Review: So addicted
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
I am so addicted to this series. The apocalypse takes a backseat to the tumultuous personal lives of the characters much of the time in White's epic story. Even though each book is bursting with pages, it never seems to be quite enough! The characters' evolving powers seem to mirror the changes in their personal lives and beliefs, which makes for some good reading. I like that even the most vile character is given the opportunity to redeem him/herself and even the most revered and nearly worshiped of the group is flawed and sometimes self-serving - it makes it hard to accurately predict how a character will react in a given situation. For some reason I'm also totally intrigued by the communication between humans, animals and insects. I can't wait to see how that develops. The author does a great job of juggling a lot of different characters' story  lines while keeping the overall story moving along. While it isn't the gory, zombie apocalypse-type end of the world story, there is plenty of gore, death and dying, it's just sandwiched in between lots of interesting character interaction.