Hyperion

ok... so I just finished reading the 4 books. WTF, someone can provide with a timeline of Aenea's life? It rather gets too messy by the end of the 4th book

if u meant the ending, after Aenea died, the Aenea who returned was her from the time Raul had gone on his trip from Old Earth.

Remember that it was mentioned several times that she disappeared for one year eleven month one week and six hours, got married and had a child. This is where she went - forward in time to after her death, with the help of the Shrike.

sucks.

I thought it was worse than just having Aenea die by making her return in this way.

It's like having a constant reminder to everyone that she is dead for the rest of the 11 months one week and six hours, plus a very difficult time when she leaves after that period.

And this returned Aenea is not the "her" from just before she died either, so it's not exactly "her".

Sucks indeed.