What do You think about The Death Of Chaos (1996)?
When you read several books by the same author in a row, you start to notice certain trends that may not have jumped out at you previously.I really have enjoyed Modesitt's Recluce series, but I'm having a bit of an issue with the way he portrays women in relationships. Over and again, they're cold, bitter, shrewish bitches that just don't understand the poor guy they're involved romantically with. He manages to make the men look just as terrible, but honestly.. it tends to fall squarely on the 'why doesn't she understand my specialness?!' scale of, "Sheesh."In my quest to reread all of the Recluce books, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I hadn't actually ever read The Death of Chaos, so that was a bonus. There's a lot more, further on in the series, that I'd also missed -- but they all seem to from the pre-Lerris and/or Creslin timeline.
—Rachel-Anne 'McWitty' Ely
I always knew Modesitt was this shit, but this book just put some extra stink on my opinion. After the fourth book i realized that i didn't much care for either order or chaos, on account of there being a bunch of chump ass bitches behind both sides. The death of Chaos just confirms that fact. I'm not sure why L.E. decided that this was going to be the Fifth book in a series that has encompassed more than 10 novels, but I'm not sure i know where he's going to go with it. Lerris kinda puts everyone to shame and wraps the whole millennia long altercation up in to one shit storm. Well, theres plenty different flavors of Modesitt for me to enjoy so... whatever.
—Chris Pacheco
I really enjoy Modesitt's fantasy world creations. Though not normally a sci-fi fan, I enjoy his sci-fi books as well. I have read many reviews that find his writing predictable, but to me he has an amazing way of building the world and staying consistent with the rules of magic and the historical background that he builds on book by book.A complaint I had at first was that each character only had one book. He has since expanded that out to two to three and I love how the characters develop.The ending of this book was so final and sad, but right as he had alluded to the wrongness of chaos and order being concentrated. He came back and filled out this theme beautifully with the Fall of Angels and the books about ancient Cyador.What I love the most about his works, is that I find I can read them again every year or so and still enjoy them. Robert Jordan and Luis L’amour are others that I can enjoyable read again and again.L.E. Modesitt Jr.
—Mick
