On the old forums I made a post about this, but since they no longer exist, I’ll write something again.
The final chapter of The Soldiers of Halla has been talked about and discussed quite a bit. Some love it. Others hate it. Some understand it fully. Others don’t get it. I’m not going to explain it all here because I’d prefer that readers draw their own conclusions. But I will make a few comments. First off, I don’t consider the ending to be a cliff hanger. Not even close. The story is very clear about what is going to happen next, and that is that Bobby will soon go to Solara and Courtney will not be far behind. To understand how the events described in the last chapter could have happened, you have to look at the end of the second to last chapter. Bobby lamented to Uncle Press that after all they had been through, it seemed unfair that the Travelers were not being allowed to live the normal lives they fought so hard for. All they wanted was a little bit of time to live those lives, which in the general scheme of Halla, wasn’t much . . . and Uncle Press agreed with him. How that was able to happen, and what all the implications are, I’ll leave that up to you to debate and decide.
I’ll say one other thing, and that’s about the guy who delivered Bobby’s journals to him in the hospital. Short of actually writing his name, I pretty much described exactly who it was. From the events that unfolded in the hospital room with Bobby and Courtney kissing and being interrupted, to his physical description, to Bobby recognizing him, to him saying that he had nine other journals to deliver, there is no other possible person that could have been…but Uncle Press.
Mozartghost says:
I just finished Pendragon 10 last night, and it was awesome!
I thought in the last chapter Bobby got put back at the beginning of the first book when he was smoochin with Courtney and was going to finish his normal life.
Instead he’s an old man about to die, with no Traveler powers to heal himself. Then Press gives him the Journals…
I wonder if he dies before he finishes reading them…
N. says:
Wow, I never thought about that.
Mozartghost says:
It WAS kind of sad…
Lead Traveler says:
WHY WERE WE TALKING ABOUT CAPITALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????
N. says:
Apparently you’re the only one who is
Lead Traveler says:
WHY WERE WE TALKING ABOUT CAAAPITALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????????????
I SEE THE CHEESE!!!!!!!!! says:
idk. why were you?
Lead Traveler says:
idk either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isabeau says:
The end was definitely sad. I think Bobby might have died before he and Courtney finished reading them. I was just so sad about it cause for some reason i just can’t see my perfect Bobby Pendragon…Old…gosh, it was scary and sad
N. says:
I don’t think he died. He was only reading what he journaled about, not what happened with others, like Courtney and Mark. So it cuts like half of it out.
AWESOME says:
i totally didnt expect that.