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adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The Shadow Glass is part 3 in a trilogy. It has the same set up as the 1st, where the start of the chapters are about Tea's past and the end is about the current happenings in the Bard's point of view. This time Tea is after the last and final Faceless, Druj.
I wasn't as impressed with part 3 as I was with part 1 or 2 even.
First part of the book Tea is facing her ghost from part 2. She now has nightmares and is afraid the dark will take over her heart (I don't consider this a spoiler, because it is in the synopsis). This section was alright, but it reminded me a lot of Luke in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, when he is on Dagobah training with Yoda. Tea's dreams and fears read a lot like when Luke was in the caves fighting off his anger. Only makes sense though, with what happened in part 2.
Mid section of the book was mostly Tea traveling to all the places left on the map that weren't used in the previous books. Using some weird, out of the blue, quickly thought up reason to pull her to one place or another. The story here didn't feel as fleshed out as before and more like new things were being introduced and previously patient characters changing who they were to support war just to push the plot forward. This takes up way too much of the story.
It wasn't until Tea started after the Faceless in the last section of the book that my attention was really brought back. This was what I was here for. Ending has a few surprises. Bittersweet conclusion. Having read all now, while also watching Wheel of Time on Amazon.. I think they should have picked up this series instead.
Even though it wasn't quite the end to the story I was expecting, overall a decent series. 4-4.5 stars together. I will be looking into more of Rin Chupeco's works.
I wasn't as impressed with part 3 as I was with part 1 or 2 even.
First part of the book Tea is facing her ghost from part 2. She now has nightmares and is afraid the dark will take over her heart (I don't consider this a spoiler, because it is in the synopsis). This section was alright, but it reminded me a lot of Luke in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, when he is on Dagobah training with Yoda. Tea's dreams and fears read a lot like when Luke was in the caves fighting off his anger. Only makes sense though, with what happened in part 2.
Mid section of the book was mostly Tea traveling to all the places left on the map that weren't used in the previous books. Using some weird, out of the blue, quickly thought up reason to pull her to one place or another. The story here didn't feel as fleshed out as before and more like new things were being introduced and previously patient characters changing who they were to support war just to push the plot forward. This takes up way too much of the story.
It wasn't until Tea started after the Faceless in the last section of the book that my attention was really brought back. This was what I was here for. Ending has a few surprises. Bittersweet conclusion. Having read all now, while also watching Wheel of Time on Amazon.. I think they should have picked up this series instead.
Even though it wasn't quite the end to the story I was expecting, overall a decent series. 4-4.5 stars together. I will be looking into more of Rin Chupeco's works.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: War
Minor: Toxic friendship
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