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We continue to watch Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik as they fight to survive and also take on BeiTech for all the atrocities they have committed. This time they race toward Cerenza IV to rescue survivors from the original attack on the colony.
Without a scary virus or alien like creature as part of the enemy they are fighting, this books struggles and fights felt much more real and current. There is no light way to describe genocide that has been committed by the BeiTech forces.
While difficult to read, this was a satisfying end to the series. I would say that some of the twists and turns were too common to the last two books which made this my least favorite book of the series.
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, War
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, War
Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
I read this book in a little under 48 (stressful) hours.
Not only are you introduced to a third cast of lovable characters led by Asha, Rhys, Katya, and Oshiro, but you also have to worry about the original squad from the Alexander/Hypatia/Heimdall/Mao.
This book (as well as the two preceding it) had me laughing, crying, cursing, and just about everything else you can imagine.
The plot raced by, the parallel storylines on Kerenza and on the Mao fitting together seamlessly. There were plenty of twists, some of which were surprising, others that weren't (but that usually covered for bigger twists).
The characters, both old and new, kicked-ass like never before.
Isaac Grant became an unexpected favorite of mine. I love the found family trope, and I think this is the first book where that found family included an actual parent.
I loved how effortlessly he swished them all under his parental wing, while still making sure each of them knew that he recognized and was proud of their specific strengths.
My ultimate favorite character, not just in Obsidio, but throughout the entire Illuminae Files trilogy, is still AIDAN.
There's morally grey, and then there's logically evil. Each and every time he commits genocide (because, yes, there are multiple times), he lays out the logic behind it, plain and simple.
And he's not wrong. Does that justify killing thousands of people? Of course not. But watching him learn and grow from "it" to "him" was amazingly interesting to read.
Plus, evil or not, without AIDAN's actions, this series would have ended a loooong time ago.
If you haven't read the Illuminae Files, do yourself a favor and go get them now. You won't be sorry.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Blood
Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Mental illness, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Terminal illness
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, War
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness
One thing that really bothered me was the argument that kept getting used by the soldiers to justify their actions. Various soldiers and even characters who weren't planet side were basically saying that the citizens of Kerenza IV deserved what was happening to them (they were being starved, murdered, and sexually harassed by the soldiers) because they were there on the planet holding an illegal mining operation in the first place. That' is a BS argument and justification and I wanted to scratch my eyes out every time I heard someone say "but the citizens were here illegally anyways."
The book is long ending at 615 pages and there were some parts that seemed to drag on and on. I honestly don't think the story could have been any shorter because we would have ended up not getting certain information that was vital to the story. I understand why it was as long as it was, I just needed the boring parts to not be so boring.
Overall this book did not disappoint. This was an action packed sci fi and I'm happy I read the series. I give this 5 out of 5 stars
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I listened to this audiobook for free on Libbyapp.com
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, War
Minor: Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Torture, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail