Craft Sequence Essays
Welcome to our archive of articles and essays about the Craft Sequence. Scroll for all of our articles, or go wherever suits you:
Relatively spoiler free essays if you’re new to the series / partway through and don’t want to spoil yourself
Spoilerific essays if you’ve read the series and want to delve deeper
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Tara Abernathy, Dead Country, and me - a sort of review
Dead Country narrows the focus of the sprawling Craft Sequence in to our first main character: Tara Abernathy. This is sort of a review, but mostly a love letter to Tara, her arc, and how it mirrors the experiences of readers - with some added necromancy.
LAST EXIT review - a visceral, electric reflection of our world
LAST EXIT is a visceral, electric reflection of our world, its crushing despairs and glimmers of hope, wrapped up in a fast-moving plot and fantastical alternative worlds. At the same time an indictment of our world, a call to action to improve it, and a crescendo of hope that maybe we actually can, this is possibly Gladstone’s best writing yet.
Review: Full Fathom Five (Spoiler Free)
Poets, prophets and priests get mixed up in tangled web of murdered gods, bad investments, and nightmares. Full Fathom Five features some of Gladstone’s most beautiful prose alongside brilliant characters and a strong plot that moves the whole series forward.
Review: Two Serpents Rise (Spoiler Free ish)
Shadow demons in the water, a fugitive father, and an enigmatic cliff runner interrupt Caleb Altemoc’s night of gambling – and may bring down one of the most important cities in the world of Craft. The weakest entry to the series, but it still has some great moments and characters.
Review Round-Up: Three Parts Dead
A round up of every single Three Parts Dead review we could find - which do you agree with?
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