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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780439176873
ISBN number: 0439176875
Label: Scholastic Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: December 01, 2001
Publishing house: Scholastic Paperbacks
Age index: Ages 9-12
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The extraordinary conclusion to Garth Nix¹s best-selling fantasy epic. The veil has been lifted. The Dark World is on its way to destruction. Can Tal and Milla restore order in time?
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In the sixth and final installment of The Seventh Tower, the battle for the World of Darkness comes to its climax as Tal, Milla and the rest of the gang unite to find and stop the dreaded Sushin and the shadow that posesses him from destroying the veil. This book is rushed in parts, especially when they take so long to reach the final battle and then blow through it in a heartbeat, but in the end all is resolved. My biggest complaint (and I appologize if this is a big spoiler...) is that Tal's father never makes a formal appearance after all the talk we've read abut him, in this or any of the other books. Nevertheless this book is a satisfying, though rushed, conclusion to The Seventh Tower.
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THis will end up being a hodgepodge review of the entire series becuase each book blends into the other. The characters were strong and well portatryed, and the cultures were fairly believeable.
Thiss book is also perfectly fine without any 'romanctic' element. it doesn't need one. It's expected, but unnecesary, and probably would have mucked up the plot a bit.
I also enjoyed the many sides to the war. With the Icecarl, rebels and steadfast Chosens, Garth Nix pulls it off well, whereas other authors just might have made it confusing.
But i have one question? shoun't the seventh tower hae seven books? i searched for weeks at my local library before realizing, no there is no seventh book.
Every cloud has a silver lining, but how am i supposed to reach the silver? It's so high...
-qoute taken from a book of qoutes i recently found
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I don't think it's a spoiler to say that Tal and Milla do not form a romance at any point in this series. In fact, I think the story is stronger for it.
It is often too easy to become distracted by the element of romance, to the point where whoever the main character is interested in becomes merely important as a love element. It is of course possible to have a story where there is romance that is very strengthening to the story and to the characterizations of both parties. That is often very important. But this tale breaks from the love-interest assumption, just as it breaks from many other genre assumptions.
Instead, both Tal and Milla experience a different kind of melding of souls. There is of course the joining of their shadows to the Storm Shepards Andras and Odris, and through this they feel a strange spiritual connection. But deeper than this is the sharing of societies that occurs between Tal and Milla. They each become an avatar of their society, yet also an outcast, while also absorbing qualities of each other's societies. They were then separated and pushed through more change, so that when they meet again, they are even more able to recognize the change in each other.
This kind sharing and learning is long overdue in the Dark World, and it is an experience that transcends gender; a romance in this situation would actually weaken the story, since then it would be more about the personal sharing that this boy and girl experience. Rather, the strength, indeed the whole point of this sharing, is that His People and Her People are being shared. The sharing has nothing to do with being a boy or girl, but with being a Person.
This also occurs, to a much lesser degree, with Tal and Crow, and with Milla and Malen. These secondary sharings, though, are more about Tal and Milla recognizing and dealing with other aspects of their own societies, demonstrated by the presence Crow and Malen; through these associations, both Tal and Milla must acknowledge and come to terms with a previously-assumed superiority that is not entirely appropriate, and with shame of personal failure (by the rules of their own societies), though it was a failure that has opened the door to growth, and so was vital to the health of the entire society.
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I was kinda suprised, I loved the ending but there are some things I was anticipating that never happened. I was waiting for Tal and Milla to start a romance, if you really read you'll notice that they really like each other and through the series go from hating each other to loving each other in a quiet unspoken way, they just never come out and admit it. The one thing that irritated me about this book was the freeing of the Spiritshadows, I thought that was a great twist and Andras and Odris were becoming good friends to Tal and Milla and then it is over for them. But this is still a great book and altogether a great series, I own all the books!
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Tal and Milla have gone their separate ways. Milla is leading a battle inside the Castle. And Tal is trapped in the Hall of Nightmares by his nemesis, the shadowmaster who has declared himself to be the Most Violet, Sushin. Fashnek has trapped Adras, Tal's Spiritshadow, in a shadow bottle, and now Tal must face his fears in the Hall of Nightmares. He attempts what only a few have accomplished, controlling the Sunstones in the globe to make them open. He sighs, and Fashnek begins the nightmare machine. Meanwhile, Milla continues the Icecarl invasion of the Castle with a young Crone, Malen, Tal's witty Uncle Ebbit, an Icecarl Wilder, Jarek, and a few more, including Crow and the Freelies. Together they will embark on a quest that none of them will ever, ever forget.
I liked the part where Malen, Crow, Adras, Odris, and, of course, Tal, fight Sharrakor in Aenir, inside Old Khamsoul. The ending was a little sad, but the reader feels Tal's triumph. This entire series had its ups and downs, but I'd recommend the Seventh Tower Series to about anyone who would listen. It started out a little weaker than I had expected, but it finished better than many other stories that I have read. I hope you enjoy the series (or did enjoy it)!
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