0004000800’s Reviews > The Wisdom of Crowds: The Riotous Conclusion to The Age of Madness > Status Update

This garden party was miserable and bittersweet. Imagine what could’ve been had they not betrayed each other. It feels a bit hopeless. I love Rikke so much though. Leo has changed so much but he is still very annoying, I can’t with him. Orso still being in the city and coming to Rikke for help is an interesting choice. If she delivers him to Leo to ensure their alliance/his forgiveness I’ll be so shocked.

And Rikke is here! I hope nothing bad happens to her or to her entourage. I’ve grown so fond of Shivers and Isern that if anything ever happened to them I’d lose it.
P.S. I’m so excited to see Rikke’s outfit for the function!

I wonder what will happen now to Savine and Vick too, there’s no way he’s letting them off the hook. I’m worried.

I can’t believe that Gorst is dead and by a bloody flatbow bolt to the face (shot by Jurand), it feels wrong. It’s good that he went out fighting (though it still feels like a waste) he was so close to getting Leo too if it weren’t for Jurand. I didn’t think I’d care. That was sad.

I like that Temple was mentioned a few chapters back as Savine’s lawyer. It makes the Circle of the World seems very much alive.

I think Savine is planning to get rid of Leo one way or another, there’s no way she’d agree with him on executing Orso. And I don’t think Leo will agree to her choices being on the Closed Council and I can’t see her making the offer without a plan already in place. I honestly can’t see what will happen now. I wonder where Glokta and Ardee are and if they are alright.

Leo is embarrassing the Union in front of the Westport delegates (good to see Vick’s handiwork on Rosimiche still) I thought he knew better now. And even before that, what the hell is wrong with him? Being jealous of his babies and his wife and angry at his mother. I mean, it’s complicated and I get it (to a certain extent) but this is insane. He needs to go.

I have exactly 100 page left and I really don’t want to finish this book. There’s so much left I want more! I still have one more story collection but that’s it and I’m sad.

Offering Selest of all people a chair on the Closed Council is very interesting. A very bold choice. Vallimir I see. Curnsbick too. Kort less so but Selest dan Heugen, very interesting choice. I really respect Savine.

I like Savine a lot! Sulfur being back again is worrying me. And there is the mention of Zuri disappearing yet again the moment he shows up. Yeah! She’s totally an Eater. Or the author is trying to fool me into thinking that.