A very pleasant surprise. I actually debated not reading this one due to the poor reviews, but took a chance. I really enjoyed it, and don't understand the complaints at all. Yes, the book changes from the journal approach. However, this enables the author to cover multiple simultaneous scenes, which was necessary to bring the story to a reasonable conclusion. I don't think this couldn't be accomplished otherwise. I didn't even notice an increased use of "jargon". I've never been in the military, so have no advantage over other readers there. Admittedly I do have a background in IT, so coming across computer terminology isn't something that causes me to drop out of the story.Anyway, I thought the entire series was well worth my time, and the ending seemed like a realistic conclusion. If I had to find fault with anything, it was calling the protagonist "Kil". That was definitely cheesy, and made be groan. Otherwise, 4 stars! Probably actually a 4.5. Change in format from diary to everyone's pov was off-putting at first, costing the story a star. All the info gained somewhat made up for it. Still a nail-bitter, especially toward the last few chapters. I was confused by one zombie incident and the ending, but it was still good overall. These three books remind me of how Lost had a fundamental shift on the nature of the Island and Jacob and the Losties all that. This series underwent the same. Mixed emotions (positive and negative) on that. Still, overall, great novel, and great conclusion (?) to the series.
What do You think about Shattered Hourglass (2012)?
For a series that started out so promising, this ended up as a huge waste of time.
—cisc
This series started out promising and really nose-dived,
—sonu
its a great book the ending wasnt to great
—kasz113
