![]() The cast of characters has, by this point, become extremely complex, and readers will need to call up memories from the prior two books to refresh the web of relationships that form the complicated motivations of the characters. ![]() Chapters usually end with a character in a situation that seems impossible to survive, only to turn up several chapters later with a time lapse that finds them ready to fight again. Readers who have followed the fates of Alex, Tom, and Ellie since the first book will know to expect gore, but this finale amps up the horrific violence and bodily degradation, with plot almost falling by the wayside in favor of yet another desperate chase followed by a fight scene that ends in dismemberments, puncture wounds (Bick seems especially fond of the sound eyeballs make when they rupture), and pain explosions. Weighing in at more than 800 pages, this conclusion to the Ashes trilogy is pretty monstrous itself. ![]()
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