In the tenth volume, the story finally evolved into something more. Perhaps it's different for me to read it in ten volumes rather than issue per issue, but the series as a whole was disappointing. The tenth volume is great though: it almost makes up for all the boringness of earlier volumes.

However, I'm wary it may suffer from something I too often see on television shows - where a bad, mean, boring or unremarkable character is suddenly rehabilitated so you care about the person when he/she is injured or dies (think of the character Shannon on Lost). This happened to many characters during this volume. The sentimentality felt very last-ditch-effort, but I'm not going to lie, I enjoyed it.

The book was fast-paced and ALL of the storylines were relevant, as opposed to earlier volumes with storylines that were downright boring and didn't contribute to the central story and characters.

Characters finally make brave decisions here - not safe ones, but the right ones. I was interested in these people and their final actions, where I had theorized through the rest of the series about a world without men and the portrayal of women throughout. (I'm still not completely settled on that count.) I especially liked the jumps in time to reveal what becomes of the world, of the characters, and of relationships. It made sense, for the most part, and there are a few surprises.

Though the entire series wasn't my favourite, this final conclusion may have, a little bit, made it worth the chance.