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oldenglishrose's review against another edition
1.0
I have never before been this disappointed with the final installment in a trilogy. In fact, had it not been the last book of three then I would have given up when it failed to become interesting before page 200, rather than carrying on doggedly until the bitter end out of some bizarre sense of duty as I did. Even after the initial 200 pages of deathly boring sea voyage had been overcome, although the storyline picked up it never became anything particularly different or anything more than a remix of books one and two with a slightly different setting. The ending was perfunctory, out of place and completely unnecessary. It added nothing at all to the narrative and felt like it was tacked on in a vain attempt to make the otherwise pedestrian story seem more spectacular.
This particular edition (the 1988 printing) is riddled with misprints and spelling errors, which made it even more of a chore to read. While I would still reccommend 'The Anvil of Ice' and 'The Forge in the Forest', I would advise anyone tempted by this trilogy to stop at book two. This book feels like it was simply written to round out the pair of books into a trilogy and adds nothing to a story which is already nicely tied up after the initial two books.
This particular edition (the 1988 printing) is riddled with misprints and spelling errors, which made it even more of a chore to read. While I would still reccommend 'The Anvil of Ice' and 'The Forge in the Forest', I would advise anyone tempted by this trilogy to stop at book two. This book feels like it was simply written to round out the pair of books into a trilogy and adds nothing to a story which is already nicely tied up after the initial two books.
sfletcher26's review against another edition
5.0
A fitting end to a truely great series of Fantasy lit; one that deserves to be republished for the fact that its fallen out of print is a crime. One of the richest examples of world building I've ever read.
caramisha's review
3.0
I think I liked the second one best out of all of these. Probably because Ils was in most of it.
Hammer of the Sun was a worthy end to this Trilogy. I had trouble with the style and language - I'm not used to it so I would sometimes read a whole page and not really comprehend what had happened, and have to go back and read more carefully. Good practice for when I finally read the lord of the rings again, I guess!
More later. I did overall enjoy these books but I don't think I'll be picking up the others in the series.
Hammer of the Sun was a worthy end to this Trilogy. I had trouble with the style and language - I'm not used to it so I would sometimes read a whole page and not really comprehend what had happened, and have to go back and read more carefully. Good practice for when I finally read the lord of the rings again, I guess!
More later. I did overall enjoy these books but I don't think I'll be picking up the others in the series.
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