Ah a great fellow Eithan and haircut enjoyer. Yeah the foreshadowing is some of the best that I've ever read in a book series myself. When En=Oz reveal happened, most of the community were kinda already speculating that it is so. However, even when it was already staring in my face when when i was re-reading, the presentation was beautiful and I was satisfied with how he was revealed. Coming to the lacking resolution of plots in the later book, like how Jai long died, I think its because past book 8 the side-plots were cut by a lot to fit and resolve within the books themselves rather than when it was pre-book 8 where they were much more elaborate and given room to grow. A lot of the later books pacing was much faster but in trying to keep the pacing, the side-narratives felt pushed aside. But yeah, a lot of side plots and character arcs could've been way better resolved, not to say it's bad but could've been better. On your note about that the group should've participated in mad king's fight, I disagree. They would've gotten wiped out instantly if they were anywhere near it simply because of the amount of authority and power getting thrown around. It would have also diminished the Mad King's narrative if a bunch of monarchs from a random iteration harmed him in any way. Who knows maybe we'll see something better in a later series.
I was convinced I had answered - apparently not. Glad you enjoyed the series! I can already see myself relistening to it every couple of years :) No wonder you disagree on the Mad King fight, as I completely failed to explain it properly. I wanted Lindon and Dross to come up with a plan, the others create distractions for the Mad King's minions, and Ozriel (and Suriel) deal with the King (without any of the gang ever coming near him). As it is in the book, it feels like the Abidan could have defeated the Mad King all along and just didn't. In "my version" they would have gotten that extra little tiny push that would make it possible for them to defeat him. Hopefully that made more sense than whatever I said in the video :D
Ah a great fellow Eithan and haircut enjoyer. Yeah the foreshadowing is some of the best that I've ever read in a book series myself. When En=Oz reveal happened, most of the community were kinda already speculating that it is so. However, even when it was already staring in my face when when i was re-reading, the presentation was beautiful and I was satisfied with how he was revealed.
Coming to the lacking resolution of plots in the later book, like how Jai long died, I think its because past book 8 the side-plots were cut by a lot to fit and resolve within the books themselves rather than when it was pre-book 8 where they were much more elaborate and given room to grow. A lot of the later books pacing was much faster but in trying to keep the pacing, the side-narratives felt pushed aside. But yeah, a lot of side plots and character arcs could've been way better resolved, not to say it's bad but could've been better.
On your note about that the group should've participated in mad king's fight, I disagree. They would've gotten wiped out instantly if they were anywhere near it simply because of the amount of authority and power getting thrown around. It would have also diminished the Mad King's narrative if a bunch of monarchs from a random iteration harmed him in any way. Who knows maybe we'll see something better in a later series.
I was convinced I had answered - apparently not.
Glad you enjoyed the series! I can already see myself relistening to it every couple of years :)
No wonder you disagree on the Mad King fight, as I completely failed to explain it properly. I wanted Lindon and Dross to come up with a plan, the others create distractions for the Mad King's minions, and Ozriel (and Suriel) deal with the King (without any of the gang ever coming near him). As it is in the book, it feels like the Abidan could have defeated the Mad King all along and just didn't. In "my version" they would have gotten that extra little tiny push that would make it possible for them to defeat him.
Hopefully that made more sense than whatever I said in the video :D