>!I think if you take away half of the suffering Gavin went through, removed/reduced the demons vs. angels, shortened the part where Kip goes recruiting after fleeing the central island (?), then you would have had so much more space to develop/explain all the parts you just mentioned. !<

>!Also, right till the end I somehow expected that "God" didn't really exist in physical form !<

I think I fully agree with everything you wrote. Such a strong start and so much buildup for most characters, and then their respective endings just dropping down a cliff. The whole angels vs. demons thing could've been reduced to zero. The spider was just annoying after some time (How can nobody figure out this dude nobody knows anything about might be suspicious?). Granted, it's been some time since I read it.

I wanna mention that I think Aliviana's (Liv's) story arc wasn't believable enough in the later books.

Even after all that, I enjoyed them, but I don't think I would generally recommend them; would really depend on the person.