The Obelisk Gate

Still binge reading this series. Read this one in two sittings... I like the characters, I like the psychology, I like way trauma is described, the way parenting is a topic, including bad parenting and abuse and their effects, etc. all this being said I'm growing kind of tired : the main impetus in the first volume, to me at least, was to understand. In this second volume it very much has to do with the main charater becoming more and more incredibly super powerfull. Very much specisesist is my main criticism I guess. In one page the author goes on about how communities go mad if they lack meat vs beans. (Granted B12). And precisely it could have been a way of imagining how to do without accessible B12 or imagine something of the sort. But then again this is a minor point : this is a good book.

Another solid sequel, better than most sequels. Again well crafted but the viewpoint characters aren't my favorite so I stop the rating at a 3.5

As with the first book in this trilogy, I read this obsessively, this time a bit better prepared for the sudden transitions in viewpoint/time/space, but still confused enough to keep it interesting, and this world and cast of characters (species) just gets weirder but not at the expese of the feels. I have no idea what to expect in the finale, but that's next on my reading list.

While this was a continuation of the first book, and it takes on a different approach with the characters, the worldbuilding still goes pretty slow.

While, I still liked the book enough (and it isn't too large), it faced Second Book Syndrome[1]. There was nowhere to go in the plot, and while the character choices were natural to the characters, apart from a few major plot points that could have been handled in a shorter word-count fairly easily.

It drags on quite a lot, if you think about what all actually happens. I'm still invested in the series, and hope that the finale would be worth it. My major issue with the series so far is that it takes a very slow approach to giving out secrets.

[1]: gillianeberry.blogspot.in/2014/01/second-book-syndrome-and-what-that-is.html