E's Reviews > Hard Knocks

Solid, enjoyable end (at least it looks like an end) to the multi-series spanning saga of Ishmael Wang (although I'd kind of expected the last line to be "Call me Ishmael", which it isn't, so perhaps there is more to come!). Finally (finally!) makes some choices in his personal and professional life which leave him in a stopping point for a life ahead that I think totally works, and the level of action and shipboard drama along the way totally worked for me. If this is the last we see of Ishmael, it's been a pleasure. Be great to see him pop up as a side character in someone else's adventures in this wonderfully built universe as well.