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A review by wmhenrymorris
The Hidden World by Paul Park
This is the final book in the Princess of Roumania trilogy. And just like with the previous two books, he delivers. A great conclusion. I don't have too much to say (see my reviews of the previous two books for more on Park's strengths as a writer) other than lesser writers would have been tempted at various stages along the way to push things further, to makes things more dramatic (I guess that's the best word). Park doesn't. He keeps things steady and subtle, and although that may sound boring and frustrating, it's not at all.
This is a trilogy worth reading.
As a side note: In the blurbs and in online descriptions, Philip Pullman's name often gets invoked. The comparison it's not entirely fair since Park is shooting at an older audience here (very much teen/adult as opposed to Pullman's early-teen/adult). But since the comparison is out there, let me react to it: Park's trilogy is superior in every single way to Pullman's.
This is a trilogy worth reading.
As a side note: In the blurbs and in online descriptions, Philip Pullman's name often gets invoked. The comparison it's not entirely fair since Park is shooting at an older audience here (very much teen/adult as opposed to Pullman's early-teen/adult). But since the comparison is out there, let me react to it: Park's trilogy is superior in every single way to Pullman's.