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# Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen Book 3)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    better than books one and two!
  

*by S***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 19, 2015*

I read the first two books in this series earlier this year and, while they were fairly conventional hero's journey-type books with a lot of fantasy tropes, I liked them enough to keep going.  And I think this book redeemed the series in a way I was not expecting.  I will try to be vague to avoid spoilers, as best I can.  Note: there may be some spoilers for previous books in the series in this review.  You would want to read those first, before starting with this one.  There are a LOT of characters in this series and it is best to encounter them as they are introduced in the previous books.  You will have a much easier time keeping them straight.One thing that has puzzled me about this series is why Corban was the Bright Star (a prophesied hero who will lead the forces of good...).  Corban was just an average boy from a small village.  Not the best fighter in the early books (in fact, in book one, his sister had to help him out of a few scrapes).  Not of royal parentage.  Etc.  Well, that question is answered here and it is not at all what I expected (but is not pulled out of nowhere, either, and it does explain some actions another character has taken at various points).  I actually love that revelation and its aftermath.Another thing I like about this book are the parallels between Corban's and Nathair's (the human leader of one of the main forces antagonizing Corban's group) situations.  Nathair, as we've come to realize, isn't the Bright Star he thought he was.  He is royalty and was born to lead.  He has an otherworldly adviser (as does Corban).  He also gathers allies.  In some sense, we always knew he was a bad egg, though.  His animal companion is nasty and uncontrollable compared to Corban's.  He uses unethical tactics to get what he wants.  So he is obviously a bad guy.  But...for the longest time, he *thought* he was a good guy.  So he doesn't lose all sympathy (just a lot of it).  And I legitimately don't know if he will redeem himself or not.  I look forward to finding out.As I said earlier, this book contains a lot of characters.  For the most part, I don't have trouble telling them apart.  (Uthas and Ulfilas being exceptions, simply because of the similarities between the names.  I am not 100% sure I got the names right even now, but I don't have my Kindle nearby to check.)  Gwynne actually does a pretty good job with this, considering the size of the cast.Our heroes find themselves in a lot of trouble in this book.  At first I was bemoaning the similarities of Maquin's (a former shieldman, giant-hunter, oarsman, and pit fighter, among other things) and Camlin's (a former forest bandit turned shieldman to a queen) situations.  But they get out of their situations in different ways, and their enemies end up having different competencies or lack thereof.  It wasn't the same thing twice.  And both were set up well, with varying degrees of preparation in the story.A lot of rivalries and conflicts from past books were brought up again here, with the storylines continuing.  A couple of these were brought to a close, while others were allowed to continue.  I'm glad to see some loose ends tied up, and not all left until the final volume.  The story is still pretty expansive, but it is tightening.We know a lot of the characters by now, but some of them continue to grow and change.  Vonn (boy from Corban's village who has broken with his father) is given the opportunity to show conflicting emotions here in a way he didn't before.  Cywen (Corban's sister) is still quite competent, but gains some new skills.  Gar (a guardian of Corban's, basically) has to take on some new responsibilities.  Lorcan (a spoiled prince from previous books) grows up and becomes someone whose fate I'm actually interested in.  Corban continues on the expected path, but remains true to himself.Some events were predictable.  I have been waiting since book one for Veradis to do something and he has now done it.  Some romances developed (or seem to be developing) along a predictable path.  Now, romances predicted in past volumes have ended with character deaths, so I don't think everyone's out of the woods yet.  We'll see.In terms of writing style, world building, etc., if you liked these aspects of the first two books, you'll see more of the same here.  It was kind of comforting and familiar to travel back to this world, actually.  The only other complaint I have is that this book was long.  Very long.  I think the author did what he had to, to get to the endpoint he had in mind.  So I'm not sure how it could be shortened.Anyway, I wasn't sure what rating I would give this book until I started writing the review and realized there was a lot I liked about this book, especially compared to past volumes.  I'm looking forward to the next one.  4.5 stars.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Has it's moments, but they get fewer and fewer by this point.
  

*by P***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 17, 2022*

So far I've managed to get two-thirds of the way through this installment, but instead of being an enjoyable read it's turned into a slog where every other chapter or so I have to stop myself from going to the door and chucking the novel into the snowbank so the voles & squirrels can do something useful with its papery carcass.Namely;- One dimensional minor villains; petty minded vengeance fantasies being a driving force is not only plausible, it's a real occurrence. However, one or two chapters (if even that) per book was plenty enough to establish the motives of such minor characters. Having to read through multiple chapters just for the sake of reestablishing that for every person of that ilk instead of continuing with events of more import got real old, quite fast.- Chance; for instance, a minor character literally & miraculously stumbled upon something foreshadowed just a few chapters previously in this same book, only then there was no reveal for I don't know how many hundreds of pages even though it's clearly coming, to the point of being foreshadowed (aftershadowed?) yet again at least once. Uh huh, absolutely plausible.....- Stagnant civilization; Not sure offhand how many centuries the human "exiles" are supposed to have been in this land after having defeated the giant inhabitants, but despite a knowledge base (and substantial continued threats including survivors of aforesaid giantkind) allowing the construction of river-/sea-going galleys plus small ocean-going ships the only permanent and substantial fortifications are those utilizing the abandoned giant-built castles. Not even to the extent of timber faced earthen cored walls or simple staked moats, we're talking wooden palisades & towers only here even for larger holds.- Stagnant technology; these folks have catapults, war galleys, and whatnot yet fighting in a shield wall a la the Roman maniple/century or Greek phalanx is considered new fangled and dishonorable. While with armor basically everyone, chieftains/war leaders included, had only either leather or chain - one of the most tedious to manufacture yet at the same time almost ineffectual types of protection. Iron helmets are widespread yet absolutely no one - period- in this setting (giants as well) has anything like brigandine, let alone lamellor plate, despite a clear and oft mentioned capability to manufacture sheet metal & iron weapons/tools in quantity.- One dimensional nations or tribes. Basically, with a very few exceptions, all of the humans were Briton/Celt/Highlander clones save the pirate folks, who were just Vikings with gladiatorial slaves.- Plot armor thicker than the combined novels themselves; And here I'm talking villains so unkillable as to push into the realm of "they've gone to plaid". While the heroic heroes of the piece were cutting down storm trooperesque lackeys left and right most all of the baddies kept escaping certain death multiple times per novel. Once or twice ducking, or having some nameless minion block a kill shot, might have been plausible. Beyond that though, absurd and very poor writing. If the author thought he was going to not have any of the main villains alive so they could be killed at the appropriate apocalyptic climax moment then he needed to stop writing himself into a corner so often just for the sake of trying to crank up the drama only to fall short of the effect he was seeking.- We're free, only to be kidnapped, yet again? ; I kid you not, with a few characters this approached romance novel levels of garbage to the point of not only having no tension value whatsoever to ruining immersion while I said to myself "You've got to be kidding me right now."These aren't bad books per se and the setting had some neat ideas behind it, but in execution they needed more editing, a better development of the driving ideas, and tighter writing. They remind me quite a lot of the Prydain Chronicles, with more a young adult level of reading comprehension.Not sure at this point if I'll get the fourth book, maybe just for the sake of completion.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great!
  

*by S***Z on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 8, 2022*

This was an awesome book. Much better than the second, on par with the first.Really enjoyed the twists and turns.  Couldn't put it down.

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