This series surprised me, it was better than I expected. I have a healthy amount of respect for Islington completing this series in 3 books. Its easy This series surprised me, it was better than I expected. I have a healthy amount of respect for Islington completing this series in 3 books. Its easy to see this having been a 10, or even 15 book behemoth of a series. There was a lot of restraint here in making it a trilogy.
The trilogy had a surprising amount of Christian themes. Fate, God, the relationship between man and God and the role God plays in the world. The nature of faith and reason. As well as the new religion of El. Where Islington outright states that the differences in theology are so profound that not only is it a different religion, but it is a different El. There's a lot of real world comparisons to be made there and Islington is the first western author I've read who's said it.
While I respect the commitment to pacing and brevity - some characters have suffered for it. Mostly Wirr, who over the course of this trilogy has made a slow ponderous journey into irrelevancy. Banished to fantasy politics hell, doing little for a long time. Before in the end a large and obviously important part of his story was cut in book for the sake of pacing. Islington is going to release a novella of it later on, but it just shows what a 4th wheel Wirr became.
The ending was also peak. Holy shit. What a way to end it all....more
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