Reviews for The death of Chaos

The average rating for The death of Chaos based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-29 00:00:00 Joyce Hamel A great ending to a wonderful series, especially when read in chronological order. (See this review for the list & why. ) It is the 5th published, 18th & last in chronological order. That may change, of course. The author has plenty of room to add more books to fill in a series that takes place over 2000 years. The all important balance between chaos & order is swinging out of control & Lerris is smack dab in the middle of the mess while in kind of a personal one of his own. He seeks solutions & finds them. Like so many things in life, the results aren't exactly what he wanted. I'd like to say more, but it would be a spoiler. I'll just say that it is chilling & with a little thought, the reader can see farther than the characters. Highly recommended. I enjoyed reading these in paper at first, but the recent read was all in audio narrated by Kirby Heyborne who did an excellent job.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-12-06 00:00:00 Georgianna Somolik What can I say about this installment in the Saga of Recluce? These books are so, so similar in tone that they kind of blend together in my memory. In this volume, we return to the story of Lerris, whom we met in the first book. Lerris is apparently the strong, silent type and he is frustrating to his consort, Crystal, who wishes he would tell her more about what's going on in his brain. Crystal is obviously young, as we older women care much less about this particular issue. Crystal also wishes that Lerris would quit going off and getting himself nearly killed in the fight against Chaos. This is a more legitimate concern, but I still found Crystal a bit hypocritical on this issue, as she and the Autarch would immediately summon Lerris whenever the going got the slightest bit tough! I try not to criticize people for doing what I ask them to do! Whatever is wrong with Lerris, it runs in his family. They are gathered together to fight this war and basically grunt at each other and still refuse to tell each other useful details of how to use order and chaos without destroying everything. Lerris and Crystal end up with a magical link which lets each one know what's going on with the other person. A fate worse than death, in my opinion! But they asked for it! An awful lot of time is spent describing the incredibly repetitive meals that these people eat. Honestly, they eat so much cheese that they should be hideously constipated at all times. If an author is going to detail every meal, at least those details should be interesting and maybe make the reader wish that they could try some of the specialities. I come away from these books thankful that I don't have to stay there for dinner. Book number 340 in my Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Project.