The Obelisk Gate

Well, here we are again. Honestly, The Obelisk Gate is much harder to review due to a lot of things. Firstly, it is a second book in the trilogy, and it is extremely difficult to talk about it without spoiling anything from the first one. But I will try anyway.

Secondly, a lot of things are still so confusing. Sometimes I had almost no idea of what was happening. But I guess, it is just the way this book was supposed to be.

The Obelisk Gate is narrated by three characters as in the first book. But we get to meet a lot of new people as well. The good thing about this book is that it shows that every person in this book has their own motivations. Often they are unclear, but as I said earlier, I suppose it was the whole point.

On one hand, a lot of things from the first book were explained. The obelisks, stone eaters, orogenes, guardians. And there are a lot of unexpected revelations. On the other hand, the more we get to know, the more questions there are to be answered.

The second book has not felt just like a filler book in the trilogy. Yes, there were a lot more conversations, but it helped better to understand the world (or what was left of it). And the action was there as well. I believe that “What the rust?” has become my standard question after almost every chapter.

There is such a thing as too much loss. Too much has been taken from you both -taken and taken and taken, until there's nothing left but hope, and you've given that up because it hurts too much. Until you would rather die, or kill, or avoid attachments altogether, than lose one more thing.