ladygrey
Written on May 1, 2010
At first I thought it was just fatigue. By the time I got to the third book, all the things I didn't love about [a:Stephen R. Lawhead|28083|Stephen R. Lawhead|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1247321485p2/28083.jpg]'s writing were piling up. Like being frustrated with ignorant characters who should see and react to certain things because you're learning of them through the characters point of view. But then I realized that the thing that wore on me the most, through all three books, was his languid pace. It fit in scenes like where Nettles and Lewis are having dinner in [b:The Paradise War|617086|The Paradise Snare (Star Wars The Han Solo Trilogy, #1)|A.C. Crispin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328111695l/617086._SY75_.jpg|2112698] but then it never changes to match the action or create suspense or provide resolution. This book, even more so than the first two is filled with pandering days of travel through forests and over hills and by streams and I just started reading two or three words in a paragraph and skipping ahead because I was ready to get to the point! Which he did. By page 258 I got a glimmer of the story I was looking for.
That being said, once the story got started I really liked it. There were two small things that surprised me when I got to them, though I got to them pages before he actually revealed them. In the end, it was a good, clean resolution to the trilogy. He definitely created a good world with an interesting story.
