The Final Descent (4) (The Monstrumologist)

The world of Pellinore Warthrop and Will Henry almost ended before the fans of the Monstrumologist and his apprentice fought back and demanded an ending. The Final Descent might not be the ending you pictured or hoped for, but was there any other way to end their story? Rick Yancey ends this phenomenal series with more devastating heartbreak than I was ready for. But for the life of a monstrumologist, you have to be ready for anything.When a man seeks out Warthrop to sell him the greatest find in generations of the field of monstrumology, Warthrop assumes it is a fraud. But Will Henry takes it upon himself to check it out. What he finds is quite possibly the most terrifying and most ground breaking creature they have ever seen: the last of its kind. While still unhatched, the egg, stolen from its seller, must be cared for with the utmost of precision. Warthrop and Will Henry are brought back together through the care for the egg and the future implications such a find could bring them. But the damage to their relationship is too big for one find to cure.Flash forward years. Will Henry finally returns to the man who made him what he has become, but what he finds is not the strong, confident, aloof Warthrop. Instead he finds a broken man surrounded by the horror he has wreaked upon himself. For all of Warthrop's determination in his field has left him broken and determined to find the end that he deserves- one without the love of another human being. The story of Will Henry and Warthrop didn't end with that egg, but the connection between them had never been so fragile. Warthrop's created the Will who now stands before him, but he can't bring himself to take credit for the man Will Henry has become.If you have followed this series, you know you weren't ready for it to end. But I bet you also weren't ready for this kind of ending. Warthrop and Will Henry's story was too complex and tumultuous not to have a similar ending, but I could never have imagined the kind of ending Yancey gave us. It was gut wrenching. It ripped out your very soul, did a Mexican hat dance on it, stuffed it back in and sewed it up with a rusty spoon. I do not exaggerate, my friends. This was the most difficult ending to a series I loved that I have ever read. But it wasn't bad. Nope. Not at all. It was perfect. Heartbreaking, but the perfect end to their story. Yancey may have loved his characters, but he knew the proper way to end their story wasn't going to be all sunshine and tulips. Nope. It was going to be ugly, brutal, and awful. It was going to destroy them, you, and everyone in between. And it did.The biggest question in this book is who the monster really is. The easiest thing would be the incredibly poisonous thing ready to hatch from that leathery egg, but nothing with a Yancey book is easy. No, the monster was inside them all. Warthrop's monsters, or inner demons, were different from those Will Henry harbored, but both were hell-bent on destruction. We saw Warthrop struggle to love Will Henry in every way he could, even if that meant leaving him, throughout this series, but we always knew he loved the boy. Even when he showed it in the most counterproductive ways, he still always needed to make sure Will Henry was safe. But the man Will Henry grew into is the most terrifying thing Warthrop ever encountered, and for a monstrumologist, that is saying a lot. And Will Henry blames no one but Warthrop himself.So, I have to say, if you want a pretty ending all tied up in a neat little bow, then skip this book. You are going to upset. But if you need to see the way Will Henry and Warthrop finally end, then you need to prepare yourself. This series ending was phenomenal and heartbreaking all swirled together like a miserable ice cream sundae. It made me grieve for these characters I loved so much, but I know a happy ending would have been too unrealistic for the lives they lived. I really loved this series, I am not happy to see it go, but it was hard to see how it ended. Still, it is just one more bit of proof in the large collection of evidence that Yancey is a genius. Pure Genius.

I really love the Monstrumologist series. I was glad that the audience got one more book, but I have to admit I was disappointed by it. For me, I really didn't like the format of the book. I know that there was an explanation for this in the beginning, but it is hard to adjust to it especially since the previous three books were not set up like this in terms of being kind of all over the place and incoherent at some points. It makes sense in terms of what the editor says at the beginning, but as a reader and a fan, I found that to be hard to deal with at points. Also, I found the relationship between Warthrop and Will Henry to be really upsetting. I don't know about other fans of the series, but I always enjoyed the relationship between these two in terms of Will Henry being extremely devoted and loyal to the doctor and Warthrop loving Will Henry in his own strange way. Seeing how angry and horrible Will Henry was to Warthrop just didn't fit to me. It just didn't make sense, at least not to me, and I found myself completely disliking Will Henry at some points. It seemed strange to me that he would change into this cold, angry person in just a matter of a few years, which seemed to be the span of time between the third book and this one. This was something I really didn't like, and I didn't feel like it made sense in terms of the series. Lastly, I wish that the literal monster, the snake creature, had been expanded or that a different monster had been chosen because I felt like the monster aspect of the book was really in the background this time, and I felt like the plot was a little thin because of it. There was no quest of sorts as there had been in the previous books. I want to say that I am glad I read this book and I am glad that the series got to be finished out. I just felt a little disappointed overall, but I know that it must be really hard to end a series in a way that will please everyone, so I know it is something that I have to accept. I just wish that the Rick Yancey had kept to the format of the previous books more and also I wish he didn't completely topple the Will Henry and Warthrop relationship like he did. I would recommend that fans of the series read this book as I am really glad that the series was allowed to be finished, but I also warn them that it might be somewhat disappointing.

Did I read the same book the rest of you did? Let me check the cover. Yep same book, but I have come to radically differing views of said novel. Rick Yancey's language has never been more crystalline in its unswerving ability to evoke horror, his main characters headlong rush towards their varying oblivions never more perfectly plotted. We are told the story of how a monster hunter became a monster, of how a liar became his lies. Nietzsche's Abyss comes to mind. The narrative swerves wildly between time periods, memories, and portrayals of self by the narrator. Who is Will Henry? He is all of them- the plucky boy abused by, yet indispensable to the man he owes everything, the young man who cooly murders a serial killer to the youthful killer himself. Or perhaps he is none of them? After all, which of these portrayals are confabulations? And always keep in mind that we are being told this story third hand, from "Will Henry's" dubious pen to the "researcher's" interpretation, to us. A perfect end to a series that always strove to be much more than the story of monsters and the men that hunt them. If you could not predict this ending from the chapter of the first book that describes Will's family's death than you weren't paying attention.

Absolutely fantastic story telling from Rick Yancey!I do not exaggerate in putting Yancey up there with my favourite writers such as Brian Lumley, H.P Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E Howard and Basil Copper.He knows how to create fantastic characters, create the most chilling dark atmospheres and emotional scenes.The duo of Will Henry and Warthrop are absolutely amazing together and you really do see their relationship develop throughout the series at times for better and worse.It has scenes of great emotion, dark and grisly atmospheres, disturbing and shocking scenes of gore and violence and a brilliant story piecing it all together culminating in a perfect end to the series after reading start to finish.As far as I can tell these books are aimed at teenagers but I must say that I would recommend them for adults as some of the content is very heavy going.A great series by a great writer!

I can't believe more people don't know of this brilliant series, now the 5th Wave has put this author on the Map, this series deserves to explode.The writing is exceptional, the language is beautifully dark and descriptive.Will Henry and the Dr are amazing characters! Rick Yancey has created the wonderfully complex and tormented Warthrop.These books are a must read, but start from book one, and as for this book; well it's a fitting end for a wonderfull story!.

Really great book well written from a great author a excellent read .Well packed and distributed in good time too

Saga stupenda, molto più da adulti che molti libri horror "da adulti" che ho letto. E ne ho letti parecchi. Non fidatevi se cercando l'autore trovate che scriva libri per giovani adulti, magari "the fifth wave" che non ho nessuna intenzione di leggere sì, questa saga no, è meravigliosa.

Wenn man mit lesen startet kann man nicht mehr aufhalten. Sehr gutes Buch. Bleib bitte schreiben Rick Yancey, nicht aufhalten!