The Sweet Far Thing was an excellent conclusion to a trilogy. The character development was apparent and the writing was still incredibly atmospheric. Ann remained my favorite, and I enjoyed reading about her "time to shine." The feminist sections throughout were amazingly well-done (especially considering this series takes place in the late 1800s), which was a fresh perspective considering that most YA novels don't incorporate those themes. 
 I loved how the series ended (even with that one death) and thought that Bray did a great job in every single aspect of the novel you could possibly think of. So you may be wondering: why did I not give it five out of five stars? 
 It would have received that rating... if it wasn't so mindblowingly long. Coming in at just over 800 pages, I firmly believe that well over 400 pages could have easily been cut without any damage to the story itself. It took me almost two weeks to finish this book because I was SO BORED for the first half of the novel. It was a whole lot of unnecessary set-up for just about 150 pages of action. Typically I adore large books, but this one was a bit ridiculous. 
 Libba Bray remains one of my favorite YA novelists and I look forward to starting The Diviners very soon!