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yak_attak's review against another edition
3.5
At this point, you know what you're in for - Tad's sprawling virtual world story continues apace - a vast array of characters, scenes, all in impressive scenarios. His imagination is still on fine display here as we travel to some of the most fun Otherland worlds yet. But again, the plot progresses at a snail's pace - we flit between such a large cast that important characters end up with 2 or 3 chapters across the entire thousand page novel. It's so large and dense it just feels like it's hard for any type of consistent momentum to carry through.
That does fall away a bit once we finally get to the promised Siege of Ilium, and knowing much of anything about that story makes things particularly worrying for our characters... It's hard to really *love* them, but I was still holding on tightly. Things ramping up make this easily the most exciting ending and thus book in the series to date - but it still is dependent at its core of the rambling sprawl, that if it's not something you're enjoying this entry is definitely not going to change your mind.
That does fall away a bit once we finally get to the promised Siege of Ilium, and knowing much of anything about that story makes things particularly worrying for our characters... It's hard to really *love* them, but I was still holding on tightly. Things ramping up make this easily the most exciting ending and thus book in the series to date - but it still is dependent at its core of the rambling sprawl, that if it's not something you're enjoying this entry is definitely not going to change your mind.
heather_g's review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
3.5
3rd in a 4 part book series.
I'm quite impressed with the world the characters are caught in. There just seems to be a lot of characters to keep track of! Fortunately in this book, the main characters finally found each other so less jumping around & trying to remember where everyone was.
Our heroes have met and apparently defeated the majority of the bad guys, but the other bad guy is still on the loose.
Guess I need to finish out the series, but wow there is a LOT to keep track of!
I'm quite impressed with the world the characters are caught in. There just seems to be a lot of characters to keep track of! Fortunately in this book, the main characters finally found each other so less jumping around & trying to remember where everyone was.
Our heroes have met and apparently defeated the majority of the bad guys, but the other bad guy is still on the loose.
Guess I need to finish out the series, but wow there is a LOT to keep track of!
ainsleym's review against another edition
3.0
Not quite as low plot as book two, but it’d be hard to match that. Plot points and reveals were a bit oddly paced and I wish the characters had more agency in moving forward and making discoveries like they did in book one. Hopeful that book four has a satisfying conclusion: if it doesn’t, I can’t say I’d recommend this series, but if it all comes together then slogging through books two and three will hopefully be worth it.
chocolatereader's review against another edition
3.0
We’re deff taking the long to get anywhere in this series. This volume did end with an exciting bang at least.
belgatherial's review against another edition
5.0
Omigod I want to start the fourth book RIGHT FRIKKIN' NOW.
Brilliant, brilliant stuff. :)
Brilliant, brilliant stuff. :)
jimmypat's review against another edition
3.0
A slight improvement over the second book, but not as good as the first. This series is getting tedious.
circlecast's review against another edition
5.0
You really start figuring out where all the different characters that are in this book fit into the scheme of things. Another large on but still a very easy read.
agruenbaum's review against another edition
4.0
It is starting to come together. Looking forward to see how it wraps up in the final book.