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evolvemind's review against another edition
4.0
Emily and new friends set out to find a place where they might survive the massive global changes. The humans encounter several new, deadly life forms and struggle to establish their foothold in the new worl. Emily joins a small team on a danger-filled expedition to learn what new threats have arrived on Earth. This third and final part of the series keeps a good pace.
oliviamunrow's review against another edition
3.0
About the conclusion I would have expected after Jones' first novel in this trilogy, Extinction Point. A fun time-killer, but not a must-read.
shells's review against another edition
5.0
This journey started with Emily so long ago and I am pleased with its conclusion.
And yay, Thor lives!
In book one we were treated to the frightening aspect of an invading species of dangerous proportions. First a bloody red rain fell. From there, people were turned, formed into new life forms that further aided the planets changes. But Emily was the only one left and she soon learned that she wouldn't be able to stay where she was. Naive and somewhat hopeless, she headed out on a bicycle. And picked up a protective dog along the way. She made contact with another survivor with the help of a satellite radio and with no other choice, she and Thor headed to him.
In book two, Emily has struggled her way through the new world, where she finally finds other survivors. A man and his two children. They are safe, for the moment, holed up in a house far from others. She finally convinces them that they need to leave, and their small homely security is shattered one night when the threat becomes all too real. Emily escapes, with the two children only, and they head out, now in a car that Emily is less than stellar at driving.
They find a motel that is relatively safe and hole up for a night. But soon, the young boy becomes ill and Emily realizes he too, is changing. She makes a horribly necessary choice and then it's only Emily and the girl, Rhiannon. They are on the move again. Across Canada to find Jacob, the man she's been speaking with over the satellite phone.
Through more struggle and close brushes with death, Emily, Rhia, and Thor finally find Jacob. Only to realize he hasn't told them everything. Emily and Rhia both feel duped by him and react, in a somewhat childish way.
In book three we learn there are other survivors. They are welcomed to the frozen world Emily has escaped to. A submarine full of naval men. With the help of the captain of the ISS, they decide to plot a course to an area of the world that looks habitable, mostly free of the now all-encompassing red that has suffocated the Earth.
Once there they begin setting up house. The captain of the ISS informs Emily that she and a few other crew members will be able to join them via an escape ship. However, that chance is taken with the appearance of large craft in the space surrounding Earth which causes the ISS to crash to Earth.
And Emily and the rest of the survivors learn that the world is changing in other frightening ways. It becomes clear that everything is being reduced to nothing, used for the propagation of the new alien environment and its disturbing new denizens.
With their numbers dwindling, and the threat of the unknown via the crashed space ship, Emily and Mac set out to find answers. Only, Emily has no idea just what the answers she will find are going to be nor what those answers will mean to the remaining members of humanity.
It's a well played ending to a ride of unimaginable horror. When something else decides that humanity is no longer healthy for the planet it thrives upon, drastic steps are taken to fix that. At a horrible cost. Those that make these decisions do so with no malice. Instead, it is seen as simply a necessary action. But they are not without some sense of empathy, and they offer the remaining members of the human species a chance. Emily and all those left, will become the new age of mankind, bringing forth a new world where their past will become the stuff of fables.
And yay, Thor lives!
In book one we were treated to the frightening aspect of an invading species of dangerous proportions. First a bloody red rain fell. From there, people were turned, formed into new life forms that further aided the planets changes. But Emily was the only one left and she soon learned that she wouldn't be able to stay where she was. Naive and somewhat hopeless, she headed out on a bicycle. And picked up a protective dog along the way. She made contact with another survivor with the help of a satellite radio and with no other choice, she and Thor headed to him.
In book two, Emily has struggled her way through the new world, where she finally finds other survivors. A man and his two children. They are safe, for the moment, holed up in a house far from others. She finally convinces them that they need to leave, and their small homely security is shattered one night when the threat becomes all too real. Emily escapes, with the two children only, and they head out, now in a car that Emily is less than stellar at driving.
They find a motel that is relatively safe and hole up for a night. But soon, the young boy becomes ill and Emily realizes he too, is changing. She makes a horribly necessary choice and then it's only Emily and the girl, Rhiannon. They are on the move again. Across Canada to find Jacob, the man she's been speaking with over the satellite phone.
Through more struggle and close brushes with death, Emily, Rhia, and Thor finally find Jacob. Only to realize he hasn't told them everything. Emily and Rhia both feel duped by him and react, in a somewhat childish way.
In book three we learn there are other survivors. They are welcomed to the frozen world Emily has escaped to. A submarine full of naval men. With the help of the captain of the ISS, they decide to plot a course to an area of the world that looks habitable, mostly free of the now all-encompassing red that has suffocated the Earth.
Once there they begin setting up house. The captain of the ISS informs Emily that she and a few other crew members will be able to join them via an escape ship. However, that chance is taken with the appearance of large craft in the space surrounding Earth which causes the ISS to crash to Earth.
And Emily and the rest of the survivors learn that the world is changing in other frightening ways. It becomes clear that everything is being reduced to nothing, used for the propagation of the new alien environment and its disturbing new denizens.
With their numbers dwindling, and the threat of the unknown via the crashed space ship, Emily and Mac set out to find answers. Only, Emily has no idea just what the answers she will find are going to be nor what those answers will mean to the remaining members of humanity.
It's a well played ending to a ride of unimaginable horror. When something else decides that humanity is no longer healthy for the planet it thrives upon, drastic steps are taken to fix that. At a horrible cost. Those that make these decisions do so with no malice. Instead, it is seen as simply a necessary action. But they are not without some sense of empathy, and they offer the remaining members of the human species a chance. Emily and all those left, will become the new age of mankind, bringing forth a new world where their past will become the stuff of fables.
thebookofsoup's review
3.0
The Extinction Point novels are a series of post-apocalyptic adventure novels - though inconsistent in tone and pacing and sloppily written in stretches, the first two were fairly enjoyable. My interest was more in exploring the author's world than Emily's own journey; my main incentive for reading Revelations was to complete the picture.
If you've read the other books, there's nothing here that will surprise you: the new characters are amiable enough, though I found some of their quirks to be a little distracting. I found some parts just didn't add up(may just be me, but why would you go to all the effort of deploying a mobile surveillance unit to assess potential danger – see it destroyed by something incredibly dangerous – and then insist on going anyway?) though the deal-breaker was always going to be how the story concluded.
Looking at other reviews, it seems the ending has been quite divisive. For my money, I thought it was quite a novel conclusion – half-expected, but with a slant that I found very intriguing.
And it seems as though there may be another adventure in this world to come. Will I read this? Yes, I probably will.
If you've read the other books, there's nothing here that will surprise you: the new characters are amiable enough, though I found some of their quirks to be a little distracting. I found some parts just didn't add up
Looking at other reviews, it seems the ending has been quite divisive. For my money, I thought it was quite a novel conclusion – half-expected, but with a slant that I found very intriguing.
And it seems as though there may be another adventure in this world to come. Will I read this? Yes, I probably will.
willpollard's review
5.0
Much better than a lot of the reviews suggested
I was a little apprehensive going into this one as it got a lot of average, or bad reviews but I have to say, in my opinion at least, they were unfounded.
I've enjoyed this one almost as much as the other two and am very much looking forward to getting started on the next one.
I particularly like the imaginative take on alien invasion that this series presents and rhe characters continue to be likeable, for the most part.
My only gripe isn't even to do with the book itself. I have Kindle Unlimited and have really enjoyed listening to the Audible narration included with them while I work. I would've had to have payed extra for it with this book though. I love reading the old fashioned way, but its not really something I can do while working.
I was a little apprehensive going into this one as it got a lot of average, or bad reviews but I have to say, in my opinion at least, they were unfounded.
I've enjoyed this one almost as much as the other two and am very much looking forward to getting started on the next one.
I particularly like the imaginative take on alien invasion that this series presents and rhe characters continue to be likeable, for the most part.
My only gripe isn't even to do with the book itself. I have Kindle Unlimited and have really enjoyed listening to the Audible narration included with them while I work. I would've had to have payed extra for it with this book though. I love reading the old fashioned way, but its not really something I can do while working.
finallywakingup's review
3.0
I think this book summed up the series well, I don't understand why he feels he needs to write more really.
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