The Tower and the Hive

Originally published on my blog here in January 2000. The fifth, concluding, novel in The Tower and the Hive sequence is, unfortunately, something of a disappointment, even in a series which has already declined from its best. The books are among McCaffrey's most juvenile and have few redeeming featu......more

One reviewer already pointed out how stupid it was that they stand around telling each other their own family history, and they were right! It's laughably stupid. Like we're being trolled stupid. We've already gotten like a full chapter in "previously on" so I don't know why you'd need to do this any......more

Great ending to The Talents series.......more

And the most awkward series recap goes to ... this book. There was a character who was proud of himself for recounting all the events that had happened in the series to date. This was despite that fact that in the book only days have passed - how could you be confused? I get that the actual book was......more

Now this is almost a three, there were some really good parts in it and normally I would make it a three, but this being the last in the series made me a little bit more harder on it, because it was also an Ending. That being said though, it didn't feel like an Ending, I mean yes quite a few of the......more