The final book and last chapter in the whole Spiderwick Chronicles. Nick and Laurie thought they had saved the world by sending the giants into the sea in the last book, however, they were wrong, and the giants aren't the real threat. The real threat is something far worse, cause sinkholes around town, and the giants are the only ones that can prevent the dragons for causing their destruction. Nick and Laurie don't have the worry though, as they have help from the original Spiderwick protagonists, the Grace Children.This being the final book in the entire Spiderwick world, it built up the stakes and resolved most, if not all character conflicts. Don't worry as all goes well in the end. The stakes were set perfectly high and finally I felt the characters were believable in their actions. I liked how the characters from this book interacted with The Grace kids, I think there is potential there for another book, perhaps. I throughly enjoyed this book, and it gave me that piece of the story that was missing for me in the previous books and also has real closure to the series. While, it did have closure, I wouldn't mind seeing a book in the future with all of the characters in it, I just hope it that will be a longer book. This is the third and final book of Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles. I think I mentioned this earlier, but I like how the Grace Children don't just randomly step in and save the day and that it's always shown that this is Nick's story. That isn't to say that the characters don't carry the story to certain points and that each one doesn't play a part in the events (much like a team). I kick myself that it took so long for me to finish the final chapter or to plow through the chapters halfway through. I think I got used to the shortness of the original Spiderwick chronicle books and the pacing of the previous 2 books. I like to read a chapter a day so if I feel I can't knock a whole one out I don't do it for that day. If you stuck through the first two I don't see why you wouldn't read this one. Even though this book is stated as the official end of the Spiderwick Tales (original and beyond) that not all the loose ends are tied up. It also states that there are many stories of other children seeing faeries out there. Just that we need to pen them ourselves.So I do feel a bit bashful about my initial complaint asking why this couldn't be a collection of stories about many different children's accounts of faeries from around the world. It was meant to connect to the Grace children Beyond the Spiderwick estate with the account of Nick and the Vargas family. Sorry that this isn't a fully in depth review, but since this is the final book I didn't want to get too in depth. I will say please AT LEAST read through the first book before making any judgement calls. Some people will read Jared's "lard ass" comment and automatically write him and the series off (I almost did). Really by the end of the book you'll see that overall BTSWC does keep the Grace children in character. I even found myself endeared to the Vargas family as well by the time it was all over. If nothing else this series is worthwhile for getting a chance to see a certain someone in person you never get to see in the original Spiderwick Chronicles books!
What do You think about Die Rache Des Wyrm (2009)?
This book made a very scary mental picture in my mind!
—benniboi
