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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
I got it yesterday and had to gobble it down. I'll reread it at a slower pace. Great end to the series, but I wouldn't mind another one following the reign of the Last Emperox, since Kiva cracks me up consistently. I kept hoping that it would turn out that Grayland II had outsmarted the assassins and would end up getting to live happily ever after, but that would've been a copout. I make have to go reread a bunch of Scalzi. Write faster, dude!
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Quick and fun read (tore through books two and three in one weekend). A little weird in that the main characters are all nominally female and yet are not written to sound female...which may be an indicator of a post gender society or may just be the author not being able to write women's voices.
The end of the trilogy, and the end of the saga. Didn't disappoint, and left the door open for more stories in that universe. Well worth a read.
2.5
The snark was strong in this one - throughout - and rather detracted from the story for me. Was also really unsatisfied with the resolution - gutted, really. I enjoy Scalzi's writing, and I'm glad the trilogy is over, but didn't particularly enjoy this.
The snark was strong in this one - throughout - and rather detracted from the story for me. Was also really unsatisfied with the resolution - gutted, really. I enjoy Scalzi's writing, and I'm glad the trilogy is over, but didn't particularly enjoy this.
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
this was a great book and a great ending to a series
I loved the characters and Scalzi wrote some great villians you just really wanted to hate and punch.
I think the only thing i didn't like is i wished there was more , so much was happening in the book and series that a lot of things happened in the background I would have loved to see more of the world.
Overall great read and great series
would love to comeback to this world
I loved the characters and Scalzi wrote some great villians you just really wanted to hate and punch.
I think the only thing i didn't like is i wished there was more , so much was happening in the book and series that a lot of things happened in the background I would have loved to see more of the world.
Overall great read and great series
would love to comeback to this world
A tightly-plotted, neatly bow-wrapped conclusion to the trilogy; one that in classic fashion keeps options open for future innings in the universe.
The Last Emperox, like its two predecessors, is a fast-paced and unputdownable book, but it does take some narrative license in its attempt to tie together loose ends in a way that I find a little too on-the-nose.
Without spoiling it too directly, the narrative and thematic spine of the final book rests on a number of revelations of thousand-year old conspiracies dating back to the founding of the Interdependency - conspiracies that I am slightly hard-pressed to be able to accept could have been hidden that long.
I am, however, quite awed at the direction Scalzi chose to take the denouement - at once bold and high-concept, but with a twinge of the tragic - testaments to his sf bona fides and judicious character development across the entire trilogy.
I give this: 4 out of 5 ghosts in the machine
The Last Emperox, like its two predecessors, is a fast-paced and unputdownable book, but it does take some narrative license in its attempt to tie together loose ends in a way that I find a little too on-the-nose.
Without spoiling it too directly, the narrative and thematic spine of the final book rests on a number of revelations of thousand-year old conspiracies dating back to the founding of the Interdependency - conspiracies that I am slightly hard-pressed to be able to accept could have been hidden that long.
I am, however, quite awed at the direction Scalzi chose to take the denouement - at once bold and high-concept, but with a twinge of the tragic - testaments to his sf bona fides and judicious character development across the entire trilogy.
I give this: 4 out of 5 ghosts in the machine
adventurous
funny