Twenty-six years after she began, Isobelle Carmody has published the final novel in this series. There are only seven books altogether, meaning she averaged almost four years per book, which, for something that was clearly not proof-read or subjected to any editorial process, is frankly unforgivable.
These books are exactly as bad as you think they are. The writing is clunky, the plot meandering, and the action is littered with unnecessary red herrings that fail to be resolved satisfactorily. And yet. Having started reading these novels at the tender age of I don’t really remember but probably like 14 or so, I can finally, FINALLY, put to death the part of myself that still cares about the characters that inhabit this fantasy universe.