Dwelling in Possibility

Things improve again in this final part of the trilogy, as the story loses some of the slow and meandering tone it had had up to this point. The focus here is very much on all the bad things that Tim could grow up to be, and how they might be averted. There's an interlude in a magical music festival that has less to do with the larger plot (apart from introducing a new character), but it works better than the scenes in Faerie earlier on, keeping a tighter rein on events. The way that the antagonists are eventually dealt with is perhaps a little obvious - and a little too easily achieved - but I found that I enjoyed this volume and its themes of a teenager trying to figure out where they are headed. There are also a number of guest stars from other stories in the universe...