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I’ve read reviews around this book that fall in both sides of the fence, some believe is a masterpiece while others feel it falls short on its promise.

I believe it is not a traditional novel, specially because of the “sweep loose plot strands under the proverbial rug” issue some people seem to have a problem with.

I agree to some extent, it is hard to imagine a 900+ page novel that fails to resolve some of the most intricate plot issues, which leads me to believe that the author didn’t fail, he simply chose not to. And I think that is part of the power in the novel, at the end there are so many things unresolved that you feel like a 4th book is required, yet, if it doesn’t exist its ok. The atmosphere at the end leaves no need for further explanation, the 2 main characters reveal their thought process to be beyond the needs for additional input, they are on their own and it will work just like that. All the remaining plots can develop in my head as I wish, so even though the novel is over, the story can continue.

The narrative is extensive, the details exquisite, the ability of the reader to immerse in the world presented by the author will determine the joy experienced or the excruciating pain of going over hundreds of pages with little advancement on the main plot. I thankfully belong to the first class so I don’t think I can recommend this book to everyone, only to some people that enjoy losing themselves in a different world, a world with different rules, rules that they can accept as true just because such a world exists.

I feel that if you know more from the author this might not be the best book to read, and I say that because I didn’t know anything from the author before taking the book with me. So maybe that helped in that I wasn’t expecting anything beyond a good book that would keep me interested from start to finish.

Highlights:

• Narrative
• Thought process of the characters
• Overall ambient