#39 in Adventure
Stone of Farewell
- 733
- Pages
- about 13 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Stone of Farewell”, the second volume of “Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn”, wins readers with its characters and prose. For more than seven hundred pages the story stays mainly with Simon, the former kitchen servant of the first book. Some readers find long stretches in which little happens and overwritten passages; some lose track when the plot jumps around. Those who persevere speak well of its best parts and go on to the final volume.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Stone of Farewell is a 1990 fantasy novel by Tad Williams, the second volume of his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy. The saga develops the narrative started in The Dragonbone Chair and focuses primarily on Simon, a former kitchen servant in the largest castle in the land.
Reading order · Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
Full order & progress →- The Dragonbone ChairStart here
7.77.7 / 10 - The Dragonbone Chair, part 1The Dragonbone Chair, part 1–Not ranked yet
- The Dragonbone Chair, part 2The Dragonbone Chair, part 2–Not ranked yet
- Stone of FarewellThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Stone of Farewell, part 1Stone of Farewell, part 1–Not ranked yet
- Stone of Farewell, part 2Stone of Farewell, part 2–Not ranked yet
- To Green Angel Tower
8.38.3 / 10 - To Green Angel Tower, Part 1
8.08.0 / 10 - To Green Angel Tower, part 2
–Not ranked yet - To Green Angel Tower, part 3
–Not ranked yet - To Green Angel Tower, part 4To Green Angel Tower, part 4–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 272 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 65% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 20 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 252 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is Stone of Farewell?
It has 733 pages — longer than 76% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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Same shelf — Adventure — with scores between 7.6 and 8.4, closest to this book.
