The Thousandfold Thought: The Prince of Nothing, Book Three (Hardcover) by R Scott Bakker

from dulac3

This review applies to all three volumes of Bakker's 'The Prince of Nothing' series. First off, let me say that I'm really impressed with what Bakker achieved here. I'm reminded of something Guy Kay said when asked why he wrote The Fionavar Tapestry about wanting to prove that there was still lif...

from drardavis

I should have died on the battlefield before they reached Shimeh! Yes, I expected the lights and flashes and booms when the sorcerers finally began the battle. It was the verbal equivalent of your typical action movie. But, after all this blood, sweat, and metaphysical tears I expected to underst...

from Cecrow

I mostly liked this better than the second book. We're not in Kellhus' head so often, and Esmenet gets some authority, at least easing the two biggest pain points. It also helps that the world building never lets up when there's always another bit of history about some person, faction or place to...

from selfnoise

Bakker finishes out his violent, philosophy-drenched series with a giant battle, a very important conversation, and... uh... then what? Somehow he's managed to set up more new plot threads in this conclusion than he did in the first three books. Bakker is apparently writing more books, but with e...

from DRFP

So ends the first part of the Bakker's Second Apocalypse series. I found The Thousandfold Thought another great read: not as good as the first but better than the second. Its major problem is that it just didn't seem long enough. Some key parts of the story (trying to avoid spoilers here) felt ex...