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Chronicles of Chaos #3
Titans of Chaos
Titans of Chaos completes John Wright's The Chronicles of Chaos. Launched in Orphans of Chaos--a Nebula Award Nominee for best novel in 2006, and a Locus Year's Best Novel pick for 2005--and continued in Fugitives of Chaos, the trilogy is about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who discovered that they are not human. The students have been kidnapped, robbed of their powers, and raised in ignorance by super-beings. The five have made incredible discoveries about themselves. Amelia is apparently a fourth-dimensional being; Victor is a synthetic man who can control the molecular arrangement of matter; Vanity can find secret passageways through solid walls; Colin is a psychic; Quentin is a warlock. Each power comes from a different paradigm or view of the universe. They have learned to control their strange abilities and have escaped into our now their true battle for survival begins. The Chronicles of Chaos is si
319 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
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John C. Wright
137 books450 followersJohn C. Wright (John Charles Justin Wright, born 1961) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. A Nebula award finalist (for the fantasy novel Orphans of Chaos), he was called "this fledgling century's most important new SF talent" by Publishers Weekly (after publication of his debut novel, The Golden Age).
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November 20, 2008
The cover of this book touts it as "The Fantastic Climax of The Chronicles of Chaos." Most series, in their final book, spend a decent portion on the final build to the climax, which can sometimes be a letdown for the amount of build-up afforded it. Not so here. The climatic battle to which the children have been "destined" the entire trilogy takes up a good portion of this final book. And set aside all your preconceptions of where he could have gone and what he could have done, Wright takes this book and the characters in an direction only he could conceive and direct. Imaginative and creative, heart-pounding in in its pace, this final portion of the Chronicles of Chaos is a brilliant conclusion.
The children finally get a chance to spend time focusing on developing their talents/abilities. And in the process of running and self-searching, they really do find their true selves. They transition from children to adults, and begin to step into the power that their heritages have passed down to them. When the time for that final battle comes, though not completely ready to face their foe(s), they do so with all the power at their command.
Wright's grasp of mythology and science is amazing, and the way he interweaves their contradictory realities is genius in itself. He has somehow woven a narrative utilizing perspectives or definitions of reality which are completely at odds with each other, yet, through his skillful writing, each holds its own coherently.
An aspect of how Wright develops his narrative and moves his story forward which I have come to completely enjoy and respect is that he "allows" his characters to choose poorly as they grow and mature through his stories. And their poor choices have very real consequences, and sometimes those consequences are ones which do not, in any way, affect their position or trajectory positively. It seems a more "real" way of storytelling, portraying individuals striving to do right, but sometimes not, and suffering the consequences thereof.
In all, I highly recommend not only this book, but the entire trilogy. Don't do yourself a disfavor and start with this novel, begin at the beginning and work your way through them all. Orphans of Chaos and then Fugitives of Chaos are excellent books in their own rights, but all three of them really stand as a single unit, and you will never get the full grasp of what Wright has developed if you start anywhere other than at the beginning.
The children finally get a chance to spend time focusing on developing their talents/abilities. And in the process of running and self-searching, they really do find their true selves. They transition from children to adults, and begin to step into the power that their heritages have passed down to them. When the time for that final battle comes, though not completely ready to face their foe(s), they do so with all the power at their command.
Wright's grasp of mythology and science is amazing, and the way he interweaves their contradictory realities is genius in itself. He has somehow woven a narrative utilizing perspectives or definitions of reality which are completely at odds with each other, yet, through his skillful writing, each holds its own coherently.
An aspect of how Wright develops his narrative and moves his story forward which I have come to completely enjoy and respect is that he "allows" his characters to choose poorly as they grow and mature through his stories. And their poor choices have very real consequences, and sometimes those consequences are ones which do not, in any way, affect their position or trajectory positively. It seems a more "real" way of storytelling, portraying individuals striving to do right, but sometimes not, and suffering the consequences thereof.
In all, I highly recommend not only this book, but the entire trilogy. Don't do yourself a disfavor and start with this novel, begin at the beginning and work your way through them all. Orphans of Chaos and then Fugitives of Chaos are excellent books in their own rights, but all three of them really stand as a single unit, and you will never get the full grasp of what Wright has developed if you start anywhere other than at the beginning.
June 29, 2011
Oh, my, God. Although I didn't pick up all of the Orphans of Chaos books at one time to read straight through, I wish I had. John C. Wright writes several paradigms of reality and their associations with one another at the same time FLAWLESSLY. I don't want to give any particulars away because I really want readers to try these books. Although you do not have to be a genius to figure out all of what he is talking about, trying to keep up with it all was challenging in a fun way. I almost had to pull out my physics books to look up terminology. The characters are written as near-adults but the emotions were real and dialog entertaining. I really recommend this series.
My only caveat: This last book could have easily been several more books in a longer series. There is a lot of non-stop action in this book that would have entertained me through at least 3 more books. I love it, but would have liked it to last longer.
My only caveat: This last book could have easily been several more books in a longer series. There is a lot of non-stop action in this book that would have entertained me through at least 3 more books. I love it, but would have liked it to last longer.
April 26, 2008
Wow, I thought this series had such promise, but I have to admit I was fairly underwhelmed by Titans of Chaos. The "kids" discovered and got a handle on their powers in the previous volumes. The excitement and novelty of their powers (for me) had worn thin by the final book. The action was somewhat of a jumbled mess--often I wasn't quite sure who was fighting whom, what powers nullified others, why there seemed to be wave after wave of opponents attacking the kids. I came very close to putting the book down completely, a far cry from my reaction to the first book.
Color me disappointed.
Color me disappointed.
December 26, 2018
Five children who are all its - non-human titans - are raised as humans in a boarding school in England (well, Wales, actually. John Wright is American and labours under the usual confusion as to the relations between Britain, England and Wales) by teachers who are no more human than they are: classical gods and supernatural beings. But the children slowly realise that they are not human, as their powers, all very different, awaken, and their teachers/captors become increasingly wary of their charges. It's a sort of grown-up Harry Potter/Percy Jackson, but one that takes seriously the nature and powers of the gods. Unlike with the YA stuff of Percy Jackson, the gods are the amoral, ruthless, highly sexual creatures of classical mythology. Wright takes his classcial mythology seriously, and works through its consequences with impressive thoroughness. This seems to have upset a sub-section of readers, judging by the reviews. Reading through them, I note how censorious and proscriptive a culture we have become. For myself, I enjoy the exuberance of Wright's invention and the humour, both sly and slapstick, that peppers the books.
February 7, 2018
I enjoy this author he does a great job and I am looking forward to other series by him.
October 31, 2014
Amelia, Victor, Vanity, Quentin, and Colin, five teenagers who each come from different paradigms of Chaos, can no longer run from the gods who raised them as captives. Now their battle for freedom begins in earnest... until they find the enemy not quite what they had thought. Released as bait to tease out Lamia, the teens get a chance to explore the extent of their powers. But they want more than the taste of freedom. They just have to figure out how to get free and stay free without renewing the war between the gods and Chaos or falling to one of the factions within the gods.
From California to Mars and back again, Titans of Chaos provides one crazy ride. It continues to have all the humor of the previous volumes, but the action now shoots up in spades. Of course, there's still time for dinner at a fancy restaurant, as well as the late-night shopping trip that literally ends in disaster. As with previous volumes, Amelia narrates, but there's still a lot of talking going on between the five, so it's easy to stay informed of everyone else's motives as well.
I love the small bits of wisdom scattered throughout the book, often where I'd least expect it. About Vanity: "And anyone can afford to be silly when she is a prisoner, or a child, not in control of her own life, making no decisions that matter to anyone. That is what she used to be. Helpless and therefore silly. Me, too, I guess." And it's true. Vanity grew up. Even Colin went a few steps higher in my opinion, though he's still as perverted as he used to be. Colin proves again and again that despite his attitude, he cares deeply about the group and will do everything in his power to fight.
But there were a few things that bothered me. Unlike the villains of the previous two books, I felt no real connection between the mastermind and the rest of the plot. He's so good at being invisible that when he does reveal himself, he just comes off as an annoying little twat (dangerous, but annoying nonetheless) that needs to get slapped down. It might have worked better if we'd had a better view into the internals of Olympian politics, but Amelia would have a hard time plausibly getting that information.
Second, the book twisted the legend of Prometheus in a very interesting way, and then failed to offer any resolution. I'm not necessarily asking for a complete answer, but if the only reason that was there was to provide a question to stump Mr. Arch-Evil for a few seconds, then Wright could have written the ending to leave that out.
Third, Amelia starts to remember a lot more about her past, which raises a number of questions that don't get answered. I was expecting, at least, to see her brother or sister do something more for her.
Finally, the implications of the last scene leave such a sour taste in my mouth. If this is the end of the series, I demand another book, just to give Wright another chance to end on a better note.
I think this is still a powerful book, and very much worth reading (after the other two, so you aren't completely lost). It's not quite as strong as the other two in some ways, and I think it would work better in the middle rather than as the last book. Despite my nitpicks, I still give it a Recommended.
From California to Mars and back again, Titans of Chaos provides one crazy ride. It continues to have all the humor of the previous volumes, but the action now shoots up in spades. Of course, there's still time for dinner at a fancy restaurant, as well as the late-night shopping trip that literally ends in disaster. As with previous volumes, Amelia narrates, but there's still a lot of talking going on between the five, so it's easy to stay informed of everyone else's motives as well.
I love the small bits of wisdom scattered throughout the book, often where I'd least expect it. About Vanity: "And anyone can afford to be silly when she is a prisoner, or a child, not in control of her own life, making no decisions that matter to anyone. That is what she used to be. Helpless and therefore silly. Me, too, I guess." And it's true. Vanity grew up. Even Colin went a few steps higher in my opinion, though he's still as perverted as he used to be. Colin proves again and again that despite his attitude, he cares deeply about the group and will do everything in his power to fight.
But there were a few things that bothered me. Unlike the villains of the previous two books, I felt no real connection between the mastermind and the rest of the plot. He's so good at being invisible that when he does reveal himself, he just comes off as an annoying little twat (dangerous, but annoying nonetheless) that needs to get slapped down. It might have worked better if we'd had a better view into the internals of Olympian politics, but Amelia would have a hard time plausibly getting that information.
Second, the book twisted the legend of Prometheus in a very interesting way, and then failed to offer any resolution. I'm not necessarily asking for a complete answer, but if the only reason that was there was to provide a question to stump Mr. Arch-Evil for a few seconds, then Wright could have written the ending to leave that out.
Third, Amelia starts to remember a lot more about her past, which raises a number of questions that don't get answered. I was expecting, at least, to see her brother or sister do something more for her.
Finally, the implications of the last scene leave such a sour taste in my mouth. If this is the end of the series, I demand another book, just to give Wright another chance to end on a better note.
I think this is still a powerful book, and very much worth reading (after the other two, so you aren't completely lost). It's not quite as strong as the other two in some ways, and I think it would work better in the middle rather than as the last book. Despite my nitpicks, I still give it a Recommended.
June 17, 2009
Overall a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy, which I mentioned previously as really being just one big book.
Probably would have worked better as 2 volumes-- the inevitable growth and victory of the protagonists moves along a bit too incrementally. Or there could have been more variety in their adventures, somehow, in order to merit the length.
or perhaps I just read through these two quickly... still, a satisfying and enjoyable way to spend the time if not the most ultimately awesome book ever.
Probably would have worked better as 2 volumes-- the inevitable growth and victory of the protagonists moves along a bit too incrementally. Or there could have been more variety in their adventures, somehow, in order to merit the length.
or perhaps I just read through these two quickly... still, a satisfying and enjoyable way to spend the time if not the most ultimately awesome book ever.
August 27, 2009
I feel I must justify the falling stars for this series. The wonderful and fascinating ideas about the paradigms of the main characters rocked, all the way through, and never got boring. But there just wasn't much variation in the level of tension through the 2nd book and especially through the last. Not that they were boring... the kids were on their runaway quest from the end of the first book, and it never let up. There was never a good place to put the book down, and it just wasn't sustainable. The series as a whole definitely gets a 3.5 from me, though.
October 29, 2024
Third instalment of a serialised novel. This one star brings the underlying running total for the set to five stars. After all, a ‘novel’ can’t earn more than 5 stars. There is a good story buried in the three rambling tomes though. Schrodinger told it first perhaps. He asked us to imagine we were gassing a cat. But the question is not: is the cat alive or dead? No, the question is: who thinks gas chambers are a good idea?
The story of the three parts? Earth’s creation by Olympian extremists was apparently a sort of cosmic crime. The beings of established States of Existence retaliated. To end the fighting, war-mongering Olympian killers spilled over dimensional borders and took hostages. The hostages were brought to Earth and locked away in the dark hole that we know as Great Britain. The gods pharmaceutically messed with the hostages- infantilised them and even changed the gender of some. Worst of all, the gods hid the hostages in a seemingly harmless boarding school.
Other dimensions can rightly consider our highly militarised planet to be a legitimate target. Yet, while the hostages live, the other States of Existence feel honour bound not to attack. This must be fantasy, eh? But one faction of Olympian extremists is so sick that its members want to immediately kill the young hostages and bring on a resumption of hostilities and Earth’s destruction. The hostages must escape the school grounds and master their powers if the Multi-State Solution is to endure.
What I continue to like about the three parts of the novel are the scenes when it is just the narrator Amelia and her friends. Amelia is good- she works toward the Multi-State Solution. This is her story. In a good story, the narrator was there when it happened and speaks with authority. Amelia is much like Schrodinger’s cat. I am not interested in the handwringing by the guys in white chitons: is Amelia alive or dead? I admit that Amelia doesn’t always use doors to get about (she even inhabits several dimensions at once). Amelia’s saving quality is always that she is present, she experiences the wrongs dealt her and it is her life that is on the line. Her Olympian poisoners watch the box. Yes, Olympians are those kinds of people.
This third volume of the novel has problems- it does not stand alone. I find that I’ve forgotten who important characters are and what their motivations are. There are new characters and scenes that I’m not convinced help wrap things up. Worse, an entire Marvel-movie’s worth of belligerents arrive out of nowhere. How do these vast armies pass their days when they aren’t trying to destroy Earth? The ‘reveal’ occurs and I am left perplexed. The ‘butler’ in this whodunnit was perhaps mentioned fleetingly in some previous volume and I do not remember being told why so many female divinities (nymphs, maenads, sirens and Amazons) want Earth destroyed.
The story of the three parts? Earth’s creation by Olympian extremists was apparently a sort of cosmic crime. The beings of established States of Existence retaliated. To end the fighting, war-mongering Olympian killers spilled over dimensional borders and took hostages. The hostages were brought to Earth and locked away in the dark hole that we know as Great Britain. The gods pharmaceutically messed with the hostages- infantilised them and even changed the gender of some. Worst of all, the gods hid the hostages in a seemingly harmless boarding school.
Other dimensions can rightly consider our highly militarised planet to be a legitimate target. Yet, while the hostages live, the other States of Existence feel honour bound not to attack. This must be fantasy, eh? But one faction of Olympian extremists is so sick that its members want to immediately kill the young hostages and bring on a resumption of hostilities and Earth’s destruction. The hostages must escape the school grounds and master their powers if the Multi-State Solution is to endure.
What I continue to like about the three parts of the novel are the scenes when it is just the narrator Amelia and her friends. Amelia is good- she works toward the Multi-State Solution. This is her story. In a good story, the narrator was there when it happened and speaks with authority. Amelia is much like Schrodinger’s cat. I am not interested in the handwringing by the guys in white chitons: is Amelia alive or dead? I admit that Amelia doesn’t always use doors to get about (she even inhabits several dimensions at once). Amelia’s saving quality is always that she is present, she experiences the wrongs dealt her and it is her life that is on the line. Her Olympian poisoners watch the box. Yes, Olympians are those kinds of people.
This third volume of the novel has problems- it does not stand alone. I find that I’ve forgotten who important characters are and what their motivations are. There are new characters and scenes that I’m not convinced help wrap things up. Worse, an entire Marvel-movie’s worth of belligerents arrive out of nowhere. How do these vast armies pass their days when they aren’t trying to destroy Earth? The ‘reveal’ occurs and I am left perplexed. The ‘butler’ in this whodunnit was perhaps mentioned fleetingly in some previous volume and I do not remember being told why so many female divinities (nymphs, maenads, sirens and Amazons) want Earth destroyed.
September 5, 2019
Enough. The first book was interesting and I liked it. The second book was a step down, but I kept a spirit of goodwill. Halfway through this book, I realize the large problems with this series will not go away and they are in fact getting worse. Random events happen for no reason, overly technical scientific descriptions that don’t add anything, tons of telling and not showing, random events (Sam’s relative, going to Mars..... WTH?) that occur for no apparent reason. No more of this crap. I’m done.
May 16, 2017
In this book they done a lot of stuff. In some parts I was confused. But I liked action. Although, my favorite of the three was the book 2.
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I didn't like the final part, because she didn't stay with both boys!
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I didn't like the final part, because she didn't stay with both boys!
December 21, 2021
I struggled to get through this book. Probably the worst of the three. In the end, I didn't really care about the characters or the story anymore. It got too weird and too complicated to bother following. The descriptions of the weirdness became too hard to understand.
October 27, 2023
One of Mr. Wright’s earlier epic works, it shows his interest in fantasy in gaming by incorporating and reconciling multiple characters with super powers from completely different backgrounds into an epic battle with mythological gods.
January 20, 2025
While labelled 'Science Fiction' as the genre, my initial reaction through the first 40 pages was, wait is this some sort of teener fantasy Harlequin Romance? Heavy on too many boring analogies, but weak on plot?
June 14, 2017
Great ending to a fun series. Nothing that will blow your mind, but a great read
November 15, 2021
It got very technical and descriptive towards the end that I had go skim over some passages but I was pretty happy with the ending.
July 6, 2017
This was a fantastic conclusion to this trilogy! Action packed, our heroes and heroines have come into their strengths and abilities and navigate their way through the overlapping chaos-es to find a way to establish a permanent freedom for themselves. As one might imagine, when dealing with chaos piled upon chaos, there's a lot going on, but we still get a moment to go shopping, dress up for a nice, long night out, and finally take a nice long bath.
Wright nicely ties his plot in a bow, and brings this great wonderful story to a lovely conclusion. This finished the trilogy excellently.
Wright nicely ties his plot in a bow, and brings this great wonderful story to a lovely conclusion. This finished the trilogy excellently.
February 14, 2012
I don't know what to say about this book. I've been saving it for a long while now, and I just don't know what to say.
I can start off by saying that the author does know how to make things interesting and how to spin an exciting and thrilling adventure. However, one of the problems you have when you talk about space-time in more than three dimensions is that you can be very confusing. I've studied mathematics in multiple dimensions and systems of equations in 4, 5 and 6 dimensions, but the discussion about the main character's powers and her senses and impressions across these planes get ponderous even for me. So I have to wonder what others get out of the author's descriptions of higher planes and inverse cube laws. Plus some of the other children's powers also have similarly dense rules, not to mention the need to explain the ability to setup different physical laws in an area, but the need to explain those physical laws to the reader in such a way as to justify why fire behaves this way and not that way.
This kinda makes for an incomplete ending to the adventure. Of course, most authors will leave little hooks in their stories in case they want to bring the characters back for more, but I feel like these child hostages have achieved their goal after a fashion.
A decently written novel that is a bit of a mishmash in the middle, and a cap on the end of a trilogy. Three stars for this novel, I had really hoped for more, as the first two novels were quite good.
February 20, 2017
Not a big fan of some quasi gender essentialism stuff in here, but a solid series.
April 14, 2008
This is a fantastic series. It's the perfect meld between Susan Cooper's Dark Is Rising series and Madeline L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time series. I'm not a sci-fi fan, but the use of mathematics, philosophy, and science was outstanding. As you wonder about the true nature of reality, paradigms begin to emerge; some fit, some don't. However, each paradigm is equally worthy in describing the experienced phenomena. Is reality made of atomic particles which are eually useful and interchangeable? Or is reality is a series of relational dimensions, each one building on the one before it? Is reality a progression of hierarchies that require proper naming and concise direction to operate? Or is reality one big hoax, as real as any dream? Depending on perspective, each theory is accurate.
I also enjoyed the author's use of (predominantly) Greek mythology and the writings of antiquity. I found Herodotus boring in college, but perhaps I should give it another try. I am a fan of writers who seek to reuse ancient mythos, reinventing the stories anew. I think the myths of the ancients are as relevant now as they were then; the human psyche still seeks to have greater understanding of the world around it.
I also enjoyed the author's use of (predominantly) Greek mythology and the writings of antiquity. I found Herodotus boring in college, but perhaps I should give it another try. I am a fan of writers who seek to reuse ancient mythos, reinventing the stories anew. I think the myths of the ancients are as relevant now as they were then; the human psyche still seeks to have greater understanding of the world around it.
June 27, 2012
Titans of Chaos is the slam-bang finale to John C. Wright's Chronicles of Chaos. Having finally escaped from their English boarding school (which is really their prison), the five orphans from alternate Chaotic dimensions are on the run. After a harrowing attack on the cruiseship QEII, they race across the planet Earth and cross over to other planets in an attempt to find a spot where they can safely and peacefully live out their lives. But will the Greek gods let them?
The story is action-packed. It's a fun ride, especially the middle third or so of the novel, which is an extended fight/chase sequence. Mostly it's the main character, Amelia Windrose, trying to escape from every mythical thing that can be thrown at her. The chase is imaginative and exciting. The final battle for their freedom is also very satisfying.
The storytelling is still chock full of pseudo-science, pseudo-magic, and more mythology than I could keep track of. It's not so important to track every detail, though it might make for more rewarding reading. The book is a wild ride and a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
The story is action-packed. It's a fun ride, especially the middle third or so of the novel, which is an extended fight/chase sequence. Mostly it's the main character, Amelia Windrose, trying to escape from every mythical thing that can be thrown at her. The chase is imaginative and exciting. The final battle for their freedom is also very satisfying.
The storytelling is still chock full of pseudo-science, pseudo-magic, and more mythology than I could keep track of. It's not so important to track every detail, though it might make for more rewarding reading. The book is a wild ride and a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
January 8, 2010
Talk about a let-down to a series. While I enjoyed the first two books, the last fell apart. The first half of the book was generally pointless dicking around, while the entire last half of the book was the climactic action sequence that redefined "overblown" while at the same time being an emotional punt, since by this point I didn't care very much about the characters at all. Their relationships, interesting in the first book, never truly developed, and it was fairly obvious by the last book that all the highly sexualized scenes were for titillation and not any sort of plot device, which is a rookie author indulgence, and not one I would have expected in a second series. The author also just loved to vicariously give big sloppy blowjobs to America with the mouths of his ostensibly British characters, which was unnecessary, and most of the America segments were superfluous anyway. The innovations in the first book were all eventually undercut by the lack of basic storytelling finesse.
All in all, a good series to waste time with, but nothing to waste money on.
All in all, a good series to waste time with, but nothing to waste money on.
December 6, 2008
This concluded the story of 4 children of Chaos fighting for freedom from imprisonment by the Olympic gods while also trying not to start another war between Chaos and Cosmos. And while being somewhat teenager-ish all the same. A fairly fun story and I'm seriously glad that the main character strengthened up from the first book. She was good then, but I definitely enjoyed her more in the second and third of the trilogy. I also enjoyed her ability and the description of it (she is a somehow transdimensional being in the form of a girl), and the description of the gods and the various attributes and whatnot was pretty fabulous. The ending did pull things together a bit quickly and seemed slightly cobbled together, but it did mostly work regardless.
Overall a good time.
Overall a good time.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 4, 2009
Started this trilogy, figured I should finish it. Parts of it are fairly good world building, but the whole of it tends to be hard to keep track of unless you have a fairly sophisticated flow chart for the names and paradigms and powers that populate the books. It was decent, though I found the sexuality themes less than appealing. A quick read with lots of action, perhaps a little more "chaotic" than I like but what the heck, that was the one of the themes of the book.
November 29, 2009
Titans of Chaos is basically one long fight scene between the five orphans and the rebellious god who sought to control them. I was kind of amazed by how Wright was able the maintain the pace of the battle through a book length story and give each character a chance to shine and show-off. Whatever you may think of Wright's politics, you have to appreciate his skill with pacing and narrative structure.
August 7, 2017
In which the children act upon what they learned in Orphans of Chaos and Fugitives of Chaos. Which I will not reveal for the spoilers involved. 0:)
April 16, 2015
It took me a while to get through this last book. There was a lot of mathematical physics jargon to swallow in this last book, but all in all it was a very enjoyable trilogy. The author has a wide grasp of mythology and making multiple paradigms work together in the same plot. The characters were well written and likable. If John c. Wright decided I'm going to write another book for the Chaos Chronicles I would buy it.
May 11, 2018
I think I enjoyed this book the most. It had the least sexism in it (not entirely absent, but substantially reduced from the previous two books) and the strongest plot and character development. I think the ending was satisfying for the characters, though maybe not for the larger overarching plot. I still enjoyed it a lot though.
June 17, 2008
So, I sucked this trilogy down like a crazy person and dang was it great. Lots more battling in this book, as the characters come into themselves, which I love.
A surprising bonus: up until the very last two pages of the third book, it is reasonably unclear which of the two romantic interests the main character will choose. It was a nice change from the norm.
A surprising bonus: up until the very last two pages of the third book, it is reasonably unclear which of the two romantic interests the main character will choose. It was a nice change from the norm.
July 10, 2008
A good wrap-up for this series, with some really interesting scenes. For some reason I felt like something in the ending could have been a bit more satisfying, even though I can't put my finger on what was missing. Really interesting characters, though, and one of the most unique plotlines and settings that I've read in a very long time.
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