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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Well, having liked a lot of the previous two novels I thought that I would enter this one right way. This one was bad. I must say. The story builts so nicely in previous books but this one is just have one crappy ending.
I dislike the ending to the death and this is politics like it or not... would you rather live a society with less freedom but safe OR in a society where you can be free but be unsafe? That's interesting and to me there is no wrong or correct. But how come don't they criticise our main character? due to his actions, (with freedom at heart) almost 300 people died and still people would follow. The 300 people accept his ideas? That's why I don't believe communism is a viable way.
How can people cheer him on - when his way made so many people died? I don't think pitchett is any better - he after all .... piiiiiiiii spoilers BUT the other one is no hero as well.
Enfin, then the ending - they decide to go back to "sleep". Well, lets go by step -
You've got food for 4 years at most- Why sleep again and wake in another 10k years or so? It makes zero sense. Do you believe that humanity will go from humans to beasts back to humans? Do you expect aliens? Why go to sleep? How long the machines work without human supervision? They alread had work for 2k - how? did they have unlimited fuel? it's a machine that harness some unlimited energy? OK - and that machines worked for 2K years and now ill work for another 10K or 20K?
Well lets be real, humankind would never evolve or de-evolve so rapidly in 2K years. BUT LET's say it did. Now you think they will become smart in another 2K or 5K? Hmm... so why didn't they try working it out in four years of supplies (planting, starting to hunt etc and then if they couldn't - then go back to sleep? it makes zero sense.. I understand -its new it's funny - better than the tv series BUT is it worth the praise on this 3 novel? Nope. There's a reason some novels that are sequels the rating here raises from each book - it's quite normal, since usualyl 1 and 2 stars people most drop the series and then if the second deterr those people they will drop and therefore the thirrd will be the better rating - this is the normal way. On this series it started with 3.93 (100K ratings) then up to 4.13 (57K) then down 4.09 (53K). Enfin...
This will not deter me from reading a couple of other books by him but I didn't enjoy this one.
I dislike the ending to the death and this is politics like it or not... would you rather live a society with less freedom but safe OR in a society where you can be free but be unsafe? That's interesting and to me there is no wrong or correct. But how come don't they criticise our main character? due to his actions, (with freedom at heart) almost 300 people died and still people would follow. The 300 people accept his ideas? That's why I don't believe communism is a viable way.
How can people cheer him on - when his way made so many people died? I don't think pitchett is any better - he after all .... piiiiiiiii spoilers BUT the other one is no hero as well.
Enfin, then the ending - they decide to go back to "sleep". Well, lets go by step -
You've got food for 4 years at most- Why sleep again and wake in another 10k years or so? It makes zero sense. Do you believe that humanity will go from humans to beasts back to humans? Do you expect aliens? Why go to sleep? How long the machines work without human supervision? They alread had work for 2k - how? did they have unlimited fuel? it's a machine that harness some unlimited energy? OK - and that machines worked for 2K years and now ill work for another 10K or 20K?
Well lets be real, humankind would never evolve or de-evolve so rapidly in 2K years. BUT LET's say it did. Now you think they will become smart in another 2K or 5K? Hmm... so why didn't they try working it out in four years of supplies (planting, starting to hunt etc and then if they couldn't - then go back to sleep? it makes zero sense.. I understand -its new it's funny - better than the tv series BUT is it worth the praise on this 3 novel? Nope. There's a reason some novels that are sequels the rating here raises from each book - it's quite normal, since usualyl 1 and 2 stars people most drop the series and then if the second deterr those people they will drop and therefore the thirrd will be the better rating - this is the normal way. On this series it started with 3.93 (100K ratings) then up to 4.13 (57K) then down 4.09 (53K). Enfin...
This will not deter me from reading a couple of other books by him but I didn't enjoy this one.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The series is a definite page-turner, with each book having a slightly different genre feel. Overall enjoyable in spite of some character and logical weaknesses.
What a fabulous trilogy. Do I have some complaints? Sure. Is one of those complaints that this series ends after three books? Also yes. I want to know more about what happens to these people, which is always my #1 sign that I enjoyed a story. I'm sad I don't get to see Crouch's vision of the rest of this one, hopefully someday he will revisit it!
I very much enjoyed this trilogy. With the level of consistency and pacing it actually felt more like one single volume, rather than individual pieces.
I will say this last piece felt rushed getting to a conclusion, but then the nature of them has been super fast paced from the start. So it still works.
I particularly like that I didn’t see that outcome coming at the end. It was satisfying in a completely frustrating way. 5/5.
I will say this last piece felt rushed getting to a conclusion, but then the nature of them has been super fast paced from the start. So it still works.
I particularly like that I didn’t see that outcome coming at the end. It was satisfying in a completely frustrating way. 5/5.