User blog comment:Archer of Az-Zure/The Third Door Review/@comment-13471095-20170808193619

Zzzz... huh? Oh, there was a third book in The Three Doors? *yawn*

In all seriousness, I barely remember anything that happened in this book, and found it to be incredibly underwhelmint. The mistery about sorcerer Dan was good, but everything else was just stupid or pointless, especially Rye's memory loss and the boring reveal of what created the Skimmers.

But for me, the biggest problems with this book are Sonia's reveal and the "villain." Beginning with Sonia, the fact that she is the Warden's daughter didn't bother me too much. But the fact that she is half Fellan and can use magic was stupid and came accross as Mary Sue-ish. It was a pretty pointless reveal that didn't add to her character at all, except for a few racist comments (kind of?).

And as for the villain... does anyone even remember this guy? He had no screentime in the book, but it turns out this guy was the  Shadow Lord's servant and could turn into some kind of Tree Troll. As I mentioned in the Silver Door blog, I like the Shadow Lord, but it did not need to be the villain of this book series. We should have had a new villain and properly develop them and how they connect to this world, not some lacky that does nothing.

So yeah, aside from one or two things that are staples of Rodda's writing that I enjoy, this book is forgettable. 5/10.