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The trade off seems to be a growing insanity. At the start we learn that there are also "abherents" being born at alarming rates. The Weavers are killing them at birth for the good of society, but of course some get through, and many of them have a unique sort of magic of their own each seem to have their own change, making me think of x-men mutants. The story through the whole series is fast past and very enjoyable.
Loose ends were wrapped up, twists were believable, and the magic system works in the world. The world building is unique, as even the ecology differs from our own. I fell in love with some of the secondary characters Asari especially , but the female lead left me cold at times. If you are looking for a fantasy series away from the medieval landscape, without a trope of the month flavor, give this series a try.
It is a fairly quick read, but I found it very satisfying. Aug 29, Lee rated it liked it.
Definitely the best book in the series and you can't complain too much if the series finishes with the strongest of the trilogy can you. Overall, it was a pretty good story, I think the second book put me at risk of stalling starting book three as it lost my interest for a while. The Ascendancy veil is pretty much non stop action the whole way through with all of the characters stories converging to give a pretty decent ending that I was happy with.
Your main characters were already pretty well Definitely the best book in the series and you can't complain too much if the series finishes with the strongest of the trilogy can you. Your main characters were already pretty well developed and whilst I thought Lucia had the most potential to develop further into something really interesting, I was somewhat disappointed with the way the character was written in this book.
After reading Ketty Jay series before this, I can really see how well Woodings writing has developed.
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Apr 26, Reggie Kray rated it it was amazing. Jun 11, Pauline Ross rated it liked it Shelves: I have to confess to some disappointment with this, the final part of the 'Braided Path' trilogy. The first two were terrific, with great world-building, a brilliant magic system and a suitably apocalyptic threat to be dealt with, and if some of the characters were not all that interesting, it hardly mattered. But this book, despite a resounding climax and some nifty tying up of numerous plot threads, felt - just meh. As usual, Wooding dumps us right into the middle of the action, without a momen I have to confess to some disappointment with this, the final part of the 'Braided Path' trilogy.
As usual, Wooding dumps us right into the middle of the action, without a moment to catch our breath. Not a writer to ease the reader gently into the story.
He's very good, however, at scattering gentle hints as a reminder of the previous two books. The story picks up roughly four years after the last book ended, deep into a war between the Weavers those who can manipulate the underlying 'weave' of the world, something like another dimension and the remnants of the Empire. Both sides have their Aberrants on hand, twisted evil creatures fighting for the Weavers, and humans with unusual powers, once secret, but now openly supporting the Empire.
I've noted in reviews of the first two parts that Wooding's world-building is absolutely awesome. Everything is here - races, cultures, belief systems, flora and fauna, weather, languages, architecture, even the cutlery - all worked out to the last detail. It makes the average fantasy sort-of-medieval backdrop with peasants and castles seem incredibly dull by comparison. The magic is pretty damn good too. I was a little concerned that Kaiku, whose development has been the focus of the story, has now turned into some kind of River-esque 'I can kill you with my brain' superhero.
And that would be very boring. But not to worry, because the Weavers have come up with something even more powerful, something that even Kaiku and her friends can't deal with. And we are beginning to find out about the strange and capricious spirits who also inhabit Saramyr.
The story builds through crisis after crisis and, as in the previous books, it seems that the main characters can't put their noses out of the door without some life-threatening encounter, and every one hyped to the max, and filled with foul monsters and dismembered corpses and all sorts of horrors. It gets a bit repetitive after a while. And even the relatively quiet moments are full of angst. There always seems to be one character or another over-analysing. I got a little jaded with it. The characters have acquired some depth well, over three books they have history, so it's inevitable , but none of them are really particularly likeable or emotionally engaging.
Frankly, I just don't care whether they live or die, for the most part. Tsata is the most interesting, by a long way, with an honourable mention for Mishani's mother. Oh, and perhaps Lucia too. But Kaiku has turned into something of a selfish cow. Having being rescued from certain death by others numerous times, and trained to use her powers by the Red Order, she now starts agonising about - well, everything.
She turns against the Red Order, she encourages Lucia to think of herself first bit late for that , and she is horrible to Tsata.
She has been mooning over him for three quarters of the book, she forces him to declare himself, and then, when they are just about to set off on a suicidal mission, the obvious time to get it together, she says - well, actually, I really need to think about this. And starts agonising over the fact that her powers will make her live longer than him.
Not if you both die horribly in the next chapter. I mean, get a grip, woman, just get on with it.
The problem for me is that this book is so dismal. All the things I loved about the first two - the weird flora and fauna, the etiquette, the elegant lifestyle and rituals of the Empire - all that is effectively gone, and the story staggers from one horrendous battle of monsters to another. It's like Frodo and Sam endlessly trekking through Mordor, really depressing stuff. Actually, it's worse, because there is so much gore and blood and spilled entrails and limbs chopped off, each monster more hideous and unbeatable than the last.
And although everything that happen is completely logical, and feels as if the whole story was worked out from day one, there was no emotional resonance to it, in the end. May 21, Simon Wood rated it it was amazing. Kinda blown away by Chris Wooding's Braided Path trilogy. I'm always impressed by how these guys manage to pull these things together in such a coherent way over a series of books. Things set up in book 1 come full circle to be paid off in book 3, or however many there are.
It can't be easy - the books are separated by years and while you're writing book 3, book 1 and 2 have already been published and now you have no choice but to stick to what you've written about before. Always impressed by that. Now I am a fan of this series, but Morgan plays it pretty fast and loose with the mythologies that he creates. I won't be surprised if, come book 3, whole strands are simply abandoned in favour new more immediate ideas and solutions.
Then there's also the way Chris Wooding writes action. These books are chocked full of huge battle scenes - but they are always distinct from one another and always so vivid and visceral and always entertaining. Even the battles within the Weave, which is a sort of Psychic warfare, and one that happens often - and it should be pretty boring and repetitive, given its nature, but somehow Wooding always makes it fresh and exciting. And of course the thing that really holds it all together is his fantastic characters and immaculate world building.
You care for these characters and are fascinate by this world and the intricacies of these societies. Full of sex, politics, corruption, betrayal, revenge - all that good shit. But most of all the thing that blew me away was the mythology that Wooding created, and the way he was able to break it down to its most fundamental elements and then bring it right up to allowing us an understanding of the nature of the gods of this universe and their place in the greater scheme of things.
Please login or register to use this feature. Enlarge Cover 0 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 0 ratings. About the Author Maureen Bush is the author of five books for children. Before becoming a writer, she pursued other passions: She has worked as a public involvement consultant and trained as a mediator.
Born in Edmonton, Maureen now lives in Calgary with her husband and two daughters. The Veil Weavers outlines some background material, so it could be read on its own, but most young readers would probably find it easier to read the three books in order. Buy this book at: Find Your Local Store.
Other Titles by Maureen Bush. The Boy from Left Field. Last Summer in Louisbourg. Terror at Turtle Mountain. A Terrible Roar of Water.
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