenty unknown here.

Enjoy this final parcel for what it is. :D

Review of 'The Dark Defiles' on 'Goodreads'

Despite all it's flaws I loved the conclusion of the Land Fit for Heroes trilogy.

By this time Gils anger has grown to powerful, it is no longer a means to and end but the end itself.

The gods seem to be standing in line to tell Gill what's going on. Instead of him finding things out he and thus we are told more and more about the world. On one hand this isn't very good writing on the other hand everyone has an agenda and the info dumping is also a means by which Gil is manipulated.

This is perhaps unavoidable as people at Gills level of tech can barely fathom what they're being told let alone being able to figure such things out on their own.

Archeth, with her more advanced knowledge does get to figure out some things on her own.

But in the end Morgan's descriptive …

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