A review by ed_moore
The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

“When the prisons are blown to dust And chaos reigns And the betrayers summon their king The old ones from their sleep are torn An age of strife will soon be born” 

‘A Conference of Birds’ opened in a way that completely reset all the changes in the conclusion of ‘A Map of Days’ as most relationships seem normal again, making the last clifffhanger feel a little useless. Also considering my comments about Claire the previous book I am glad she had been written out, she is unbelievably annoying when present. Staying with the characters, I am not sure about the decision to

bring Fiona back, it almost nullifies the only key death that has happened in the series and

there was now so little weight to it. As for the plot I found it wasn’t as engaging as previous books, it was much shorter than the other books in the series and yet I think it took me the longest to get through, this second trilogies plot line isn’t quite amazing yet still but the last book seems to have a lot of places to go. However continually a fun story and really fast paced plots!