I finished reading Infernal last week, and with a week to chew on it, I finally found out what was different about it than the other RJ books. I think Infernal marks a focus shift for FPW in Jack's life. In the first few, his fixes played a prominent part, with the war against the Otherness spinning off of those. In the next few, the balance started shifting towards fighting the Otherness. In Infernal, there is a fix done, but thats really there to just remind us of who Jack is. I think that from here on out, we'll be seeing Jack in a battle to save the few people left in his life who matter, with very few references to his fixes. What do you think?
P.S. Sorry that my writing is disjointed...I haven't written anything in about 2 years

I agree to a point. If you have read Nightworld you might see a different prospective. I think that Jack will start seeing more about the Otherness and realizing his role in the grand scheme of things. You cant forget that all of the RJ books will eventually come to a head in Nightworld. Jack plays an important role in this final battle for all the chess pieces. The one thing I wonder if Jack will come across any more women with dogs who say that they are his mother.

I finished reading Infernal last week, and with a week to chew on it, I finally found out what was different about it than the other RJ books. I think Infernal marks a focus shift for FPW in Jack's life. In the first few, his fixes played a prominent part, with the war against the Otherness spinning off of those. In the next few, the balance started shifting towards fighting the Otherness. In Infernal, there is a fix done, but thats really there to just remind us of who Jack is. I think that from here on out, we'll be seeing Jack in a battle to save the few people left in his life who matter, with very few references to his fixes. What do you think?
P.S. Sorry that my writing is disjointed...I haven't written anything in about 2 years

I hope not.

I finished reading Infernal last week, and with a week to chew on it, I finally found out what was different about it than the other RJ books. I think Infernal marks a focus shift for FPW in Jack's life. In the first few, his fixes played a prominent part, with the war against the Otherness spinning off of those. In the next few, the balance started shifting towards fighting the Otherness. In Infernal, there is a fix done, but thats really there to just remind us of who Jack is. I think that from here on out, we'll be seeing Jack in a battle to save the few people left in his life who matter, with very few references to his fixes. What do you think?
P.S. Sorry that my writing is disjointed...I haven't written anything in about 2 years

I loved this book. It's a stand alone only in the fact that it has a begining and an end. But at the end we know there is more to come. It wets your appetite and makes you hungry for the next. RJ books usually have closure at the end, this one is left open.
His fix-its are usually the route that he is dragged into the cosmic battle, but if he's been recruted into this war, he could barricade himself in the bathroom and it wouldn't change his involvement. He's seems to me to be the type that would make sure every consievable problem is taken care of in his fort, but he needs to be on the battlefield bringing it to his enemies.


KRW

I finished reading Infernal last week, and with a week to chew on it, I finally found out what was different about it than the other RJ books. I think Infernal marks a focus shift for FPW in Jack's life. In the first few, his fixes played a prominent part, with the war against the Otherness spinning off of those. In the next few, the balance started shifting towards fighting the Otherness. In Infernal, there is a fix done, but thats really there to just remind us of who Jack is. I think that from here on out, we'll be seeing Jack in a battle to save the few people left in his life who matter, with very few references to his fixes. What do you think?

You could very well be right.

Jack has been told that a spear has no branches, and what we saw in Hosts and Infernal were the branches in Jacks life being trimmed. Jack may realize this, so you're probably right about his concentrating on protecting Vicky, Gia, and their child.

Between what the Hindu lady told Gia in The Haunted Air and Gia's spotting problem in Crisscross, I'm not terribly confident about the chances of their child.

Ken V.

I loved this book. It's a stand alone only in the fact that it has a begining and an end. But at the end we know there is more to come. It wets your appetite and makes you hungry for the next. RJ books usually have closure at the end, this one is left open.

Ominous isn't it. And with the next novel having the title Harbingers . . .

Ken V.

Ominous isn't it. And with the next novel having the title Harbingers . . .

Ken V.

Makes me think there are still things to come, What a great title!


KRW

I agree to a point. If you have read Nightworld you might see a different prospective. I think that Jack will start seeing more about the Otherness and realizing his role in the grand scheme of things. You cant forget that all of the RJ books will eventually come to a head in Nightworld. Jack plays an important role in this final battle for all the chess pieces. The one thing I wonder if Jack will come across any more women with dogs who say that they are his mother.

If I had money to bet, I'd say the women and their dogs will be back.


KRW

Here's a thought....Jack's kid is the actually fighter against the Otherness, or at least as a character in a whole new set of books

Here's a thought....Jack's kid is the actually fighter against the Otherness, or at least as a character in a whole new set of books

Do you mean in the post Nightworld era? Probably not.