Esrahaddon: Opinions about the ending
Longtime fan here and I was finally able to read Esrahaddon during my vacation. Overall I love the book and I think it is one of MJSs best books but I was rather disappointed with the last chapter because the book just feels unfinished to me. I did not expect to feel this way after reading Esrahaddon. I have read the Riyria Revelations twice, I have read all Chronicle books twice and all other books taking place in Elan at least once. Never have I felt like this at the end of a book, it is a mixture of sadness and disappointment.
How can MJS hint at a special spell Mawyndule is doing (possibly some kind of shield or even teleportation?) and not tell us what he did to escape? How do we not know how Esrahaddon escapes death? How can we not read about how they imprison him and cut his hands off? How can he end the book with Turin and Trilos finally meeting after all these books and cut off with „hello brother“?! How can MJS leave us hanging like this in a book that was supposed to answer a lot of open questions?
I am so deeply in love with the world of Elan, it is kind of an obsession at this point. I was looking forward to this book so, so much I saved it for my vacation although I have had the ereader version for weeks. Now I feel empty and sad but not sad like after reading Farilane because that story was brutal and perfect and terribly sad. Esrahaddon on the other hand leaves so much unanswered questions open that I can‘t believe this was it. I had hoped I missed the final chapter of it but no, the book just ends.
Sadly I think we will never truly know how they capture Esra of Haddon and how he loses his hands and gets imprisoned in Gutaria. I really hope MJS will write a new series that at least deals with Turin and Trilos and the big war against Chaos. He can‘t just leave us hanging like this… Right now I feel like my favourite TV show got cancelled with several cliffhangers and open questions and everytime that happens it just feels wrong.
What are your thought s about the book in general and especially the rather abrupt ending?