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Title	:	The Gathering Storm (Crown of Stars #5)
Author	:	Kate Elliott
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 977 pages
Published	:	February 3rd 2004 by Daw Books (first published April 1st 2000)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Epic. High Fantasy. Adult

The Gathering Storm (Crown of Stars #5)

Kate Elliott

Paperback | Pages: 977 pages

Rating: 3.89 | 3515 Users | 59 Reviews

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”This war seems like a desert to me, a barren wasteland. But still, it must be crossed.” Either the series fatigue has finally got me or this novel was too long by at least 900 pages. Gathering Story is a brick of a book that could be much shorter. Again, whole passages or even POVs (sorry Stronghand, you lost your charm when you decided to mimic humans) could be cut out without doing any harm to the whole story. Roughly 7/8 of the novel is storm-mongering. We are repeatedly told that the great cataclysm is coming inexorably, as the Aoi, banished centuries ago, are about to return. A huge catastrophe is looming, and in the meantime, people (and other sentient beings) are only concerned with petty issues. By this point in the series, there are many sub-plots of which some have their distinct narrations and POVs whereas others are just recounted or mentioned in the passing (dreams carry the narrative very often and then visions through fire). I am still unsure whether Elliot had it all planned or whether she is playing by ear. But one thing is certain, some of the marginal characters have grown into major protagonists, at times even more interesting than the leading pair. I have mentioned Liath’s waning charm (she is a pure snow fire-flake at the moment). Presently, I also suspect that Ms Elliott either hates Alain or is unsure what to do with him and is trying to kill him (in vain). Of the secondary protagonists, Hanna and Rosvita deserve your special attention. While I wasn’t particularly fond of Hanna, she really blossomed somewhere around the third volume. To the contrary, Eika and their shenanigans are not only detached from the rest of the tale, but also lost their unique flavour. I’d be happier without Stronghand’s POV (and it takes so many boring pages!). The main problem is: while we hear that the storm is upon us for hundreds of pages in the book nothing happens! I understand that the time span is long (we are used to books happing within days, here it is years in a single volume), and that each of the characters needs their space, but there were whole sections that reminded me more of a chronicle that recorded even the tiniest detail (down to defecation) than a story which captures the essentials. There are many moments that, despite everything, save the novel, but, it's really hard to get through some fragments. I will continue in a hope that the next instalment will compensate for this long meaningless interlude. I would not have made it without the wonderful reading cabal: princess Veronica, Jess of the Eagles, Sister Choko, and Shaitarn the Bookwyrm who make reading the series worthwhile and enjoyable despite the rating. Also in the series: 1. King's Dragon ★★★★★ 2. Prince of Dogs ★★★★☆ 3. The Burning Stone ★★★★☆ 4. Child of Flame ★★★☆☆ 6. In the Ruins ★☆☆☆☆ 7. Crown of Stars ★☆☆☆☆

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Original Title:	The Gathering Storm
ISBN:	0756401321 (ISBN13: 9780756401320)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Crown of Stars #5

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These Kate Elliott books seem to take me months to read, which really isn't the book's fault. I just find that I go through bursts with her books. I'll read a few hundred pages in a short timeframe, and then not read it again for several weeks. I don't really have an explanation for it.Anyrate, the book is solid. The pacing is very odd, though. While most of the books in this series cover about a year, give or take a few months, this book covers like five years or so. She manages this in odd

i got 686 pages into the book and the bad guys cut out zacharia's tongue .. i put the book down and that's it.

I really struggled with my rating for this. one. It was really a slog to read. Like, I read another book in the middle of it, because it was so painful. (And this was nominally my fun reading book.) But now that I've finished it, I'm glad I got through it and now that some of the worst is over (view spoiler)[Liath and Sanglant reunited! Explanation for Blessing! Anne & co dead! Plus the really odd anger of Alain's dad was apologized for. (hide spoiler)] So I'm hoping we've gotten through the

I enjoyed the whole series, Definately recommend it.

A disclaimer: for someone whos read a lot of fantasy, I am not a big series reader. In fact, after beginning Crown of Stars I realized that, should I make it through all seven volumes, it would become the only completed adult epic fantasy series longer than a trilogy that I'd ever read in its entirety. Every word there counts: Ive read entire epic fantasy series for younger readers, mostly when I was one. Ive read series that wouldnt quite count as epic fantasy, because they ended, then added

The Gathering Storm seriously cut into my reading stats for the year! At almost 1000 pages, it took me a month to read (I did take a break around the middle). This series has definitely reached sprawling epic category. But if you like this kind of thing and have the patience for it, it's really brilliant. Not enough people know about this series. There are a lot of characters and timelines to keep track of in this book. I'll admit to being a bit fuzzy on some of them, and on their locations at