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Title: Perhaps the worst book I've ever read
Review: Having read and enjoyed Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers, I hoped for a suitable conclusion to the trilogy. Instead I found a boring, unintelligible tale with new characters being introduced late in the book. Larry Niven must have had a wire in his brain, because he writes here as if he were high all the time. His original concept was masterly. I would say Engineers advanced the plot. This culmination leaves many more questions than answers, and I forced myself to get through it, just out of principle. I liked or at least had some sympathy for the main characters earlier in the series. The cardboard cutouts introduced in this book I could care less for. Even the surviving characters from the earlier books lost my interest and sympathy. This is not the normal tailing off to be expected as a series continues on. This is a plunge into the abyss of writing.
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