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vaenadal's review against another edition
5.0
A satisfying ending to a great political thriller/space opera trilogy!
odin45mp's review against another edition
5.0
Scalzi stuck the landing on this one.
The plots and machinations set up in the first two books come to a head as the stakes continue to escalate. I love Kiva Lagos SO MUCH, she is awesome. I also love Cardenia Wu-Patrick, and how her compassion and love of Lord Marce (and pie) humanize her and make her the leader that I wish we had here in our present day and time. And Nadashe is a great villain that we all love to hate. Scalzi made me almost throw my book across the room when (spoiler) happened - this is on a short list of books for me that almost went flying due to my visceral reaction to what just happened in them. This is the third in a trilogy so either you're already here for the ride, or you should start at the start, but let me tell you - The Interdependency may be Scalzi's best work to date, and is deserving of the reviews and awards it has garnered. The audiobook performance by Wil Wheaton is also top notch, and his accents and voices are a delight to hear.
Definitely worth a read, or two. (I immediately reread as an audiobook after finishing my hardcover. Yes I enjoyed it that much!)
The plots and machinations set up in the first two books come to a head as the stakes continue to escalate. I love Kiva Lagos SO MUCH, she is awesome. I also love Cardenia Wu-Patrick, and how her compassion and love of Lord Marce (and pie) humanize her and make her the leader that I wish we had here in our present day and time. And Nadashe is a great villain that we all love to hate. Scalzi made me almost throw my book across the room when (spoiler) happened - this is on a short list of books for me that almost went flying due to my visceral reaction to what just happened in them. This is the third in a trilogy so either you're already here for the ride, or you should start at the start, but let me tell you - The Interdependency may be Scalzi's best work to date, and is deserving of the reviews and awards it has garnered. The audiobook performance by Wil Wheaton is also top notch, and his accents and voices are a delight to hear.
Definitely worth a read, or two. (I immediately reread as an audiobook after finishing my hardcover. Yes I enjoyed it that much!)
falchionm's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Listened to the audiobook. Each book of the narrative deteriorated like the Flow was unraveling both within and without the narrative. I know that Scalzi's brand over time has become more of a "wife guy." But hearing Wil Wheaton revel in the Kiva "fucking" Lagos tirades and be cutesy with the sciency and cheesy nerd love got thick for me. Scalzi tied things up in this, but left many loose threads by focusing on Hub and a roaming office on a smuggler ship rather than expanding the vision to other planets and the effects of the Interdependency people whose fate the series ostensibly wants me to care about. The plot of the book felt a little too on the rails for me and the twists and turns of the plot didn't throw me. Good execution on a series, but I have seen Scalzi's potential heights be better realized with less snark in Old Man's War series, and to better effect of narrative service in "Redshirts", which remains a peak for me on execution of premise and plot.
asdvj's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
daneelolivaw67's review
3.0
Ed infine questa soap stile Dallas del futuro รจ finita!
Ben scritta, intrighi e tradimenti come da copione.
Purtroppo lascia una porta aperta per un seguito.
Ben scritta, intrighi e tradimenti come da copione.
Purtroppo lascia una porta aperta per un seguito.
chlcrc617's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
timinbc's review against another edition
3.0
Three and a half. My memory will be of a solid end to the trilogy.
And let's not forget how rare that is.
BUT:
In Grade 7, I had a classmate named Bob. We called him "F**** Bob" because every third f*** word out of Bob's f**** mouth was "F****". He'd put "f****" into the middle of long words, like dictio-f***-nary. But John, that was Grade 7, and Bob was weird. I am not afraid to say fuck, and I often do, but this went beyond character-defining, past satire, and into the same bucket as characters who say "mesay" and don't make me mention THAT character. Anyway, Kiva's great but this overwriting spoiled her for me.
That ending was really slick, but not so fast. "I'm breaking up the houses." Sure, but they are the foundation of your politics and your economy. You can't just DO that. We need another book now. Suppose you DID get everyone to END reasonably quickly. WHAT HAPPENED?" Civil war? A new paradigm?
Also, did we agree that End would remain connected to other places ( I forget), because if not, why is it a better place to be?
Anyway, I do applaud the idea that not all the main characters have to make it to the end of the book.
Was I the only one who, whenever Nadashe was mentioned, wondered where Boris was? She is SO much the Natasha from Boris and ....
Finally, there really was a lot of recap and telling-not-showing. Scalzi admitted he wrote under deadline pressure and it shows, even before knowing that.
If only Patrick Rothfuss had some deadline pressure ....
And let's not forget how rare that is.
BUT:
In Grade 7, I had a classmate named Bob. We called him "F**** Bob" because every third f*** word out of Bob's f**** mouth was "F****". He'd put "f****" into the middle of long words, like dictio-f***-nary. But John, that was Grade 7, and Bob was weird. I am not afraid to say fuck, and I often do, but this went beyond character-defining, past satire, and into the same bucket as characters who say "mesay" and don't make me mention THAT character. Anyway, Kiva's great but this overwriting spoiled her for me.
That ending was really slick, but not so fast. "I'm breaking up the houses." Sure, but they are the foundation of your politics and your economy. You can't just DO that. We need another book now. Suppose you DID get everyone to END reasonably quickly. WHAT HAPPENED?" Civil war? A new paradigm?
Also, did we agree that End would remain connected to other places ( I forget), because if not, why is it a better place to be?
Anyway, I do applaud the idea that not all the main characters have to make it to the end of the book.
Was I the only one who, whenever Nadashe was mentioned, wondered where Boris was? She is SO much the Natasha from Boris and ....
Finally, there really was a lot of recap and telling-not-showing. Scalzi admitted he wrote under deadline pressure and it shows, even before knowing that.
If only Patrick Rothfuss had some deadline pressure ....
niktaylor's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5