Reviews

Last of the Wilds by Trudi Canavan

marty_zevius's review against another edition

2.0

All pieces are there, but it never goes anywhere. Main character is dull. The ending is interesting but it seems it tries to hook you up for the next part. I rarely leave bad reviews, but I do not see the hype

readacorn's review against another edition

Ich habe mich tatsächlich sehr über das Wiedersehen mit bekannten Figuren und das Kennenlernen neuer gefreut. Es gab einige interessante Wendungen. Die fast 800 Seiten fühlen sich sehr kurzweilig an. Ich freue mich auch schon auf den letzten Teil der Reihe, der hier schon bereit liegt.

zsazsa_3's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

gemforest's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

3.75

harriet22's review

adventurous challenging lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism

swarmofbooks's review against another edition

4.0

Lektury pierwszego tomu nie wspominam najlepiej. Pamiętam, że ekspozycja zajmowała zbyt wiele miejsca względem akcji, co doprowadziło do uczucia znużenia. Bohaterowie wydawali mi się nijacy i nie zależało mi na nich w większym stopniu. Jednak z powodu tego, że kupiłam od razu trzy tomy wiedziałam, że pewnego dnia do tej trylogii wrócę. Co w końcu nastąpiło.
Nie planowałam czytać tej książki tak długo, ale najpierw były kolokwia przed świętami, potem święta, potem dostałam anginy, a potem zaczęła się sesja, którą mam nadzieję zakończyć w poniedziałek. Dlatego teraz znalazłam trochę czasu na czytanie i skończyłam tę książkę.
Co o niej sądzę? Jest lepiej. Chociaż pierwszy tom czytałam chyba jesienią 2017 i niewiele już z niego pamiętałam to po jakimś czasie udało mi się połapać w fabule. Bohaterowie się rozwinęli, nie są już tak jednowymiarowi. Akcja przyspieszyła. Oczarował mnie świat przedstawiony, który owszem, ma pewne wspólne punkty np. z Trylogią Czarnego Maga, ale ma też kilka nowych, ciekawych elementów. Nie wiem kiedy zabiorę się za trzeci tom, ale na pewno jeszcze w tym roku. Wydarzenia pod koniec zaintrygowały mnie na tyle, że chcę skończyć tę historię.

annevdh's review

2.0

Not because the book was terrible, just because it really wasn’t my type of book. I couldn’t connect to the characters, the story was too slow and the world-building wasn’t imaginative enough to make up for it.

elenajohansen's review

1.0

DNF @ page 90. I gave this more than 10% before I gave up, because I wanted to at least rotate once fully between ALL THE MANY POVs. Like the first book, there are just too many, and it makes the narrative too choppy.

Basically the only thing I do like about the book is the inclusion of a new POV character, Reivan, one of the Pentadrian army. Through her I got the first glimpses of the enemy and their society, which honestly seemed to be as rigid, theocratic, and harmful as the Circlians, aka the "good" guys. Part of me was hoping for some kind of subversion, that the Pentadrians were going to turn out to be the winners/heroes/good guys after all, but if this epic fantasy trilogy is about two theocracies dueling it out to see which one is better, well, you're both idiots, and I don't care who wins. I'm out. For good.

la_libreria_chula's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While there wasn't a big battle or anything, just a plague, there were still things that happened. I just wished we knew more about the characters that we saw in the last book.  Which is why I don't like when there's more than one pov if chapters. Well, they're not even full chapters but still. I liked characters from the first book that we don't see in the second. I liked of Auraya has been finally second guessing on what the gods wanted from her and what she did in the end. As soon as one of the gods started giving her too much attention, I was giving the biggest side eye. Like, really, such a guy. But honestly, I liked this more than the first because of what is progressing and I for sure want to read the last book.