Perfect ending to irreplaceable art
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My son died 2 months ago at 14 months old. I've been looking, searching for the best frame to put his foot prints and our family hand prints in. I debated for a long time between a few until I found this. It was the size I was looking for that fit my two precious pieces of irreplaceable art. This was more than perfect, I was able to choose the color matte that waa not only our sons favorite color but that was perfect match for the art. It was delivered fast and packaged to make for a safe delivery. Thank you.
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Tsubasa vol 28 comes as a shocking ending to the epic series.  Firstly the volume comes at a whopping 276 pages, virtually double sized.  I think including so many pages is a pretty decent trade off for the potential of colored pages (it would have been nice to have colored manga pages at least in this final volume) because the story is so nice.

I will avoid spoilers but this volume certainly wrapped up hanging plot points and finally clarified the motives and purposes for some of the characters.  The action was as amazing as it has been from recent volumes in terms of the magic usage.  I also think that the translator, who has been here for all of the volumes, William Flanagan did an excellent job at making it clear and helping to sort out who was speaking, with the "images" of two characters and such.  He also left a potentially heartfelt message at the end of the volume, it almost feels as if he was there with us the whole time through these many years of reading the series.

This volume had me a bit emotional and teary eyed with joy because the two characters finally admitted their feelings for one another; simply beautiful. This is a thrilling and truly amazing conclusion for the series and makes me want to reread it from start to finish.
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Ever since LA lost its MOM (museum of miniatures) I've wondered what happened to the art.  Well, this book makes clear that it is alive and well.  When you have to check the captions to see which is the real and which is the rendition, you know u r in the care of expert artisans.  Page after page, this volume blows me away.  No CGI here, it's all real.  And I hope that unlike some arts, it never gets neglected and forgotten.  Just too amazing for that.
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This series has "grown up" as I have.  I read Ender's Game for its space opera value, and enjoyed Speaker for the Dead for its dialogic nature (religion, science, and reality).  Xenocide left me hanging, but I had grown into its "philosophical" nature, and Children of the Mind was just the ending this series needed.  It brings the Ender saga to its perfect resolution, offering some of everything we have come to expect from Ender, yet a thoroughly unexpected ending.  This book was a wonderful read, and I recommend it to anyone who loved Ender the Warrior (Ender's Game), Ender the Speaker (Speaker for the Dead), or Ender the Philosopher (Xenocide), Card brings all of that together in this climactic volume.
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This was just about as perfect a conclusion as I could have wanted for my favorite book series. I really don't want to give anything away, but all the remaining important plot points that popped up throughout the chronicles of poor Rachel are resolved -- one way or another. I did find myself wondering what happened to a few characters/locations/situations, but they were mostly minor and pretty understandable considering the rather sizable cast that has developed over the course of thirteen books and over half a dozen short story interludes and preludes.
Beyond that, however, I have to say that I had to force myself not to cry when it was over. The story and series were beautiful. Thank you, Ms. Harrison, for the lovely memories.
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This was just the ending i needed for john and Margaret. Very well done
3120776
A lot of comic series drop off suddenly or just don't deliver when it comes to the ending, but this one was satisfying and tied everything together well. Cliff Chiang is easily my favorite WW artist as well. Sad to see both of them go.
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I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. I loved this book. The story of Ava's struggle with Morray continues. Simone Pond is really talented at delivering well developed characters and world building. This final installment in the series ties up loose ends and reveals more about certain charactrerrs. The author ends the story with an uncertainty to the fate of one of the characters. Leaving the reader to decide the outcome. I have thoroughly enjoyed this' series and will miss Ava.
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With a bullet lodged near his heart and the Hour of the Incursion just days away, the Rider and his small group of stalwart friends do everything in their power to stop Adon from rousing the Old Ones and ending existence. But whose side will Lucifer take in the conflict? And which of the Rider's friends is fated to betray him...?

Here we are, the ultimate volume in the best weird western series since the big daddy, The Dark Tower. Erdelac pulls out all the stops in this one. We are treated to such wonders as a steampunk cyborg created with Yithian technology, shoggoths, a scientist with an alien mind, an angel from another universe, and a golem made of pieces of dead gunfighters. Couple this with the Rider dying of a bullet wound, a sigil-covered train, and the manure hitting the windmill on every page and you have one book that is impossible to put down.

All the seeds Erdelac planted in the previous three volumes are finally bearing squamous, cyclopean fruit. Unlike the previous three volumes, this one is a single story, not a series of linked stories. It's the biggest book in the series by a hundred pages. Any doubts I had that Erdelac could weave a novel length tale have been put to rest.

Faustus Montague, Kabede, Dick Belden, The Reverend Mr. Goodworks, and Yates made worthy allies for the Rider on his final journey. As with the previous volumes, Erdelac does a fantastic job tying together elements from Christianity, Judaism, and the Cthulhu mythos.

The ending of the saga was all I could hope for. All the big payoffs were there, from the true nature of the onager, the tzadikim and the Tzohar to the final conflict between The Rider and Adon. I'd say it was the best volume of the series.
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In this final book of the Trilogy Cheryl weaves a wonderful finale for the Team around Jasi. Her ghostly friend puts some timely pressure on her, the human mind proofs that no memory is ever lost - but may be buried deeply and that human preconception may lead to false presumptions that can end deadly.
There are some very clever twists weaved in this tapestry around a cult reminding me of the Manson Family. The characters are painted in deep colours and the relationships of the first two books get more depth again.
The beauty of this book is that it ends without any red herrings but still has the potential to see a fourth instalment some day.
I loved this book and I didn't want it  to end, so I read it three times already, and it surely will remain one of my most read books ever.
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The final book in the Wendy Higgins series Sweet Reckoning wiped away any doubts I had about the series. Higgins told exactly the story I didn't know I wanted and needed to hear. I am completely caught up in the love and prayer and faith that makes Higgins' books so worth reading. Most books of this genre have a happy ending or a terribly sad ending. The lessons don't always go full circle, and I don't understand why the authors end their series the way they do. Higgins was no such author. She put together the perfect combination of bitter and sweet, and for once, I can say that I ended a book crying tears of joy (literally).

This story drives home how essential it is to never lose your faith, to never play down the greatest of love, and to pray fervently even when you feel that you aren't answered. Anna and  Kaiden made me so happy in the way they ended up together, and the way that Anna's dream could come true in a way. The sacrifices in the book don't go unnoticed, but it puts life into perspective. We don't get the easy way out, we have struggles and hardships, but God always has a bigger plan that we are unaware of. We just have to trust that he knows what he's doing, and that there will be good along with the bad. Anna and Kaiden's love helps readers to remember that love and lust are two different things, but a pure kind of lusting after a love in the right way, under the right circumstances (or clever loopholes) is perfectly alright. In fact, it's beautiful and celebrated. The act of love and the relationships that demonstrate it in this book reshaped my thinking, both in concern to my faith and my views of my future with love. This was indeed, lovely.
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Although "Curtain" and "Sleeping Murder" were both published after this one, they had been written in the mid-1940's, so this is the final novel that Agatha Christie actually wrote.
She once again takes us into the world of Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, the dynamic duo of the twenties who are now elderly grandparents.
The Beresfords have bought a cottage in a small retirement village and discover that the previous owners left behind many children's books.  Tuppence is sorting them out and reading through one of them when she discovers underlined letters and a child's simple cipher.  Naturally, Tuppence decodes the message which reads "Mary Jordan did not die naturally.  It was one of us." The naturally inquisitive Tuppence is once again off to discover who Mary Jordan is, when she lived in the village, and how she really died.
Though this book has been criticized quite strongly by many readers, I found it to be another most enjoyable brain-teaser from Agatha Christie.  It was also very satisfying to see how Tommy and Tuppence lived out their adventurous lives.  Thank you, Mrs. Christie, for giving us closure to this exciting couple.
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This is a the concluding novel of a series revolving around the adventures of a fascinating individual (Giraut Leones).  In the earlier novels (A million open doors, Earth made of glass, and The merchants of souls) we have been introduced to a universe in which individuals can be transmitted across interstellar distances instantaneously as information, albeit at great cost.  This technology is allowing once isolated worlds, colonized at a time when interstellar travel was limited by relativistic physics, to be reconnected (thus the term 1000 cultures).  This reconnection is political, cultural, and economic in nature, and is at times messy.

Giraut is a colorful individual with equally colorful friends.  In the first book Giraut starts as one dimensional (but entertaining) character who love women and loves to fight but who interacts with others as though they had parts in a play.  As the series proceeds, Giraut joins Special Projects, an organizations which includes both diplomatic and covert functions, and in the course of his adventures develops empathy with others and grows into a truly likable person, although with qirks and warts.

This final book is truly a wonderful conclusion to the series.  It combines the best of the previous books - interesting characters, tough moral choices, travel to distance and exciting places, technology driven change with dubious social impacts, existential questions, and mysteries with galaxy-shaking consequences.  And I loved the end.  I highly recommend the entire series.
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While this whole series always had a melancholy feel throughout the books, there was always beauty in the sorrow. That is the art in the Chemical Garden Trilogy, and the final book does not disappoint. We pick up where we left off in Fever, with Rhine trying to get back to her brother while still under captivity of evil Housemaster Vaughn. This book we get to meet new wonderful characters and we get to learn more about Rhine's past as well as the true character of Vaughn. Since I don't want to give away any spoilers in this review, I will just leave it at this: the end didn't leave me sad and wanting, it left me happy and hopeful. :-)
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If you've made it this far into Daniel Abraham's world of poses & andats, you will not be disappointed with this concluding installment.  I appreciate a book that ties everything into a tidy little bow (without being obvious about it in the process), and Price of Spring does just that.  There are very few (if any) questions left for the reader to ponder after reading the final page, and the result is quite satisfying.

We get to watch as all of the major characters deal with the consequences of their earlier decisions.  Everything is consistent with what has come before (and, upon reflection, almost predictable).  In fact, if there is any fault with Price of Spring, it is the lack of any dramatic new twist.  The ending was pretty close to what I imagined it would be 20 pages into the book.
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Oh my God, the ending was perfect. If you've been following citrus, you'll love this volume as well.
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Pullman brings His Dark Materials to a close with a big, sprawling, apocalyptic piece of work that ties up all those loose ends quite satisfactorily. The most amazing thing about The Amber Spyglass-- since by now series readers should be perfectly familiar with the setup/revelation dynamic (and again, there are many things Pullman set up in the earlier books that are obvious, but their fuction seems to be to conceal the less obvious setups, equally brilliant in this book as the last)-- is that by the last hundred pages in this novel, the reader has seen any number of ways in which Pullman could wimp out and take the easy road with his characters. Happy endings all around, the world is saved, blah blah blah. Nope. Pullman allows his characters to think that happy endings are in the offing before hitting them with the painful truth that, hey, this is real life. And after 1,200 pages of Pullman's many parallel universes, it might as well BE real life.

I was pained to see this series end. Probably the finest series of fantasy novels I've read since first being introduced to Michael Moorcock's Elric novels back in high school. Hopefully His Dark Materials will achieve the same lasting success those books have had. *****