Review: Constant climax - not in a good way
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2013
I have really enjoyed this series so far - I would rate the first two combined as about a 4 plus (not quite 4 and a half). This final installment to the "beast" trilogy was flawed in that it was like a constant ending from the beginning; it had  everything from continual showdowns with "boss" level enemies, constant impossible odds scenarios, huge desperate no win battle scenarios, big twists, constant beloved character loss. These are things that are built up to over the course of an entire book and become a dramatic crescendo during the last 1/3 or so. You just can't keep getting bigger when all of the universe is at play; it plateaued and became tedious. I've tried to remember if I've ever read anything like this, not just one big long climax, but a series of one big long climaxes. I haven't.If you have read the rest of the series you'll read this in order to find out what happens, I would imagine like me, you'll hope the author takes this back to the semi mundane aspect of a guy with the job to keep divine balance. Not one who has the fate of the universe at stake in every decision.