World Without End

Normally I only give four stars to contemporary SF and Fantasy no matter how good it is. I save the five stars for the Immortal Classics. But some books are just so astounding that the rules need to be rewritten for them. This whole series falls into that category. It was steampunk before steampunk,......more

The book was good, but it was very clear that this was just the first half of the very large story, so it was obviously not a story in itself. Russell tried very hard to give this book its own rise in action and climax, and once we finally got to it, it was at least intriguing. And it did make me ea......more

World without End is a slow paced fantasy book, which the plot developments hardly have been seen in this book. The duology Moontide and Magic Rise was split into two books, maybe this is the reason why World Without End seems a slow book for me, I am planing on read the second book of the series. B......more

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Note: World Without End, is technically the first book in the Moontide and Magic Riseduology, however it really is just the first volume of the book, which was split in two simply due to the length of the text. I purchased the first editions, and each is a mass-market paperb......more

What I liked: • Nautical adventure! • Naturalism! • Fantasy! • Subtle court intrigue! • Immersive world-building! • And for some reason, I’m a sucker for pretty much any variation on the name “Tristan”. What I didn’t like: • Too much romance. • At times, it was too slow. • The duchess: If the plan was to make......more