Publishers: Orbit
Pages: 577
Main Characters:
Tamas, Taniel, Adamat,
Nila.
After absolutely flying through The Crimson Campaign I was extremely excited to start The Autumn Republic. I thought McClellan left the threads of each individual character perfectly placed at the end of The Crimson Campaign to make this final
book in the series incredibly epic! Tamas was on his way back to his soldiers
with sixty thousand new men. Taniel had escaped his captures and looked ready
to enact revenge on the Kez, and Adamat was prepared to go behind enemy lines
to find his kidnapped son.
It saddens me to say that though I was excited to read The Autumn Republic, it left me feeling
underwhelmed and a little disappointed. These stories never seemed to materialise
at all. Much of the first half of the book was devoted to characters such as
Nila, Vlora and Olem and I felt that the main plots for the three leading
characters were almost rushed, as they seemed to be concluded so quickly. In
addition, as the start of the book was so heavily focused on it; I became invested
in Nila’s story. But then the novel then seemed to trail away from her tale
and onto something else (Lord Claremonte) and again, only rounded up her story
quickly at the end of the book. It almost felt like McClellan wedged in the
problem with Lord Claremonte without considering how he could properly round up
everyone else’s plots from The Crimson
Campaign. And though I did like that the author added a new antagonist, I
thought that the big reveal surrounding him was a little too obvious, making me
want to read on past Adamant’s detective work around Claremonte until the big
fight scene at the end.
However, though I have painted a bleak picture of the book
there was some parts that I really liked. Firstly, I still love the world
McClellan has created and feel he has left the ending open to expand on that
world with new characters. Plus, I did enjoy the events in the book but they
didn’t turn out how I expected them to be. If this was a stand-alone novel I
would definitely give it five stars, but with the build up from The Promise of Blood and The Crimson Campaign I expected more
from McClellan in this final novel.
To conclude, this was an enjoyable read but was a little
underwhelming. If you’re a fantasy fan you must read this trilogy though, it’s
one of the best!
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