Durham has a way of writing these books where he writes it in three parts and manages to deliver on two of the three parts. In the first book, the first part of the book and the last part were hard to put down, while the middle was more filler. In this book, the middle and end were great, but the beginning was so-so. Hes a great writer, manages to have minor cliff hangers at the end of each chapter and advances the plot at a moderate pace in this book. The character department is where he lacks. His characters dont seem to stand out or remain too memorable after I put the book down. During the read, I have a good sense of them but after I stop reading, they flee from my mind. The only one I think is well developed is Corinn and the one I hated reading about more than anyone. Every time I had hope for her turning out one way, she ended up being completely opposite. Anyway, I dont want to give out much about the book but this one was slightly better than the first one and entertaining enough for me to finish. Hopefully the third one delivers as well. As the trilogy goes on, the books become more and more original. As the mist loses its effect on the known world, the new Queen faces problems of a new nature. Here Durham begins to show how creative he is. When Dariel arrives in the other lands, he finds a surprise waiting for him. Now he must survive in a society with unfamiliar rules and customs, while figuring out a way to get home and warn his country about threat even more dangerous than the Mein.
What do You think about The Other Lands (2009)?
I'm warming up to this series. Book 1 was good, Book 2 had much better pacing.
—nanataboo
Could have been writing into the previous book.
—lapierre32
