Instead, we’re forced to read Adam Boreas’s boring story with some brand new characters I didn’t care for about 200 pages. The Hod King was brilliant, and the way it ended makes me want to get back to my beloved characters as soon as possible. I’m not saying Adam should be excluded from The Fall of Babel, but this is also the final book of the series, and he was entirely absent in the previous book that it’s hard for me to care what’s going on with him. And to make things even worse, Adam’s section felt almost entirely unnecessary to be put in the front of the novel it belongs in a separate novella or at the end of The Hod King.
That’s how disconnected and uninterested I was with Adam’s storyline. It took me almost a WEEK to read through the first 200 pages I usually read 150-200 pages a day.
Instead of immediately reading the continuation of The Hod King, we’re forced to spend our time with Adam Boreas as he lives in a new Ringdom named after his name: Boredom. The decision to put Adam Boreas as the only POV character in the first 200 pages was simply excessive. Those who’ve read this book will know where my first issue lies. I never expected I would give such a low rating to this book. I will not lie I am incredibly disappointed with The Fall of Babel. You can hate yourself for not fully appreciating your happy days while you had them, or you could look back and be warmed by the memory, couldn’t you?” We’d never take a risk, or explore, or grow. I think that if we really knew how good our lives were while they were good, we’d be too scared to do anything, change anything. “You could resent yourself for your imperfect enjoyment of your life, but that seems to me like a never-ending chore. I love your previous books, and I would prefer your memory of my thoughts on your books remains that way leave it in the state of innocence and happiness just like Senlin before he entered the Tower of Babel. Josiah Bancroft, please do not read this review. A state where the quality of the series ends up. The Fall of Babel is not just a title it is a state. Series: The Books of Babel (Book #4 of 4) ARC provided by the publisher-Orbit-in exchange for an honest review.
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