Review - The Last Watch

[wilderthan]

The Last Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko)

There's something about these books... They're compelling when you're reading them, yet at the same time I think I've put all of them down for long stretches of time, too. Anyway, this is the sequel to the Night Watch trilogy. It's an interesting follow-up, and I was glad to see it avoided one thing that I would have considered a major pitfall (juicing Anton up with even more power). The moral struggles seem less important, though, and it's not so much focused on the Watches, which gives it a bit of a different flavour.

Sergei Lukyanenko uses the same kind of tricks/misdirections as he does in the original trilogy, so I did guess the surprises ahead of time. I loved the stuff with Merlin and the references to Arthur. All in all, though, I hope Sergei Lukyanenko leaves this particular world alone now -- I don't see that there's more he could/should do.

Comments

[misura.livejournal.com]

This one's been sitting on my shelves for what feels like months now - I keep meaning to read it at some point, but there always seems to be another book I want to read more; it's not that I don't think I'll enjoy this one, but rather (perhaps?) that I'm not all that burningly curious about What Happens Next.

But ooh - references to Arthurian legend? I think you just might have added an extra few curiosity points right there.

[wilderthan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had the same thing. But yes! This book brings in Merlin.