Well I'm glad I'm finally finished the trilogy. I purchased all three books at once, which is the only thing that kept me reading to the end of it. I had hope for this trilogy after book two which for me was the best book of the three. The last book however just dragged and in the end really went nowhere. After all the build up of the concept of Khellus going to find his father, I found their meeting to be completely underwhelming. The conclusion of the book wasn't well done either. This reads as if the author ran out of ideas and was forced to stretch things to wrap the triology up. Definitely does not live of the the hype. ( )

End of the trilogy beginning with "The Warrior Prophet". Everything come to an end with the full dish of revelations you're waiting for. The origin of the Consult is shortly explained but the real masterpiece is in the glossary ending the book. ( )

In many ways this conclusion to The Prince of Nothing is stunningly good, brilliantly imaginative in a way that brings to mind Steven Erikson. Bakker's brutally compelling world that is fresh, surprising, consistent, and deep. His descriptive language is nothing less than astonishing. His ability to capture the epic pageantry of battle is superb. And he makes you feel the tormented questioning of his characters.

And yet this is military fantasy that frequently fumbles its strategy, tactics, and logistics. I found myself constantly frustrated by a sense that battles simply wouldn't be fought this way, and campaigns wouldn't be run this way, and armies couldn't be supplied this way. Which isn't to deny that these battles are beautifully described, and clearly take the plot where Bakker wants it to go.

By the halfway point of this third book of the series I was finding it hard to find sympathy for any of the admittedly interesting cast of characters. Kellhus' ability to read and manipulate even the best of normal men and women is both logical and organic within the story, but at times it just seemed too easy. Fortunately things picked up in the last 150 pages or so, and the book certainly finished with a sustained bang. Overall, a very impressive, if in some ways flawed, debut trilogy from Bakker. ( )

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Bakker finishes out his violent, philosophy-drenched series with a giant battle, a very important conversation, and... uh... then what? Somehow he's managed to set up more new plot threads in this conclusion than he did in the first three books. Bakker is apparently writing more books, but with entirely new characters. I'm a little curious as to how that will work.

Still, I enjoyed it immensely, and some of the time he took to explain concepts actually improved my opinion of the previous books. I'm a little less offended by his women characters and a little less disgusted by the erotic obsessiveness (okay, that's still a little weird) because you get the sense that he just doesn't like PEOPLE. Nothing personal, you see. ( )