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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
As the conclusion of a trilogy with two great books at the head, this is a wonderful final installment in the series. It doesn't end with everything wrapped up neatly in a bow, and in fact leaves the reader with so many questions as to the future of these characters. I could easily see there eventually being a second series with these characters, but I'm also happy with how their stories were concluded.
I'm also happy to say that I was not able to predict exactly how the book would end. It was filled with many amazing plot twists that threw what I thought about the stories and characters into the air. but then brought it back down in a satisfying manner.
Loved this book and this series! Great read, from start to finish.
I'm also happy to say that I was not able to predict exactly how the book would end. It was filled with many amazing plot twists that threw what I thought about the stories and characters into the air. but then brought it back down in a satisfying manner.
Loved this book and this series! Great read, from start to finish.
Hugely satisfying end to an excellent series - it was fun, it had heart, and oy, but was it a little on the nose topically, with some characters willing to sacrifice billions to a natural catastrophe as long as they still turned enough profit!
Very recommended, the whole trilogy.
Full (gushing!) review is up on my blog.
Very recommended, the whole trilogy.
Full (gushing!) review is up on my blog.
fast-paced
John Scalzi’s conclusion of The Interdependency Trilogy is a fun, fast, action-packed, and fitting ending. The story kept me turning the page and the ending actually had me fist-pump, which I don’t remember ever doing while reading a book before. I will truly miss Cardenia Wu-Patrick and Kiva Lagos and Marce Claremont and all the rest. If Elmore Leonard wrote science fiction, these novels would be the result.
I enjoyed this trilogy terminus, read easily and with much laughter as all Scalzi is. There were some re-hashed beats from the previous novels and in the end the resolution to the trilogy's central conflict could have received some more attention--as it is, in the end, more or less explained away. Was it a rush to reach a conclusion? Perhaps, but at least the characters had their own satisfying conclusions, which is really all that should matter in such a character driven story. No point in stopping now if you've read the other two.
Sure wish Scalzi would write for TV.
Sure wish Scalzi would write for TV.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 3 stars
Worldbuilding: 4 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 3 stars
Worldbuilding: 4 stars
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
God I love Scalzi. Hands down best laid-back written, laid-back read scifi out there. Scifi can be incredible, challenging, revolutionary literature - I’ll dare say it has the potential to be the most of the criteria above out of every genre out there. But sometimes all you need is a tight quick plot, snappy writing, lively characters, witty banter, and overall a easy-on-the-eyes plot without dumbing it down and being trashy. This is just another Scalzi book, which is far from a bad thing.
Recommended to everyone whose into snappy scifi, and the ideal that the MCU thinks it is, but fails, to be.
Recommended to everyone whose into snappy scifi, and the ideal that the MCU thinks it is, but fails, to be.
Hilarious and not a little bit sad. I was surprised by the end and enjoyed the ride.