Dylan Weekley’s Reviews > Morning Star > Status Update

my previous theory now sounds prophetic, i knew cassius was a good and honorable man. that whole "final" fight sequence absolutely landed beautifully. the whole sequence and staging and power dynamic made it so thrilling and pulse pounding to read, could not stop. now we see how evil the jackal is, they should be able to kill him right her right now but its never that simple is it

Sadly having to call it for the night but man I would read the last 50 pages right now if I could. I’m so entranced by what’s going on. Its peak cinema is all I can say. Everything that’s been built up to for 3 books coming to an end in such a satisfying way so far, like it’s perfect the way they’ve done it. No complaints. They better stick the landing

Slight prediction, I may be very dumb and wrong but maybe Cassius is in on this, and this is darrows huge plan. And Sevro agreed to sacrifice himself so Darrow and mustand and Cassius are able to be one on one with the sovereign and the jackal, would be crazy but that’s kinda the only way out I see. And maybe Sevro really didn’t dead cause Darrow isn’t grieving that much. I’m probably way off

Things have gone the literal worst possible way in like 15 pages, it’s absurd how fucked everything is now. I really struggle to see the way Darrow gets out of this one. Genuinely only a huge twist can save him now. Because he’s written into a corner and no normal way of getting out of this. I feel numb, they hype you up for this climactic battle and they you get KO’d on the first punch. Conor Mcgregor style

I take back anything nice I’ve ever said about Cassius au bellona. I was naive, people with power will never let it go without a fight. All this sparing people bs has got to go. That man has to DIE. Honor my ass. Fuck this guy

Oh and that was a great callback to what Darrow did bed in the first book in house mars to settle a dispute

To add one there’s genuinely never a dull moment in this book, you’re constantly thrown from one insane moment to another. This one felt different though, because darrow/us were just witnessing it all, powerless to the pure destruction and hopelessness of it all. It seems like the path to victory was doomed but now it’s better then ever

There’s so many sequences in this book that could be the best in the series, but my god does this one take the cake. I’d put it 2nd behind Darrow vs Cassius in golden son, that one will never be topped probably. But the pure chaos and insanity of this chapter, the trial of Cassius, him and Sevro hanging. Sevro continues to be the goat, and now I see a path for Cassius to be a good guy again. Enemy back to friend

Darrow and Cassius.The best dynamic and rivalry I’ve seen in such a long time. It’s so personal, emotional, and complex that when you put these 2 in the same room, it’s pure cinema every time. And this time it’s quiet, deep, conversations that each word holds so much weight. Them watching holos of the institute gives me a feeling of nostalgia,we truly have seen them grow so much since then, it was simple then

Part 3 complete

It really feels like Darrow is slowly but surely compromising his morals, I mean how many people does he kill there at the end, to shut down a POTENTIAL confrontation in the future. Old him would not have done that I feel. Death begets death begets death.