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I loved this series from the beginning. Atticus has a voice that carries, and it's this voice that has smoothed over thin plots and sometimes-thinner (and less-than connected) reasons for mayhem. But that rich and wonderful voice has been diluted. Eclipsed by a stronger, even better voice...that, I might accept. But diluted? No. Hearn is smothering his most engaging character while making room for narratives of far less value or resonance. Until the last quarter of the book, Atticus goes so far as to descend into the territory of "cute"--and that's always dangerous; rarely is it an acceptable substitute for the real thing. And that's the problem. I expected the real thing and got cute instead. It's like turning Luke Skywalker into jovial and slightly smarter Jar Jar Binks--unexpected, crazy unnecessary and immensely disappointing.

The last fifty pages are the only ones worth reading, the only thing with anything at "stake." It's the only time anything of any real value actually happens in the book, and it's sad that the plot has to turn so suddenly and so sadly for the book to have any depth at all. Before those pages came along, though, I was seriously entertaining the idea of closing the book and not bothering to read any further--a heresy, I would have thought, prior to reading this volume in the series. But it had just gotten so BORING and so almighty shallow!!! Even a death that saddened me no end was better than continuing on the pablum road,so that should tell you just how bad it was to that point.

Please please please, Mr. Hearn: cut the revolving-door dialogue and completely separate story lines. There's just not enough room in any one book to gloss over so much so quickly. Pick one person's story and TELL it with the depth and development it deserves. Instead of one book with three separate narratives, give us three books with a single character's in-depth development in each. For the depth this series needs to be exploring at this point in its mythology, the scatter-shot approach is just too unfocused and diffuse to end well.


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Staked The Iron Druid Chronicles Kevin Hearne Books Reviews

Not sure why many are slamming this last book, citing environmental themes and multi-character points of view. First of all, a druid's main purpose is to defend and monitor threats to Gaia. If you don't like the characters doing that (like our heroine), then don't read the book! And yes, there were different characters' point-of-view in different chapters. It added a little flesh to the meat of the plot for me, especially since the three druids were in different places at the onset of this book. Truly, it gave us three "head spaces" to contemplate. The only thing I didn't see resolved was what will happen with Fand and Manannan, and if Atticus ever got his stolen money back. Of course, there is that thing with Diana... But it was mucho entertaining, engaging and to put it in Oberon's words "it's all gravy to me."
I'm starting to get quite concerned about this series. The series started out with a bang with wonderful world-building and great characters. Unfortunately, Hearne changed the style of the previous book ("Shattered") in a manner that seriously detracted from the story and lowered my interest in the tale. "Staked" (#8) is even weaker. The multiple POVs don't work, and elevating two other characters to equal (and in some cases, greater) status than Atticus is a mistake. They are not only less interesting, but they are also extremely irritating. Granuaile used to be an enjoyable character, but she has become petulant and shallow. She comes off like a 15-year-old. Hearne needs to get back to one POV - Atticus's, and keep the others as occasional supporting characters. One final note I was disappointed in the editing, or I should say, the lack thereof. On page 24, Atticus states that a character was trampled by a horse and carriage and that the horse was a "quarter-ton animal." A 500 pound horse?! A carriage horse would weigh approximately 1000 pounds on average. This is a half ton, not a quarter ton. The editing in the short story at the end of the novel ("A Prelude to War") is even worse.
So far I have really enjoyed all of the Iron Druid series until this one. It was a lot of pages of nothing just to wrap up the meat the story in the last 20 pages. "Staked" is the wrong title for this book. It should have been called "Miscellaneous".

To much back and forth between the main characters narratives to be anything substantial. Hearne needs to go back and read the first books in the series and recapture what he did right in those. Either that, or change it to the "Iron Druid and those 2 other guys Chonicles".
Really enjoyed the whole series, and this one was ... not bad, exactly, but felt a little tired. Is it maybe time for Mr. Hearse to write something new?

It's interesting to read the reviews highlighting the anti-fossil fuel chapter of the book (I'll try to avoid spoilers by being a bit opaque -- but if you've read the book, you know what I'm talking about). Um... Hello...?

Is it really surprising that earth-worshiping Druids are (a) concerned about climate change and (b) might be in a position to do something about it? Frankly, it reads more false to me that Atticus is not willing to take more direct action. However, those commenters were right to flag that sub-plot as weak -- and frankly, a jarring addition to the book with little or no emotional payout. It's not weak because it addresses concerns over global warming, it's weak because it was poorly written. "Fierce Druid" or not, I find it completely implausible that Granuaile would risk her life (and the life of her hound!) on a morally dubious bit of gloating. (And yes, that's all it was -- the ecologically benefial events had already taken place). I expected her to regret the immorality of her actions as soon as she left, but no -- instead she just blithely moves on. As everyone knows (even those of us with happy parental relations), disputes with our parents are not put so easily aside.
I loved this series from the beginning. Atticus has a voice that carries, and it's this voice that has smoothed over thin plots and sometimes-thinner (and less-than connected) reasons for mayhem. But that rich and wonderful voice has been diluted. Eclipsed by a stronger, even better voice...that, I might accept. But diluted? No. Hearn is smothering his most engaging character while making room for narratives of far less value or resonance. Until the last quarter of the book, Atticus goes so far as to descend into the territory of "cute"--and that's always dangerous; rarely is it an acceptable substitute for the real thing. And that's the problem. I expected the real thing and got cute instead. It's like turning Luke Skywalker into jovial and slightly smarter Jar Jar Binks--unexpected, crazy unnecessary and immensely disappointing.

The last fifty pages are the only ones worth reading, the only thing with anything at "stake." It's the only time anything of any real value actually happens in the book, and it's sad that the plot has to turn so suddenly and so sadly for the book to have any depth at all. Before those pages came along, though, I was seriously entertaining the idea of closing the book and not bothering to read any further--a heresy, I would have thought, prior to reading this volume in the series. But it had just gotten so BORING and so almighty shallow!!! Even a death that saddened me no end was better than continuing on the pablum road,so that should tell you just how bad it was to that point.

Please please please, Mr. Hearn cut the revolving-door dialogue and completely separate story lines. There's just not enough room in any one book to gloss over so much so quickly. Pick one person's story and TELL it with the depth and development it deserves. Instead of one book with three separate narratives, give us three books with a single character's in-depth development in each. For the depth this series needs to be exploring at this point in its mythology, the scatter-shot approach is just too unfocused and diffuse to end well.