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booksong's review against another edition
4.0
This is the "penultimate Pendragon," as D.J. MacHale himself calls it. And boy, is it full of everything needed to lead into the final chapter of this series that literally spans all of space and time.
It has come back to Second Earth. Bobby, trapped on Ibara by his own hand, has a painful revelation to make. He hasn't stopped Saint Dane. Instead, the demon has freed himself and is now launching his final plan to bring about the Convergence and his ultimate goal. And he has, at last, chosen Bobby's home as the battleground.
A terrifying cult leader named Alexander Naymeer brings millions under his sway, pointing Second Earth toward a vision of utopia with a horrifying dark side. Mark and Courtney struggle to keep their heads in the game even as their ties to Bobby pull them into the center of the conflict. Saint Dane and his accomplice Nevva Winter come up with the most brutal and fiendishly intelligent plans yet. And Bobby, fighting with the pain of his own duty, ethics, choices, and responsibilities, will either triumph or shatter beneath it all.
Everything in this book is bigger. The series gets progressively darker, scarier, more suspenseful, more wrenching, more intense. Strange new twists get thrown in, things you weren't expecting at all. And the ending leaves you at the edge of a cliff at the end of all things, waiting to see what the final fight for Halla will bring. I am really counting on MacHale not to fumble this ending, and to take some of the strange concepts he's introduced and make them work well instead of fall flat. I can't wait!
It has come back to Second Earth. Bobby, trapped on Ibara by his own hand, has a painful revelation to make. He hasn't stopped Saint Dane. Instead, the demon has freed himself and is now launching his final plan to bring about the Convergence and his ultimate goal. And he has, at last, chosen Bobby's home as the battleground.
A terrifying cult leader named Alexander Naymeer brings millions under his sway, pointing Second Earth toward a vision of utopia with a horrifying dark side. Mark and Courtney struggle to keep their heads in the game even as their ties to Bobby pull them into the center of the conflict. Saint Dane and his accomplice Nevva Winter come up with the most brutal and fiendishly intelligent plans yet. And Bobby, fighting with the pain of his own duty, ethics, choices, and responsibilities, will either triumph or shatter beneath it all.
Everything in this book is bigger. The series gets progressively darker, scarier, more suspenseful, more wrenching, more intense. Strange new twists get thrown in, things you weren't expecting at all. And the ending leaves you at the edge of a cliff at the end of all things, waiting to see what the final fight for Halla will bring. I am really counting on MacHale not to fumble this ending, and to take some of the strange concepts he's introduced and make them work well instead of fall flat. I can't wait!
aribel2805's review against another edition
3.0
it took me more than two years to finish this…i’m disappointed
cwlapreziosa's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book in about three days. All 500 something pages. I just adore the Pendragon series. They're so intense, suspenseful, imaginative, and just amazing. I'm seriously about to start on number 10 right now. I really can't think of anything wrong with the books at all. I love the way D.J. MacHale writes. I even pause several times during the book to admire it. I have no idea how he came up with this idea, but it's amazing. There were a few parts that confused me, but that's probably because during chaotic scenes in books, I tend to skim and am unable to read normally. I don't know what's wrong with my brain, but I always do that. Anyhow, I loved this book. I definitely recommend this entire series to everyone. Especially if you like fantasy books.
deviki's review against another edition
3.0
Books I've read and provided detailed reviews over the years but all data is lost after accidental deletion and GD's refusal to restore it back.
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_veelox's review against another edition
5.0
Finally done with this one... My heart is still racing! Cannot wait to start the next one, which i will in a few minuets. The final battle is on!
the_kat_next_door's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
itkovian_books's review against another edition
4.0
This book felt a bit disjointed, since there is a lot of traveling around. At the same time, I didn't mind because it was interesting to see how tension was rising on multiple worlds, all at once. This book really helped flesh out two characters that felt pretty underdeveloped to me (Alder and Patrick). The ending was as great as the endings to every other book in this series, and sets up perfectly for the finale.
Rating: 8/10
Rating: 8/10
srod129's review against another edition
now has more questions than answers. too descriptive, had to skip parts cuz it was too boring or anticipated to know what happened next.
deefinglee's review against another edition
4.0
I feel like I found a few inconsistencies in this book but just a bit nothing completely book ruining. The last chapter made me cry!
ryanjamesburt's review against another edition
4.0
Took a while to get into the meat of the story but I liked it. Not to many more books and this series will draw to a close. You can kind of see how it is starting to come together.