More heartbreak in this one, and a few scenes I remember terrifying me as a child. But it wears well, and the scenes that used to terrify me now break my heart for the characters' terror. So much love, so much pain, so much magnificence in the world we humans inhabit. This book makes for a very satisfying conclusion to the series, except for the fact that I still want more. Not because the story requires more, but because I came to love so many of the characters so much, I want to see what develops in their lives in later years.