I really wanted to enjoy this final volume, but it was rather disappointing.

This is a huge book; perhaps too huge. I'm not one to be daunted by thick books, so long as they stay interesting. Unfortunately, there seemed to be a lot of padding for the sake of padding in To Green Angel Tower. The first third and final quarter-or-so of the book were decent, but the middle dragged on and on.

The unpronounceable Sithi language and place-names continued to slow reading, to the point that I had to stop trying altogether and just take them as a pattern of letters and apostrophes.

In places, the dialogue turned stiff, making it seem as though the characters were merely interviewing eachother rather than conversing as genuine people.

Some of the inner-conflict scenes, particularly Miriamele's, fell flat for me. Rather than seeming conflicted, she seemed... fragmented. "Yes! Yes!" one moment, and "No! Please, no!" the next, with no apparent memory of the previous state. No wonder Simon was confused.

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Finally, I found how Williams dealt with the problem of the Sithi and iron to be less than satisfying. Historically, the metal was supposed to be their bane but presently it doesn't affect them. The explanation boiled down to nothing more than "Well, we learned how to deal with it." Very handwavy. ( )

Entry to the engaging conclusion of Memory Sorrow and Thorn.

I read To Green Angel Tower as a single book in pre-print. Was dissapointed when It was split into two. But the story is not negatively impacted (except that it is often hard to find one or the other.) ( )

I read this trilogy. Stuff happened. Hero didn't die. Ending sorta sucked 'cause it felt rushed, but after 3000 pages, what are you gonna do?

In all seriousness, this is a long, engaging story. Tad Williams impresses me with the worlds he creates, and this was the story by which I was introduced to his works back in the early 90s. This book is by far the longest in the trilogy, and I did feel the ending was rushed in order to keep the page numbers a little lower than it ended up. ( )

Fabulous series.. well drawn out, complex characters. Top notch writing. All the books in the series are fairly generous in size, particularly the final 2, but the series is good enough you won't mind. ( )