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4.0 out of 5 stars
Unputdownable - A Great End To The Axis Series..., 26 Jan 2001
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When I first picked up the Axis series some months ago with "Battleaxe", I just couldn't get into it, but when I did, it was excellent, I finished the first series in 2 days, and waited until "Crusader" was released to start on the second series.Although the second series isn't quite as good as the first - there aren't so many surprises..., and there are fewer characters to develop, thus taking away one of Sara Douglass's best skills - it is still a very good read, and a great way to end the series... One thing that has bugged me throughout all six of these books is why does Douglass persist in putting in the odd psuedo-profanity? The one that springs to mind is from "Battleaxe", where, in the early chapters, amongst all of the descriptive prose that you expect in a fantasy novel, Douglass inserts the phrase "and they eat and shat like everyone else"...WHY?!?! It just breaks the flow of language, and is introduced entirely out of context. Oh well, rant over, I would recommend this book, but don't bother reading either of Douglass's Axis series out of sequence as you'll only get lost.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
The continent sinks, everybody dies., 24 Nov 2007
I'll save you time and money, the end sucks. Everyone dies, the continent sinks into the ocean, but it's ok since everybody goes to the book's equivelent of heaven. In case this text doesn't translate well, that was sarcasm. It was really disappointing after the Axis trilogy which was very enjoyable. This one just had me screaming WTF? My fiance actually screamed this in line for a ride at Disney and threw the book across the walkway.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Well written but felt story was written for children, 18 Feb 2007
Well written but puzzling ending. The demons which cannot be destroyed are, er, destroyed, four that is while one becomes a butler, um. It gets stranger, three of the 'shape shifting demons' are hanged. Couldn't they shapeshift? I thought if this story ends ...and they all lived happily ever after, then I'm going to throw up, it doesn't! The authors attempt not to kill off to many of its goody characters and attempt to bring the one's killed back at the end is just plain silly.
Suggest reading George Martins series of books 'A song if ice and fire', most of his characters have got (quite literaly) the chop.
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