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I don't know why everyone seems to hate the last 1/3 so much. I find it a very interesting, fresh take on things. I enjoy it every time.

• macintux 2y ago
  For me, it was the middle third I skipped. Seemed to drag forever.
  • mwigdahl 2y ago
    You know it’s a great book when everyone seems to dislike it in a different way!
• mkoryak 2y ago
  For me I skipped the 4th third. Like I always do.
• twright0 2y ago
  The last third should have been a short epilogue or a full sequel. It's too much of a pivot in terms of tone and focus, and feels incongruous and mismatched with the first two sections (which are excellent). He clearly had a bunch of ideas that didn't fit into the main body of the work and grafted them on anyway; it wasn't bad, it just didn't fit. The comparison would be Orson Scott Card writing Ender's Game to set up the universe of Speaker for the Dead, but instead making Speaker for the Dead a third of its size and calling it the last few chapters of Ender's Game. They should just be different works in the same setting.
• rukuu001 2y ago
  Same, I enjoyed that book beginning to end.