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THe Big GOODBYE For Dashford Pierce and Jacque McKeownThis is the end of the Jacques McKeown trilogy series (following Will Save the Galaxy For Food and Will Destroy The Galaxy For Cash), and as ever, a very interesting sci-fi adventure wrapped in humour. I've enjoyed each book he's spawned from this character (a reluctant pilot named Dashford Pierce, mistakenly known as McKeown) with all the twist and turns the story continually takes us in. This book... however... was somewhat of a mixed bag of feelings. I'm sad to see him conclude the series, having enjoyed it so much, but this was the most disappointed I ever felt in a final story. Don't get me wrong, I really did enjoy reading (or listening to it, seeing how it was on Audible), I just felt it was lacking a stable ending at the ver conclusion. I won't spoil annoying about that, I"ll let others get a chance to read (hear) his story and judge for themselves. For me, though, personally, I felt let down. This could have had a better "final arc" for the character, instead, we got melee of constant "where are we going with this?" moments. There were also some previous story inconsistencies, some plot points that didn't link up, and some characters that never got properly closures themselves. But, seeing how this was through the eyes of Dashford, perhaps that's my own nit-pick about this last book. I gave high marks to his previous works... but sadly, I can't for this one. This felt more like a "I'm done, and I don't want to write these anymore" kind of vibe. The humour wasn't as good, or lacked some better comedic bits, as it were, showing his lack of enthusiasm of making this book better than the last. I think he was pretty well finished with this character and just wanted to end this series once and for all. Yahztee Croshaw is mainly into video game design, as well as writing books, but I think his concentration is focused more on the game side than the authoring one. That's not to say these books aren't well written, they are, I'm just saying his thoughts might be more occupied to that side of late. In any case, he's created a fine trilogy, this book being the lesser of the two is just my lowly opinion. I gave it a 4.25 out of 5, which means I still loved reading it, but I just couldn't give it a full star for such a less-than impactful finale. There might be a slim probable chance he may make more in the far future (should he really want), seeing how it's left slightly open for such a thing... but I doubt it. Don't get me wrong Croshaw, I do love this book, I just wish you'd would have given the ending a more humorous send off and given Dashford Pierce a more fitting scenario to end on. Other fans might disagree with me, but, like I said, that's just my opinion. Check out his audible book here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Will-Leave-the-Galaxy-for-Good-Audiobook/B0CY5YWK21
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