Although I am not averse to a bit of poetry now and again, and I can understand the the author wanting to bring attention to the art of poetry, however I felt it was detrimental to the flow of the story.The poetry was good, it just did not fit in context with the story and there was too much of it. I question whether it was written with the intent of creating a setting for the poetry, which was why the actual story within the book was given less attention. A pity really, the two entities should have been presented individually to give them both justice.As for the story, well there was so much going on it felt as if an explosion of ideas had been crowded into a confined space. The old Will new Will sub-plot could have been explored a little more. It was certainly one of the more interesting ideas, although I still don't understand why old Will would have thought the new Will would be more suited to the woman he apparently loves. I would suggest reading the previous two books in the series to get a better feel of the events and characters.I received a copy of this book via NetGalley. Couldn't do it. As many have said the first book was great, the second was ok, and this barely resembles the others. There was potential for a story here if it was told from one point of view in a continuous fashion, instead each chapter overlaps unnecessarily and by page 80 nothing much has really occurred. The premise is still a bit silly with Will staying in the past to redo his actions so he is worthy of someone's love and other characters in the past wanting to go forward and...really who cares. Anything that made Garet interesting was gone after book one, chasing after a lover and I guess trying to save the world kind of doesn't interest me. It doesn't flow and nothing endears me to these characters any longer. It's making me twitchy with irritation even trying to explain why I don't like it.
What do You think about The Shape Stealer (2013)?
Only 9 days to go ...... So excited. Going to start book one again so it's all fresh in my mind.
—blueeyedbear74
This book made me wonder what I ever liked about the first one in the trilogy...
—anasteele
Wow, i really expected a lot more from this book! The first 2/3 felt pointless.
—SoME3
