As with Dayworld Rebel, there's not a great amount of logic to this book. Farmer doesn't worry much about cause, effect, and logical outcomes. Instead, he simply posits a situation, inhabits it for a while, and then tells us that he's moved on.

The series has had an ongoing focus on its protagonist's mental state and powers, and in reading the series, it's evident that Farmer is making it up as he goes along. In this last book of the trilogy, it's clear that he's decided to double down on Caird's multiple personas and his special abilities. Unfortunately, none of those issues is particularly interesting, and while Farmer sets out a number of threads, he doesn't follow them to the end, leaving us with even more of a muddle than we had at the start. While more focused than book 1, and less frenzied than book 2, this third book is unfortunately the dullest of the bunch.

It was a mistake to request all of these PHF books at once because reading them all together recalls how old they are and how tastes have changed. These books were revolutionary and fun at the time but they have been so widely imitated that they have lost their specialness. This is too bad because really, PHF sampled a little bit at a time can be quite a treat.

I received a review copy of this and five other volumes of the works of Philip José Farmer through NetGalley.com.

Dayworld Breakup by Philip Jose Farmer- The finale in the Dayworld trilogy finally reveals many of the hinted secrets and hidden agendas of the first two books. I'm not giving away any secrets when I say there is a lot of thrilling well executed action here adding very little to this overblown plot. Yes, it's still enjoyable to read Farmer's electric prose, but as I've said before in the review of the second book- this would have made a much more satisfying novel rather than a trilogy. Yes, it would have been long, but less padded, more concise, and not so annoying at times. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. I just keep editing it in my head and want it to be as perfect as Philip Jose Farmer would want it. You decide.