Is it over yet? Can I just say... Most... painful series ever. Well, no that would be Eragon so second most painful series ever. 
 Why do you ask? First off, it's virtually impossible to form such a co-dependency on a girl and vice versa. If I had to hear Todd say "My Viola, My Viola what I wouldn't do" one more time, I was going to scream. Then there's Viola, pining away for her long lost Todd. Meanwhile, a massive war is being waged and we're stuck with dragging puppy love (or lust I haven't figured it out). The romance/love was forced, underdeveloped and very distracting. If Ness had actually devoted time to developing characters instead of babbling endlessly we would have had a halfway decent book. 
 The second book started to get a bit of a repetitive nature going on. In that Viola would tell us something and then Todd would tell us the readers the same darn thing with only a slight difference to it. Well this third book took repetative nature to a whole nother level, I swear I was in a prepetual loop and kept hearing the same things over and over again. Then again it was hard to tell between the whole whining and Todd/Viola I neeeeeeed you. 
 Oh and don't forget the randomly misspelled words to still make Todd appear "dumb" or "Uneducated". I cannot stand that. 
 The ending of the book almost brought the book to a 2 star, I mean ALMOST. But not quite. 
 This just wasn't a book for me. However, don't just take my word for it, read it yourself and YOU decide.