Pendragon: Black Water
D.J MacHale
p.145-p.427(end)
Rating: 8.5/10.0
The book continues with Pendragon finding out Saint Dane's plan to destroy Eelong: convince the Klees to eat the gars(humans), which will in effect kill the klees because of a poison planted by Saint Dane. I like how this book has an ending where Eelong is saved, but with a heavy cost, which I won't reveal here. The book continues the plot with a switch from slow progression and great description to escalating action and a great climax.
One thing I didn't like was that the climax feels somewhat rushed, where there is a million important things happening in the span of two pages. This is somewhat confusing at times, and it doesn't help that about six characters play a role in this climax, which makes it hard to keep everything and everyone straight. The ending wasn't terrible, but it wasn't as great as I'd hoped it to be. It leaves you waiting for another sequel, but it doesn't really tie up any knots, and I wish it did because the final book which gave us all the answers was completely epic- and epic failure! If J.K Rowling can plan the whole Harry Potter series so precisely that I can't even think of an adjective strong enough to describe it, why can't D.J MacHale plan a series so that information is revealed bit by bit and not in a giant, blown-up conclusion that doesn't really match up with the whole series. I guess it's unfair comparing any writer to J.K Rowling, but still this series was poorly planned. Black Water is still an incredibly engaging book, and it was a great read, but I wanted just a little more out of this book and the entire series.
D.J MacHale
p.145-p.427(end)
Rating: 8.5/10.0
The book continues with Pendragon finding out Saint Dane's plan to destroy Eelong: convince the Klees to eat the gars(humans), which will in effect kill the klees because of a poison planted by Saint Dane. I like how this book has an ending where Eelong is saved, but with a heavy cost, which I won't reveal here. The book continues the plot with a switch from slow progression and great description to escalating action and a great climax.
One thing I didn't like was that the climax feels somewhat rushed, where there is a million important things happening in the span of two pages. This is somewhat confusing at times, and it doesn't help that about six characters play a role in this climax, which makes it hard to keep everything and everyone straight. The ending wasn't terrible, but it wasn't as great as I'd hoped it to be. It leaves you waiting for another sequel, but it doesn't really tie up any knots, and I wish it did because the final book which gave us all the answers was completely epic- and epic failure! If J.K Rowling can plan the whole Harry Potter series so precisely that I can't even think of an adjective strong enough to describe it, why can't D.J MacHale plan a series so that information is revealed bit by bit and not in a giant, blown-up conclusion that doesn't really match up with the whole series. I guess it's unfair comparing any writer to J.K Rowling, but still this series was poorly planned. Black Water is still an incredibly engaging book, and it was a great read, but I wanted just a little more out of this book and the entire series.
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