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Book was used but like new, delivered promptly and at a very reasonable price. It was a gift for my grandson and he could hardly put it down so I think that would classify it as a good read.
All we do know is that the old world we know is destroyed in a final nuclear exchange, the Four Lands survive shielded by the Gypsy Morph's magic. The trilogy still leaves loose ends as to what becomes of Hawk's human side.
Logan Tom finally finds and kills the demon who killed his family, with help from a new found love. As the tale of Gypsy Morph Hawk comes to a close, the story brings many emotional story lines to a touching end.
The location of what will become the Four Lands is finally found. Hawk and his girlfriend discover that she is pregnant, but are torn by Hawk's duty as the Gypsy Morph.
The unlikely love story between Cat and Panther is confirmed. We know that he emerges from the magic shield his Gypsy Morph part created as a fully grown man, but we don't know whether he returns to his "wife" Tessa and their child, or if he becomes an important character in the "First King of Shannara." We don't know what becomes of the Knights of the Word in the Four Lands.
It leaves a tantalizing cliff-hanger for Terry Brooks' next work, "Bearers of the Black Staff."
The Gypsy Morph is the final book in The Genesis of Shannara trilogy, finishing the story began in Armageddon's Children and continued in The Elves of Cintra. It contains much darkness but finally begins the journey into the light. Although, in a way, we know the outcome of this story, Brooks now fills in the details along the way.
Will the elves survive their journey in the Loden. Brooks builds his world with so much detail that it is almost another character in the story, impacting the choices the other characters must make. Will the boy, Hawk, lead the children to safety.
Each character is carefully crafted and has a unique personality that fits the role they must play. Will the Knights of the Word survive at all. How does the world end.Brooks again masterfully weaves together the separate tales that he has created for each main group of characters, finally connecting them so the reader can gain a different perspective of the whole picture.
Emotions run high in this book with fear and doubt only slightly tempered by hope.The Gypsy Morph is a a satisfying conclusion to The Genesis of Shannara trilogy. The Genesis of Shannara books do a great job at bridging the gap between The Word and The Void series and the rest of the Shannara story.
Of course.I really can't describe how much I enjoyed and appreciated this series. I'm far more into this storyline than the original Shannara books, and just want to read more about how mankind survives the apocalypse.The only thing I would suggest changing [SPOILER ALERT] was how the main demon was killed off. AC and EoC have set the stage. The story may be a bit predictable at times, but it's still an emotional ride if you feel as intimate with the characters as I did.Action packed with just enough suspense, this book was a near perfect ending to a timeless series. I'm extremely happy with the hopeful ending as far as Logan and Sim's story goes, very sad about Panther and Cat and Cheney, and curious about the Ghosts. For the first time ever, I was so connected to the characters of a book that I felt like I among them, that I knew them. I can't wait for the 'Legends' duology to see what happens next.
Findo Gask has been around a long time, and dominated John Ross in the Word/Void series, and he dies just like that. Will Terry deliver. Way too easy. The last few chapters actually nearly jerked some tears from me. Even up to the last few pages, things kept going wrong for some people and made all seem hopeless for them. I was ready for an intense battle of magic and will and passion - and THEN maybe Sim steps in and does her thing. [END SPOILER]This is easily my favorite work of fiction.
It feels like grinding gears in a manual transmission. As good as Running With the Demon was, this evolution just feels not needed at all. I have enjoyed the Armageddon's Children trilogy, but I was struck by that fact that a storyline telling how the land of Shannara came to be was not really all that necessary. One thing I really did appreciate is that there is finally a character that can instinctively use the Elfstones without hundreds of pages filled with frustration and self-doubt. It doesn't add much to the mythos and I think that Terry would have been better served by giving us more real Shannara novels, complete with clueless but ready and willing Ohmsfords. Pages upon pages of italicized type as we flashback on the lives of minor characters does not help the flow of the story in the least. Once the Elfstones were first mentioned, I thought "Oh no, here we go again." But that was not the case, which made it refreshing. And weren't the Elfstones in the first book more like lapis lazuli cubes than faceted gemstones.
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